278 KLAMATH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



p u 11 u a , p li n u i s li , p u n u o't k i s li , etc. ; see buiiua, buiiuisli etc. 

 pu'pa , d. pti'pupa, v. impers., to bleed, to lose blood: pii'pa a ii's wii'k / am 



bleeding from the arm; my arm is bleeding. Cf. p6po-i, tch^kgli. 

 piipakuak, 87, ."<.; d. of pokuaga, q. v. 

 pupdnua, d. of bii'nua, q. v. 

 pupl'dsha blue-colored beads ; blue glass-beads. 

 pu'pisha, d pu'p'pisha sage-cock, sage-hen; it is either another name for 



the shua't-bird or designates a species related to it, Kl. Cf. popusha. 

 push-, abbreviation of pushpiishh (q. v.) occurring in several terms, 



when standing at the beginning of the word, 

 push, d. pupash whorl, as seen on the cat-tail and many other plants; cf 



ktu'ksam, 147, 3. Der. pui. Of ktuks, pu'shak, pu'sh%am. 

 pushak, d. pii'pashak little whorl; little bunch of j)ine-needles. Dim. push, 

 p u' s h a k 1 i s h , pushaklash, d. pu'pshaklish ( 1 ) upper part^f leg between 



hip and knee. Cf mbA-ush, tchu'ksh. (2) posteriors, buttocks. Cf kiu. 

 pi'ishish, pi. tumi p. domestic cat, Kl., 133, 4. From the EngWah pussy. 

 p u s h k a , d. pupdshka to cut off with knife, scissors, sharp stone or other 



cutting tool. Cf ktushka, p'hu'shka. 

 P u s h = K i u , Push=Kiyu, nom pr. of a headman of the Klamath Lake 



tribe, living at Ya-aga, the brother of Kiluamtch, q. v., and a signer of 



the treaty of 1864. From push- (m pushpushli), kiu. 

 pushkuish, d. pupashkuisll piece cut off with knife or scissors; portion 



cut or shorn off. Der pushka. 

 pu'shx^i^ twig, limb, bough of coniferous trees, on which the pu'shak, q. v., 



grow: p. ktipkalam the branches of the kdpka-pine, 150, 2. 

 piishpush, d. pupashpush, adv. of pushpushH black: pushpi'ishuk (for 



pushpiish huk) shle'sh it appears dark; lit. "it is black to look at"; 73, G 

 pushpushli, d. pupashpiishh (1) black, of dark color, 13, 7.: p. gu'shu a 



black hog, 128, 1. 2.; shlAps p. the flower or top is dark-colored, 14(), 12.; 



lu'k pupashpush=tkani the seeds are a little hhick, Uucki'ih, 14(J, 3. (2) dark 



complexioned, 37, 6. 8. 182; 1 ). 

 piita, d. piipta to have a choking sensation in the throat; to he smothering, to 



lose breath, 127, 7.: tsi'ii put;i hereujwn he feels choked, G8, (j.; pu'tank 



smothering, 118, 12. 120, G ; puta -a! smother! 120, 14-16. Cf pudsha. 



