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shektakudla, d. sheshaktakuula to slide downhill; to play at diding 



downhill. Der. kteku^la. 

 s h ^ k t a II k s h line in hand, hand-wrinkle. Cf. sbekitko, partic. of sli^ka. 

 s h e k 1 1 ii 1 (S n a , d. slieshaktlal6na to skate. Cf. kteleslika. 

 sbekutka, v. trans., to break, to break asunder: 4nku sh. tat^elamtala to 



break a stick in the middle. Cf ycikiia. 

 shuka, shii'ka, d. sh^sh%a to pierce, launch, perforate: wawdkash sh. to 



pierce the ear, ear-lobe; the partic. sh^kitko, sa'^itko cruciform, in form of 



a cross, originally referred to perforations, by ^Yhich the piercing object 



remains in the aperture after going thi'ough it. 

 shdkish, d. shesh;(ish piercing, perforation: wawakam sh. gi'ntatko per- 

 foration of the ear. Cf. sbe'l;^isb. 

 shekukedsha to gnash, grate the teeth. Der. koka. Cf. k6kanka (2). 

 sela, shela, d. sheshla; or shap'sbam shela: ring around sun ; light-colored 



halo around sun. Cf sbakatchdlish, sbapash (1). 

 shelakla, d. sheshlakla to cut oneself: stt'laplcsb sh. nu gd-u wC^]) I cut 



myself in the right hand. Cf sliel^alua. 

 s b e 1 d k t c b a , d. sheshlaktcha to cut onc!s own throat. Der. Mktcha. 

 sh el akt cilia, d. sheshlaktcbia to make the gesture of cidting one's own 



throat. Cf shatashpapki'a. 

 s h e 1 d t ;^ a , d. sliesbldt^a to divide among several or many; said of whole 



articles only, which are distributed intact. 

 Selkantko, nom. pr. fern. Kl., "Shell-Nosed"; viz: wearing a long den- 



talium shell in the nose-septum, 

 s h e 1 z ♦I' k ;'i n a t k o , d. sbeshal;jakanatko ( 1 ) adj., striped transversely or at 



right angles. (2) subst, woven tissue. Only the d. form is in constant use. 

 sliL'l/alua {V) to he striped lengthwise, as a garter-snake (wishink). Cf 



Ikakimitko, Iketkitko, sbel;fakdnatko. (2) to gash one^s skin. This was 



practiced by the Shasti Indians for the purpose of tattooing themselves 



by rubbing coal-dust into the gashes. Cf shelakla. 

 she'l^ish, A. ?\\Qs\i{i\xh\\ nose-ornament ; white dentalium shell inserted 



tlirough the nose-septum: '■^nose-quill". Cf hashtkfi, sheka. 

 s^llaluisli, for s^llualuisli, verbal indef of slic'llual, q. v 

 slu'llual, sc'llual, sii'lual, d. shrsldual to give IxiUlc, in wage ivar, to he out 



