Skoutcliisli — sku'l^a. 321 



s k u y u s li k a to send mvay from, _^;a>-^ one from the other , 60, 19-61, 2. 



s k u k a s h a g a , sku'kashak young woodpecker of the species called skaii- 

 kush, q. v.; mentioned in the incantation, 168; 39. 



skukla to have the limbs chapped through frost or heat, as hands, feet, foce: 

 p'na'sh ktchal^ishtka shliuklunpkasht to preserve or keep themselves (viz. 

 their faces) from chapping through swnhurns; the idea of "preserving 

 against" is liere expressed by the future tense, 150, 8. Der. skd. 



s k li k s h a p mother whose children are all alive. Cf sgu'tch. 



skiikta, s;f6kta, d. skoskdkta (1) to pay in money or in goods, to pay cash, 

 to make a transfer to effect a purchase: hats i sku'ktish hamgniuk and 

 if you want to pay the marriage fee to the parents, 60, 11.; wats sk6kta he 

 transferred horses, 78, 11. Cf Note to 35, 19. (2) to pay a fine, to he 

 fined: w^tch sk6kta to he fined in horses, 62, 5. 78, 16. 90, 8. Cf. kitchakla 



s k u k t n a , sx<5ktna, d. skushkaktna to go and pay in money or in articles; to 

 come and pay : tu'nep 1 n's tala sku'ktanuapk you shall pay me five dollars 

 as a fee, 60, S., cf. 9. 10.; tu'nip (wdtch) i sku'ktanuapk snawii'dshash 

 you may transfer five horses for the wife, 60, 1 1. 



sk lik II m - liouse yai?, guard-house, prison, 66, 4.; lit. "strong-house"; 

 Chin. J. for ili'gish, killitko latchash KL The Chin. J. term skukum 

 strong occurs in the Chin. J. phrases: s. tchuk rapid stream, s. teyi head- 

 chief, s. doctor stout doctor etc. 



s k II 1 e , shku'le, sk61a, d. shku'shk'le, skushkelJi lark, skylark, a small gray, 

 yellow-bellied bird: Eremop)hila cornuta, 183; 25.: shnu'lashtat shku'lelam 

 in the nest of the lark, 95, 5.; shkulelam (or skid^lam) weweka the young 

 of a lark, 94, 9. People who pick up larks are believed to become indo- 

 lent and lazy: a Modoc superstition. Incantation, 168; 43. 



skii'lha, d. skushkalha, v. intr., to lie upon, to rest on: s/o'lhok /or the 

 purpose of lying on, 144, 1.; s^o'lhank ivhen resting upon them, 144, 2. 



s k u'l h a s h pet, d. skiilhash pepat amhulance-hed : md-i s. amhulance made 

 of tule-reeds, bulrushes, 24, 5. Cf shl4-ish. 



sku'l;ja, d. skuskal;{a, shkushkalka to lie down, to go to sleep, to go to bed: 



i'-uag shkul;^a he lay doivn near his home, 131, 6.; iianui sh^ol^otak as 



soon as she had lain doivn, 113, 12.; sx(jlakok to induce sleep), 144, 8.; 



pakolank s;;(61akuapka (nu) after smoking my pipe I tvill go to rest, 137, 4. 

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