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sp^owushka, skuwashka, d. skuskuwAshka (1) to paddle, to sail off the 

 shore. (2) to stay off from the shore: willidshat s. to keep atvay from the 

 cliffs, reefs, rocks or rocky shore. Cf. s^^na. 



s%uyamnish, d. s;{ush;^iamnish roiver, sailor; boatman; person handling 

 canoes, oars, boats, ships; used chiefly in the d. form. Cf. s%ena. 



s ;< u 1 k i s h , d. s/ush^o'lkish; Mod. for s;^61akgish Kl., q. v. 



s ;^ u 1 II a 1 k i s h , d. s%ush;{aluiilkish bedstead. 



s% uta, d. sxu's%ata (1) to tie together, tie up in a hunch or bundle; to wrap 

 in: partic. s^utatko tied together, forming one bunch or bundle: dnkuag 

 s;{utatko hunch of short sticks ; bundle of kindling-tmod. (2) to tie up pro- 

 visions for a trip or journey. Same word as skiita, bitt differentiated 

 from it in course of time in signification and pronunciation. Cf w^pla. 



s;{iital%a, d. s;(u'sh;{tarka to run against a reef to strike on a shoal. 



s% lit ash, sko'tasli, d. s^u'sh^tash, s%d's;)jtash (1) hunch; ivhat is bundled, 

 hound together, or tied around, wrapped in: na'nash szo's;^tash several 

 hunches. (2) the tivo slender sticks of the four used in the spclshna-game; 

 they are cylindric and wrapped over with narrow buckskin straps, 79, 2. 

 Same word as skiitash; see remark under s^uta. 



s^u'tka, d. s^ush^atka; same as skotka, q. v. 



s ;j u t k a n u' t k i s h , abbr. s^otnotkish, d. szus^utkanu'tkish (i) oesophagus, 

 pharynx. (2) larynx, wind j)W^'i s.=lakish Adam^s ap])le; also, throat in 

 general Cf. sk6tka (1). 



s X li' t c h g u s h , d. s%us%4tcligush crossing piece, foot-log Der. sk6tka (2). 



s h 1 4 - a , shlaa, d. shldshla ; see shlea. 



shlA-imugsh, d shhishhmuksli rattle of rattlesnake. 



shlA-ish, shlaish, d. shldsldish {i.)mat; rush-mat: m4-i=sh. mat made of 

 tule or bulrush; coarse mat for covering lodges. (2) bed of the natives; 

 made of mats. (3) bedcloth. Cf hiptak, shlania, shldnka. 



shlayaks, shla'-iyaks, sla'-iks, d shlashlayaksh (1) smoke; smoke of fire: 

 K'nnikamtcham lu'loks shlAyaksak the camp-fire of K'mukamtch was nothing 

 but smoke, 99, 4. (2) gunpowder: shlayaksam wawAkoksh powder-horn: 

 shla'yaksam wetkok6tkish load-gauger, charger. Cf shlakdya; lit. "what 

 is spread, susijended in the air". Quot. under lokansha. 



shlaka. Mod. shk'kn, d. sldasldka, Mod. shleshlka (1) to observe, watch, 



