assimilate to — ball. 



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a. is expressed by verbal prefixes 

 (gu-,ku-), or suffixes (-tclia,-tclina, 

 etc.) ; a. from, pi"ep., welitana ; a. 

 from Jiome, caitip, i'wa, cf. iwag; a. 

 from any houses, lodges, kiiinag-. 

 awkward, weuniui, abbr. wcniii. 



awl, sAkta; bone-a., wAkasli, ktiko 



sdkta, sakta. 

 ax; small, tchiktcliikasli ; large, shlak- 



6tkish; heavy ax for felling trees, 



udshitcli6tkish. 



B. 



b a 1) b 1 e r , waltkish. 



b a b y , mii'ksh, Mod. shuentcli; dim. 

 miikaga, Mod. shuentciidga ; h. hoy, 

 hishuakga; h. girl, shnawddshka; 

 b.-board, slmentch, Mod. stiwi%6t- 

 kish; small b.-board, Kl. sliuen- 

 tchdga. 



bachelor, liishuaksh kdliak shmi- 

 wedsh, tchiluish; old b., t'sliika; 

 lit. "old mau." 



back, of persons or animals, kii'- 

 mat; behind on b., %amt^tan; b- 

 of quadrupeds, ^Ihuish; to carry 

 on b. shdlamna, sh^polamna, tii- 

 dslma; to carry on b., shotdders, 

 especially a load by strap, metk'la; 

 to hold or carry on b., as baskets, 

 skclyamna, skdtkala, sk4t%a; to 

 smear, line, rub on one^s b., shiAlam- 

 na; b. of chair, tchapdta. 



back, adv. When connected with 

 verbs, as to walk b., it is usually 

 expressed by the suffix -p6li, -pele, 

 -p'le ; go b. ! kuitak ! Cf. home, adv. 



back of, prep., behind, kuita. 



backbiter, wiknish, dim. wikni- 

 aga; to be ab., shcwala. 



backbone, (ilhuish. 



b a c k w a r d ; to walk b. like a crab, 

 skii'-ika. 



bacon, p'lu. Cf fat. 



bad, kuidshi; of a b., mean character, 

 piipalish, tchdkalsh, sha'tptchi; a 

 man of b. intentions, hishuaksh kii- 

 idshi steinash; b., hateful, anim. and 

 inan., tchektchdkli ; b. thing! excl., 

 k(^-ash ! 



badger, Taxideu americana, kii'lsh. 



badly, kui ; to treat b., outrage, 

 kui shiita. 



bag, la'klaksh, wakogsh, willishik; 

 b. for provisions, t4yash; long b. for 

 grain, provisions, l^al^amnish, wil- 

 lishik ; game b., shulti'lash Cf sack. 



bail, V. t., as a canoe, 4mpu kitoka. 



bake, v. t, 6. or cook, hushno'ka; b. 

 in a pit, puka; b. provisions in the 

 ground, awdla, satnAlha; one who 

 is baking bulbs, roots, pukish. 



balance, v. t. ; to b. on one's arms, 

 ' shidkshiaga. 



bald-headed, stakol61atko. 



ball, globiform body, l(^wash ; j^lag-b., 

 shakudash, lewash, shuntoyakea- 

 otkish; shu'p'luash, dim. shupluga; 

 to play a b.-game, lewa; to play at b. 



