p o i s on — preceding, 



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possibly, adv. ; can often be ren- 

 dered by ak, dk a, aka, ka, lish. 



posterior, adj., tapltni. 



posteriors, s., kin ; pu'sliaklish. 



post, s., wdlash; lodge-p., stutilash; 

 thick p. of wood, tutash. 



post, V. t. ; ^. up on the top of, kti- 

 wala, ktiwf;(i ; to he posted on, upon, 

 or in the woods, hushes, tchaggdya, 

 pi. wawaggdya. 



pot, for boiling, cooking, p6ko; tchi- 

 Idluash, Mod. tchilal6tkish; fea-or 

 coffee-p., tchu'kshCim; to cook in a 

 p., shutdshla; to melt in a p., stil^a. 



potato; wild ]). (abusively called 

 so), species of Calochortus, kii'sh; 

 Ipo, ipza; "wafer-p.,''^ eatable root 

 of Sagittaria, tchud; the plant -pro- 

 ducing the iv.-p., tchu41ani. 



potion, buno'kish. 



pottery, of. dish, plate; hroken 

 piece of p., mbdkuish. 



pouch, la'klash, wAkogsh ; hullet-p., 

 shultilash. 



p o la n d , V. t., as grains in a mortar, 

 nd^ga, ndshtlpka; p. \>\ means of 

 a mortar or crushing stone, gdnia, 

 p^ksha, skiiya, stdpka; p. into flour, 

 shut^shla; p., p. fine witli a piece 

 of wood, ndaka; pounded seed, grain, 

 lulinash. Cf. crush, mash, v. 



pour, V. t. ; p. along, kitutana; p. on, 

 iw41a; liquids, kitita, kitua, kitui- 

 ni; p. out on, p. out on again, iwdl- 

 p6li ; p. over, iipon, kidshna, kitu- 

 lala, kitutana. Cf empty, v. t. 



pour, v. i. I p. down in quantities, said 

 of rain, Idt'lgka. 



poverty; to he in p., yudlka. Cf 

 indigent, poor. 



powder, gunpowder, shlAyaksh; p.- 

 horn, shMyaksam wdkogsh; to re- 

 duce to p. hy grinding, lulina, pd- 

 ksha; cf. mash, pound, v. 



power, killitko ; litchlitchli ; he- 

 witching p., yayaya-as, shui'sh. 



powerful, litchlitchli ; killitko : 

 muni ; p., demoniac, shkaini ; p., said 

 of tissues, ropes, tsudgatko; to he p., 

 klla; winds, skA; to he more p)- than, 

 skiipma; wini%i. Mod. vui;^in. 



powerfully, Iftchlitch, mu ; kil- 

 lank, n%i'l. 



powerless; to he p., weak in body, 

 ^Xhh ka'gi. 



pox, pox; small-jx, gutxaksh. 



practicable for passage, kintch- 

 4ntko. 



practice, s. ; to have the p. of, niin ; 

 legal p., ne-ulaksh. 



prairie, saiga, dim. saikdga; p.- 

 chicken, species of, p6pusha, and 

 pu'pisha, Kl. ; shuakak; p.-hawk, 

 tchmekoleash; p.-tvolf coyote, Canis 

 latrans, wa'sli, dim. washa=w^ka. 



prance about, v. i., hush61al;{a, 

 d. also wash6Ial%a. 



prattle, v. t., nddna. 



prattler, nddndinish, wAltkish. 



pray, v. t; to heg, shak6tka; p. to 

 God, p'laikishash hashashudkia. 



preach, v. t., nddna. 



p r e a c li e r , sunde=ka'kl'kish; p'lai- 

 talkni = shushatish; siinde = kiuks, 

 sunde = shushatish. 



preceding, lupini ; p. in age, t^e-u ; 



