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skJl' pestle, ska' to blow cold or strong. 



tchi'sh settlement, lodge, tchi'sh inhabitant. 



vf Ash prairie-wolf, wash hole, den, excavation. 



wika iiear, wika to blow. 



liuna to stand, croivd inside, li'una to produce a noise. 



Paronyms differing in quantity only: 

 kfsli fish-spear, kl'sli, kl'sh a lie. 

 slu'iina to rim a race, sliui'na to sing. 

 tcliisli a/60, too, tchi'sh lodge, inhabitant. 

 ni, ni /, mijself, nl' snoivshoe. 



Paronyms differing in one or more sounds of the alphabet : 

 giwash bluish squirrel, Giwash, nom. pr., Crater Mountain. 

 laki chief, hiki to be stolen, gone, \{\W foreltead. 

 lii'k seed, lernel, h'lk, \6k grizzly bear. 

 p'hushka to tear off by hand, piishka to cut. 



shikantehi to pile upon each other, shikantila to show something on feet. 

 yulina to menstruate, yiulma to send over the edge. 

 skutash mantle, skutash, s^utash bunch, string. 

 shul^a to tie together, shul6;^a to roar, growl. 

 shko'ks ghost, spirit, shkoks sheep-tick 

 ka'sh ipo-root, ke'sh rattlesnake, ka'sh excrement. 

 k6ka, koke river, stream, k6ka to bite. 

 n^wa to extend, v. intr., n^wa to drive into the water. 

 gena to go away, walk, k^na it is snowing. 

 vuduka to strike tvith a stick, vut6ka to swing around, v. trans. 



Some of the above terms (yulina etc., skutash etc.) are etymologically 

 identical, but, because differentiated in their meanings, they now differ in 

 their pronunciation. This we observe also in English : to pat and to pet, 

 secure and sure, loyal and legal, leal; disk, dish, desk; warrantee and guarantee; 

 as well as in the French: naif and natif, Noel and natal, entier and integre. 



