DICTIONARY OF THE NISKWALLI. 



11. 



ENGLISH— NISKWALLI. 



By George Gibbs, M. D. 



A. 



Above, sliuk'b, slii-shuk ; on the top of, sbi-ka'-bats. Derivatives, q. v., sliuk-si-ab' 



(literally the '^ Above Chief"), the adopted name of God; shiikh, the sky, heaven; 



shukb-huin, M'i«(Z; sbuk-ud (imp.), /*/'« «<p; shukhos, ascending, itp hill ; o-sbukbw, 



to swell (as a br^iise or boil); sbukh-sbubats, a vame of the trillium; sbuk-sbid, the 



instep. 

 Abuse, deride, ridicule, call names to, o-ka'-gwat, o-ka'-gwut-tub, ok-be'-gwud. 

 Across (as a stream), di-el, di-el-gwitl. 

 Adze (0/ iron), kwa'-li us, kwal'-y us ; (of stone), sus'-el-tud. 

 Afraid, as-huts', as be'-kwub. 

 Afternoon, kla pok', sbit-lo-kwatl. 

 Again, ma-pot'. 

 Aged (of persons), lo'-lutl, sklc'-bot, skulle'-bOt ; an old man or tcoman, skul-le'-bot stobsb 



or skla'-ne. 

 Alilce, nice, as-is'-ta. See " /S'o". 

 Alive, bale', lialikb'. 



All, every, q. v., bo-kwi, bokw, bcb-kwu ; all of them, bokw detl. 

 Almost (literally not far), bwo' la-lil' ; almost dead, bwe" laliP guP at-a-bud* (literally nof 



far^ to^ dead") ; almost out (of a fire or light), Lwc' la-lil gwul et-sukbw'. 

 Along, along icith, together, klalbas. 

 Always, skOs, ska-ked; always so, ska-ked as-is'-ta. P always^ Icncio^ [to*] yo%v', skOsb"- 



cbid^ asaid' cbu^ twuP dug'-we^ You always go, ska'-ked ok-la. 

 Amuse one's self See " Flay''\ 

 Animals. See ^^ Mammals ", " Birds ", ^'Fish ", &c. 

 And, also, yukb, yukb'-ba, is'-sbi. J' and:' you^, at'-sa^ yukh^-ti' dug-we=. And I also, 



yukbi-ba at-sa^ klaP as-is'-ta* (*. e., and^ P too^ so'^). 

 Angry, to be, o-het-sil. [Are] you^ angrxf with? me'^ f o-bet-siP-cbuhu' twul'' at-sa*. i" 



am angry'' icit¥ you\ obet'-siP-cbid' bwuP dug'-we"* (from o-bed, u-hy, what is the 



matter, aud si-liis, the forehead). Derivatives, od-bet-sil-ils, to suU:, to blush, q. v. 



