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Face, fhe, sat-zfis. To mnl;c fawn [by j^utlinfj the Up doivn), as-liii-le'-ii-kvvatl-iliitl ; {bi/ 

 raising ilw nose), tsits-k'li-sub. '■'•Eatthet-faccil'\ ask-Lu-sbe'-a-gwi"is. SpoUcdfaced 

 (as a imbald horse), tu-kwOk-nus (from ho-kOk'h, white). Eal-faced, tnkwet-lus 

 (from be/kwetl, red). With the face painted, s'liii-le'-ulc-wfis. '■•Jlalf-fuecd^\ the, 

 tu-t'Liluk-a-wai-iiis, the name of a fabulous being, Italf dog, half u-omun. 



Fade, to [as colors). See ^'■E.i-tingmsV\ 



Fade, icilt, to {as Jlowcrs), o-kwai'-i; faded, as-kwai'-i. 



Faint, swoon, tsutl-dutk 



Fall, to {as the tide), sbutl'li. 



Fall, drop doini, o-ho'-but-siit, o-takli ; o-tfikh-lia-gwil, to creep; o-ta'-gwil, to gel down; 

 o-tag-ta-gwi], to get on to (probably to crawl on). 



Far, lei, lil, la-lGI', lalil'; not far, bwe' la-lil'. [More] further off, lel'-tsut, lil-tsfit (imp. 

 a(lv.)» lii-lt^', other, different; hwe' la-lelsL, soon, q. v., lit-lel-gwill (exact mean- 

 ing uukuowu). See tbe particles la, le. 



Fast, quid', alkb (imp. adv.). 



Fat {of animals), sobw-tud. A fat man, muk'bw. 



Father. See ^^Eelationshi2)s^\ 



Fathom, a (used in measuring strings of wampum or beads), t'bu-dad-cbu (dut-cbo, one) ; 

 five fathoms, u'cba'-lak-hid {i. e., a hand) ; ten fathoms, sa-le-al'-ak-bid (sa'-le, two, 

 i. e., two hands), tus-pc'-pa-dats (pa'-duts, ten) ; half a fathom tul-ka-la'-bad. From 

 one shoulder to tip of opposite fingers, tu-di-gwe'-di-gwus (se-led-gwus, the chest). In 

 practice, it is tbe measure from tip to tip of tbc lingers, tbe arms being extended. 



Feed, give to eat, kla'-dap. 



Feel, to, o-patl-tid. I feel, o-patl-tid-sbid. 



Female {of animals), tau-itl, sla-iie. 



Feminine prefix and sexual icords :—s prefixed or interpolated is occasiouallj- found 

 clearly as a feminine sign ; but so large a portion of tbe words in tbe language 

 commence witb tbis letter tbat tbere is some difliculty in determining its occur- 

 rence in tbat sense. Tbe following may, bowever, be cited as examples of its use: 

 I love my wife, batl-Iii-cbid, tsi-itl cbug-wusb, wbere tsi-itl is tbe possessive pronoun, 

 feminine, in place of te-itl. She is tcell disposed ioicard you, k'sits twul dug-we. 

 Where is your icifc f cbfid ki sad cbug-wusb? It is also recognizable in some of 

 tbe words denoting relatiousbip, &c. : d'be'-ba-da, «oh; sud-de-be'-ba-da, danghtcr; 

 tsa,' -ha, fatherin-law ; suts-ba-ba, mother-in-law. So in speaking to male relations, 

 tbe possessive pronoun is sbed ; to females, sed. See "J/y". Otber instances are, 

 cba'cbas, a small boy; si-eba'-cbas, a small girl; bekw, large; si-bekw, a large 

 woman ; o-lfitl, old; sul-lo-tutl, an old woman. There are also some words in which 

 a distinction is made between tbe sexes, c. g., ^^ friend". In speaking to a man, the 

 word used is asb-dals'; to a woman, as-nals. Thanks to a man is expressed he'- 

 a-sbuds; to a woman, bes-ko. The call of "■you there^^ is, to a man, do-te'; to a 

 woman, dot-si. To urinate by a man is o-sa'-bwa; by a woman, o-she'-wa. 

 Syphilis in a man is astlai-uks ; in a woman, ast-sau-e. Tbe stems of some plants 

 are deemed male and called stOb-shal-li ; the under leaves female, kla'-diel-li, 

 respectively from stobsh and skla-de. Interjections are most commonly used by 

 women, and in one case an absolutely different one is employed, according to tbe 

 sexof tbe speaker: as-sash-i-ma! for shame.' by women ; a-sash-i b'boyo'! by men. 



