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Bead, ihe, s'liai'-ju:;; a round head (one Dot tlatteiicil artificially), clial'-lius, si.ak-lius; 

 rovndhcadcd, as-puk-\vus, as-bupo'-kwiis; a flattened head, ikb-pe' his. See '^Bodij, 

 2)arts of''. There are a few instances in which the Selish word keu, ked, obsolete 

 in the Niskwalli, is still retained in composition. These are mostly proi)er names 

 of chiefs or persons of good descent, as Pat'-ke-nam, Lakh'-kcnam, Hat' to-ake'- 

 nau), &c., the meanings of which are lost to the wearers. That of the; celebrated 

 Yakama chief, Ka-mai-ya'-ken, signified in the Spokane, a cognate laugnage to the 

 Selish, "i/c«(Z mthout a slndlP Other words in the Niskwalli preserving the ter- 

 mination are: \m-Vo-kii\\,tliecroxJonof tliehead ; h(i'-a-]ied,io scraichthehead ; as-pe- 

 a ken, dead at the top; perhaps also t'stnul-keii, the minh: 



Head-band (for carrijimj loada), st-kwu/sbid, sle dal'-shid. 



IIcar,1o, as-kla'-bot (from kwil la'-de, //(c far), aslOlchid ; //(f«r, as kla'bot chid; thou 

 /(Crtrcs^, askla'-botchn ; he /(rars, as klu-bot, suddltl' as kla'-bol ; tec hear, de-betl 

 as-kla'lot ; ye hear, gul-la-po askla'bot ; they hear, as-kla'-bOt tfilgwa'. This word 

 is one of several elsewhere mentioned, in which the verb is conjugated from au ad- 

 jective form. 



Heart, the, st'saltch, st'sa'-le (in the sense of icill, icish, opinion, disposition, &c., the 

 heart being the seat of the mind), hutsh : n. d., hutsh-ka'-lus, the eye-ball {heart or 

 viind of the eye); shitlhat-chnb, to male np one's mind. What do you thinl; f 

 u-hat is your wish ? as-Led' gwud'^ kad^hutch"? (literally, /(««■' who^ yoitr^ heart*). Is 

 that your opinion f do you thinlc so? {so^ your'^ hcarff) as-\s.'-ta^ kad- hutsh'! ]\Iy 

 opinion is sucli (of^ mt^ heart? so*), gutl' at-sa^ hutsh' asis'-ta''. 



Jleat, to, to 2)ut stones on the fire to heat for coohinfj, tlul ets, stutsults. 



Heavy, kh'-fib. 



Hide, to, o-chad. I hide it, o chad-shischid. Uere the pronoun shis {it) is interpolated 

 between the verb and the copulative. Where shall I hide it 2 al-cbad kuts cLadzil. 

 Hide yourself, cbadzil. From cha, « hole, q. r. 



Hill, spo' kwab, sma'-del, klup. 



Hi2), the, on the hip, hOk-k'hfip. 



Hired {as a horse), as-cholt-hu. 



Hit, to {as a marl), otot sod. / hit, o-tot-sudchid. 



Hither, twul-te' (/. e , " to this", place being understood). 



Hoax, hiimburj, to, o ka'ka-lad. You are humbiigyinfj, o ka'-kalcts chu. 



Hobble, fetter, to {as a horse), c-ke'-uk-utshid (from o-ke'-akait', to/io/r/, and dza'shid/iw/). 



Hoy, po lo' kuks ; litter of pigs, ko-kokshu. (French, cochon.) 



Hole, aslo'; a hole in the ground, cha. Derivatives, cha-ad, to dig ; o-chud, to hide ; 

 o-chab, Vi-chixh, to dig roots ; as-chats, hidden, the hidden or menstrual lodge; chal- 

 ko, a icell. See " Where'''. 



Hoolc, catch on, to {as on a thorn), kle-kwal'-litsh: to hook or fasten {as with hoolcs and 

 eyes), dug-kus'-sed. 



Hoolc. See "i^/s/t-Aoo/.;". Hools and eyes, klel'-gwid-gwul. 



Horizon (literally, the edge), e'-lahad. 



Horse, sti-a ke'-yu (from sti-kai'-yu, a wolf); a mare, tau-il; foal, stitke'-yu, kai-ik. 

 Derivatives, tik-e-wab, to ride (from o-hwob, a form of the verb "to go''). A 

 horseman, tu-ste'-a-kullagwid (from sti a ke' yu, and oke' higwil, q. v., to mount. 

 See " Neigh ", " Hobble ", " Hold ". 



