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local. This is tbe case with tbe Nisliwallies themselves (Sicwa'-lia'-inish), the 

 Dwa'-inisb, Nuso'-lupsh, Slio-pa'-iuish, &c. Kilo'-suiush or Ki lo'sa-mish is the 

 name of one of the demon races. The particle mis or m's, occasionally prefixed to 

 proper names, may be only another forai of the above, as in Miskai' hwu, the name 

 of a tribe on the SJcagit {Ska-jit} Eiver ; M's-jug-wa, certain monsters. Another pre- 

 fix often occurring in the names of tribes, the derivation and significance of which 

 I failed to obtain, is uu, nfis, as in Nus-klaiyum (commonly called Klallam), Niik- 

 sak (Nook-sahk), IS!us-kop, jSTu-so'-lfipsh, Nukh-lum-mi (Lummi). See ^^Placcs^\ 

 ^^Mankind". 



Perhaps, hed-la, a-hed la (implying doubt or disbelief); as ^'it may he''\ ho'la, bo o'-la, 

 ho'-lus, ho-lukbt; perhaps he is coming, bolus ku-da' o-klutcb-il-ukhw ; perhaps I 

 icill (JO, bo lukht klookh. See " 7/". 



Petticoat (the fringed dress originally worn by women), s'chad zub, kle'tl pikw, yel-a- 

 wakh. This last word is probably a corruption of, or adopted from, the T'sinuk 

 word kalakwa'ti, cedar-hark, from which tbe petticoat was generally made, and 

 which gave it its name in that language as well as in tbe " Jargon ". 



Pick, to (feathers), tw alshtub ; I pick {a bird), twalsh-cbid ; to pick np icith tongs or sticks, 

 as a coal, buk-keJ, huk-ke'-ud. See " Gather ^\ 



Pierce, run anything into one, to, shu-lud. 



Pin, toothpick, chits-chidesh-bud. 



Pinch, to, o-tsi-le'-kwid. 



Pipe (for smoking), pakw; a large pipe, pa'-kwuts. 



Pistol. Sfe''Gun'\ 



Pitch, gum, resin, kwa'-litl'h. 



Place, a, swa-tekhw-t'n. The word has a very extended signification. It means the 

 earth, or world, the ground, any particular spot, the site of a bouse or village, also 

 the proper place of au individual in the lodge. Many names of places and their 

 inhabitants present tbe terminations bu, hwu, miukb, &c., denoting locality, as, 

 for instance, sakh'-bumall'-liu, the place of dancing, from s-akh'-bum, a dance; Suo- 

 kwalmi-yukii (commonly written Snoqualmie or Snoqualmoo), a tribe on the upper 

 waters of the Snohomish Eiver; Miskai-hwu, « fn&e on the Upper Skagit. These 

 are, in all probability, derivatives of tbe word tum-mekhw' or tum-nie'-bu, the earth, 

 land, a place, now obsolete in the Niskwalli and other languages of Paget Sountl, 

 but still extant in the Sbe-bwap mukh (Shus-bwap) of Frazer liiver, tbe so-called 

 at-na of Mackenzie, .which, as tbe most northern member of the Selish, nuiy be con- 

 sidered as the mother tongue.* See " Geographical names". 



Placenta, the, a'-sbud dikhl (Nisk ) ; bvvat-ta-dikhl (Sky.), " the child's friend". 



Plait, to. See ''Fold". 



Plank, board, s'hul-as. 



Plant, sow, pi-da'-lekw. 



Plants, herbs (generic), sklakh'ho-dop ; the stems of bulbous plants, ifcc, stob-shal-li, the 

 under leaves, kla'-de-el-li, from stobsh, a man, sklade, a woman, the former being 

 considered the male, and the latter the female part of the plant; a Jlowcr, sekai- 

 sim ; the skin of a bulb or tuber, klo-kwels-bid ; seeds, klut-te-de'-wut; roots, aspud. 



'Atua, accordiu^ to Mr. Alex. C. Anderson, H. H. 15. Co., iu tho laugu.ago of tbe Titkali, or Carriers, 

 their nortbeni uui{;libors, means simply "stranger." 



