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Prairie, mcadoiP, nia'-kwob, ba'-kwdin. A small prairie, babfi-kob. 



Pregnant, asdzt'-dzi-he', us-k\vc'-ukw. See ^^CorpulenV\ 



Present, existing, at-suts, at-siuls, a-ok. For the use of these words, sec " To he, " To 

 hare ". 



Presently, kla'-lad (dim., kla-lad-kli). The word is undoubtedly from the future particle, 

 kla, klo, q. v.; presently, I will <jo, kla'-lad da'chid klo'okli. Derivatives, kla- 

 lats-a' ta kluld'-hu, la-tud-hu (used iu the seuse of icait a little, after a while); lud'- 

 Lu chfid-hu (au idiomatic espressiou seemiugly equivalent to tvhat is your hurry?) 

 (qu. also kluls, klul-set, stop; klul-set uk se-Gbsh, stop walldvy); ha-akw, lahtlkw, 

 kla'-kwu, a-knkw (dim., a'-kwiha'-kwi). In a little ichile I will <jo, dachid klnokh 

 lia-akw. Give me, and presently I tvill return, abshits dai-chid klo-ta'-shid a'-kwi- 

 ha'kwi. Presently I will 2}ay you, daiehid tlo ta'-sud a-kakw. See under "Por- 

 merly^\ fi'-go, ha'gwo, &c. 



In the sense of "ire the course of the day ^', a'-ti-la'-he, today, and its contractions 

 are used. Presently I will tall: to you, a-ti-la'-he kleb-a-hothot twul dug-we. Pres- 

 ently I will yo, te-la'-hi chit lo okh. Go presently, dai-chu klo-okh teb-h'ye. Pres- 

 ently u-e icill eat, tel-betsh klat-la'-atld. 



Soon is rendered by hwe'-lalil, hwe'-la-lesh, not far off, or hwe'-la-hakw. 

 1 (JO soon, hwe' la lelsh ho-tokw. The above words are used almost indiscrimi- 

 nately in the sense of any future time not remote. Lei or lalelsh, strongly 

 accented, expressing distance. 



The particle da, dai, rarely occurs, except as associated with some future 

 adverb, but its exact value has not been ascertained. It usually, if not always, 

 precedes the verb, and serves as a support to the transferred pronoun. Its couu- 

 terpant and derivative is found in dfikhw', da' -hu, just note, q. v., and it forms the 

 root of the word da'-da-to, to morrow, and derivatives. 



Price. See ''Barter'". 



Prielc, to (as icith a pin), o-kleL'ud, oho'-kot. I priclc, o-ho'-kwut-sid'-chid. Also to 

 poke the fire. 



Prize, to (with a lever), o had-zut-lud. 



Property, yoods, tLu See ''Things^'. 



Proud, jokh. 



Puddle (a pool tliat dries %ip), as-tsup'. 



Pudenda, the, so-wikhl', st-so' witl. 



Pull, to (as on a rope), tukh-hod. To imll the hair, e la'-chid. To pull to pieces, 

 o-hwutsku tub. 



Pungent, spicy, o-tlal'-kwub. 



Purpose, use; also the instrument with which anything is done is expressed by the par- 

 ticle, sukh, sikh. 



Sikh-hwo'-^\un), for sale, from o hwo'-yf^ib, to barter, sell, tOc; sukhhutl-kwed, 

 a razor, from hwutl, to separate, and kwed, the heard ; sukh-a-gwad-de, a scat, from 

 gwud-del, to sit, sukh-ha' kia, the crutch-handle of a Jcamas slide ; su-gugwalt-hu, 

 a broom, perhaps from kwatld, to throw away ; sukh-ko'-kwa, a cup, Irom o-ko'-hwa, 

 to drinl: ; sukhwt-salt'-hu, a hammer, from ot-salt-hu, to pound ; sukh-letsh, a saw ; 

 sukh-puts, thread, from pfid-sted, a needle ; a-hed kwi sukh gwlTd-laltsid ? with what 

 did he strike you? froui o-gwul-lal, to strike. 



