- INDIAN TRIBES OF THE 
snake, si-si’-ye. 
snarled, ¢i-ni’-na-¢i’-ya, tangled up, snarled as thread. 
sneeze, i-thi’-vi, to sneeze. 
snow, i, snow. 
ben-a’-¢i, it snows. 
soak, ni-o-i-thi’-ti, to soak a skin, preparatory to dress- 
ing it. 
ni-a-ka’-nat-i, to soak, or make soft. 
soft, sa-si-na’, soft, tender, as meat. 
something, a-i-thu’. 
somewhere, a-e-to-hin’-1. 
son, ne’-ha, my son. 
e’-ha, thy son. 
i-ha, his son. 
ne-shi’-a, my grandson. 
e-shi’-a, thy grandson. 
in-i-shi’-a, his grandson. 
na-thah’, my son-in-law. 
a-tun’-i-he-wa, an adopted son. 
soon, na-ha-ni'-hi, soon, after a while. 
sore, wa-lia’-lia-nat, sores on the body, small-pox. 
soup, a-kuk’, broth, soup. 
sour, ya-sis’-i-nak-Cat. 
source, ath-ai’-sin, at the head or source of a stream. 
speak, ka-an-a’-i-net’-i, to speak slow. 
spear, ha-wa’. 
spill, a-kish’-ku-te, to spill, as water. 
spirit, ih-¢i/-wa-ni-a’-tha, the Great Spirit, half white 
man. 
splinters, an-an’-as-iht-a-sin’-en-a, stuck full of splin- 
ters or briers. 
split, ta-ti’-ha, to split. 
spoon, a-wi’-ya, a spoon. 
sport, ak-se-si/-hin-a, to play, or sport. 
spotted, ka-kut-an’-1, spotted, speckled. 
spring, ban-i-o-ni’-in. 
sprinkle, e-¢i’-i-ku’-te, to sprinkle, as water. 
squat, thi-yuk’-a, to squat down on the ground. 
squeeze, ni-ci’-na, to squeeze. f 
tat-a-e’-na, to press or squeeze the hand. 
squirrel, bali-un-i’, large squirrel, ground hog. 
stab, koh-o-hum’, to stab one with a knife. 
stamp, ta-lia’, to stamp in pieces with the foot. 
star, a’/-tha. 
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starve, as-na’-tin, to be starving, to starve. 
steal, a-wi’-ta, to steal. 
step, a-ku’-hu, to put the foot on, to step on anything. 
stick, thi-a’-ku-te, to stick or thrust, as in the ground. 
still, na-ni-tha’-ni, still, quiet, to be silent. 
stingy, ¢i-ni-ka’-a-tili, stingy, covetous. 
stink, wolh-a-ba, to stink, to become putrid. 
stirrups, ¢i-thi-uk’-in. 
stomach, be-Cat’, stomach. 
ne-Cat’, my stomach. 
e-at’, thy stomach. 
i-¢at’, his stomach. 
stone, a-na’-ka. 
straight, ba’-ya. 
hu-ben-a’, to straighten, make straight, as a 
stick. 
strangle, ni-éa’-na-wa-tha’-wa, to strangle, to suffocate. 
streaked, ha-ha’-ye, striped, streaked. 
stretch, thili-o-ha’, to stretch, as a skin. 
strike, ta-win’-a, to strike. 
kai-ye’-thi-ha, to strike and knock loose, as a 
stake or pin. 
strong, ti-ni-ilit’. 
a-tha/-na-tin’-1-in-a, I am strong. 
stumble, ta-ush’-i, to stumble. 
suck, ni/-na, to suck, as a child. 
sugar, ni-sis’-¢a. 
summer, bié. 
sun, is-is’. 
bi-ku-sis’, night sun, the moon. 
i-shish’-bi-set, sunrise. 
na-is-et’, sunset. 4 
surround, ali-o-in’-a, to make a surround, as of buf- 
falo. 
suspend, o’-i-ti, to hang up, suspend anything. 
swallow, a-ta-wa-ku’-i-te, to swallow anything. 
bi-te-bi’-ho-lu’-hu, mud swallows, birds 
that build their nests of mud, like the 
muskrat. 
sweat, ci-ba’, to take a sweat. 
éi-bat’, a sweat-hotse. 
ko-no’-wa-na, to perspire freely on a hot day. 
sweet, ya-ni-sis-Cat. 
swell, ka-na’-a-na, to puff out, swell like inflammation. 
