PILPILP, as
signifying _red,_ in the Nez Perce or Sahaptin, also. _Red; of a reddish
color._ Pil illahie, _red clay or vermilion;_ pil dolla, _gold;_ pil
chickamin, _copper;_ pil kiuatan, _a bay or chestnut horse._

~Pil'-pil~, _n._ Jargon. _Blood._ Mahsh pilpil, _to bleed; to menstruate._
Derived from the foregoing.

~Pish~, _n._ English. _Fish._

~Pit-lilh'~, or ~Pit-hlil'~, _adj._ Quaere u. d. _Thick in consistence,_ as
molasses.

~Piu-piu~, _n._ French, PUER, _to stink._ Or from the sound often uttered
expressive of disgust at a bad smell. _A skunk._

~Poh~, _v._ Chinook, idem. By onoma. Mamook poh, _to blow out or
extinguish,_ as a candle.

~Po'-lak-lie~, _n., adj._ Chinook, POLAKLI. _Night; darkness; dark._
Tenas polaklie, _evening;_ hyas polaklie, _late at night; very dark;_
sit-kum polaklie, _midnight_ (literally, _the half night_).

~Po'-lal-lie~, _n._ Quaere French, POUDRE. _Gunpowder; dust; sand._
Polallie illahie, _sandy ground._ The word is certainly neither Chinook
nor Chihalis.

~Poo~, _n._ By onoma. (Hale). _The sound of a gun._ Mamook poo, _to
shoot;_ moxt poo, _a double-barrelled gun;_ tohum poo, _a six-shooter._
Nisqually, OPOO, _to break wind._

~Poo'-lie~, _adj._ French, POURRI. _Rotten._

~Pot'-latch~, or ~Paht'-latsh~, _n., v._ Nootka, PAHCHILT (Jewitt);
PACHAETL, or PACHATI (Cook). _A gift; to give._ Cultus potlatch, _a
present or free gift._

~Pow'-itsh~, _n._ Chinook, PAUITSH. _A crab-apple._

~Puk'-puk~, _n._ Probably an invented word. _A blow with the fist; a
fist-fight._ Mamook pukpuk, _to box; to fight with the fists;_ pukpuk
solleks, _to fight in anger._

~Puss'-puss~, _n._ English. _A cat._ On Puget Sound, pronounced
_pish-pish._ Hyas pusspuss, _a cougar._

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~Sagh-a-lie~, or ~Sah'-ha-lie~, _adj._ Chinook, SAKHALI; Clatsop,
UKHSHAKHALI. _Up; above; high._ Saghalie tyee (literally, _the chief
above_), _God._ A term invented by the missionaries for want of a native
one.

~Sail~, or ~Sill~, _n._ English, SAIL. _A sail; any cotton or linen
goods._ Mamook sail, _to make sail;_ mamook keekwillie sail, _to take in
sail;_ tzum sail, _printed cloth or calico._ ~Sa-kol'-eks~, or
~Se-kol'-uks~, _n._ Chinook, TSAKALUKS, _leggings._ _Trowsers;
pantaloons._ Keekwillie sakoleks, _drawers._ ~Sal-lal'~, _n._ Chinook,
KLKWUSHALA. (SHELWELL of Lewis and Clarke.) _The sallal berry;_ fruit of
_gualtheria shallon._

~Salmon~, _n._ English, idem. _The salmon; fish generally._ T