~Pa'see-sie~, _n._ Chinook, PASISI. _A blanket; woollen cloth._ ~Pa-si'-ooks~, _n., adj._ Chinook, PASISIUKS. _French; a Frenchman._ Mr. Hale supposed this to be a corruption of the French word _Francais._ It is, however, really derived from the foregoing word, PASISI, with the terminal UKS, which is a plural form applied to living beings. Lewis and Clarke (vol. ii., p. 413) give _Pashisheooks,_ clothmen, as the Chinook name for the whites, and this explanation was also furnished me by people of that tribe. It has since been generally restricted to the French Canadians, though among some of the tribes east of the Cascade Range, it is applied indiscriminately to all the Hudson's Bay people. ~Pchih~, or ~Pit-chih~, _adj._ Quaere u. d. _Thin in dimension,_ as of a board. (Shaw.) Not in common use. ~Pe-chugh~, _adj._ Chinook, PTSEKH. _Green._ ~Pee~, _conj._ French, PUIS. (Anderson.) _Then; besides; and; or; but._ Pee weght, _and also; besides which;_ pee nika wauwau wake, _but I say, No._ ~Peh'-pah~, _n._ English, PAPER. _Paper; a letter; any writing._ Mamook pehpah, _to write._ ~Pel'-ton~, _n., adj._ Jargon. _A fool; foolish; crazy._ Kahkwa pelton, _like a fool;_ hyas pelton mika, _you are very silly._ The Indians adopted this word from the name of a deranged person, Archibald Pelton, or perhaps Felton, whom Mr. Wilson P. Hunt found on his journey to Astoria, and carried there with him. The circumstance is mentioned by Franchere, in his "Narrative," trans, p. 149. ~Pe-shak'~, or ~Pe-shuk'~, _adj._ Nootka, PESHUK; Nittinat, idem. _Bad._ ~Pe-what'-tie~, _adj._ Chinooi, PIHWATI. _Thin,_ like paper, &c. ~Pi'-ah~, _n., adj._ English, FIRE. _Fire; ripe; cooked._ Mamook piah, _to cook; to burn;_ piah-ship, _a steamer;_ piah olillie, _ripe berries;_ piah sapolill, _baked bread;_ piah sick, _the venereal disease;_ saghillie piah, _lightning._ ~Pil~, _adj._ Chinook, TLPELPEL. Father Pandosy gives 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.