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.

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.