Root of íšq̓uk ‘rub (with grease, medicine), anoint’. [Cf. possibly šq̓ʷiyɨ́mč ‘cut hair’ (cf. NE wiyɨ́mk ‘peel’); Y šq̓ʷnáa ‘dejected, sad’; Y šq̓ʷní ‘curve; whirlpool’; NP /sk̓uye/ ‘dirty, smeared’ (bound).]
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