Smear, rub on oil, grease, anoint. Jacobs 1931:223 records íškuk. pináˀišq̓ukayitanam apáp šk̓apašwaynmíki čúuški ‘you should anoint your your hands with rose water’; paˀíšq̓ukša ‘they’re rubbing on oil’; šapáˀišq̓uk ‘soften hide’; íšq̓ukni ‘softened’. [NP /síwi/.]
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