siksik

To pick lice or nits from the hair by searching the scalp manually with the fingers, feeling among the hair, pinching individual hairs near their base, and sliding the fingers upward to remove attached lice or nits; to delouse oneself or another person by this traditional manual method.

CULTURAL NOTE: Unlike a general verb meaning “to remove lice,” /siksik/ denotes the traditional tactile method of delousing without the use of a comb. The fingers serve both as the searching instrument and the means of extracting lice or nits, making the activity an intimate form of family grooming commonly practiced between parents and children or among close companions.