Saying dates. Payday?

[Dave Robertson]

>From an early 1895 letter written by a St'at'imc comes this snippet, 
punctuated by me:

"Kopa mun Shanwari 9 dic 1895, Lilwat, piii + mamuk + son"

A couple quick notes.

This format for expressing dates is common in shorthand CJ.  It seems to 
mean literally "On the month of January's 9th day, 1895."  

And the little plus signs in "piii mamuk son" show that I'm guessing this 
is a compound word.  I'm posting it here as a question, though.  The reason 
is that everything I've identified as a compound in shorthand CJ has two 
members; of those members, only the lefthand one can have a complex 
internal structure.  

For example, lefthand members can themselves be compounds, or be 
diminutives formed by "tanas-".  This phrase here, though, looks to me like 
it's got a complex RIGHThand member: 

[piii + [mamuk + son]]
[pay + [work + day]]

Anyway, I'm guessing it means "payday".  

Any thoughts?  

Thanks,

--Dave R.

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