Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of OregonGibbs, George
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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon
Gibbs, George
Chinook jargon -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
~Is'-ick stick~, _n._ Chinook and English. _The ash._ Literally,
_paddle-wood._
~Is'-kum~, _v._ Chinook, idem. _To take; take hold of; hold; get._ Iskum
okook lope, _hold on to that rope;_ mika na iskum? _did you get it?_
~It'-lan~, or ~It'h-lan~, _n._ Chinook, ITHLANA. _A fathom; the length of
the extended arms._
~It'-lo-kum~, _n._ Chinook, idem; Chihalis, SETLOKUM. _The game of
"hand,"_--a common amusement. Mamook itlokum, _to gamble._
~Itl'-wil-lie~, _n._ Chinook, ETLWILI. _The flesh; meat of any animal._
Konaway nika itlwillie sick, _all my flesh is sore._
~Its'-woot~, or ~Its'-hoot~, _n._ Chinook, EITSHHUT. _A black bear._
Itshoot paseesie, _thick dark cloth or blankets._
~K.~
~Kah~, _adv._ Chinook, KAKH. _Where; whither; whence._ Kah mika mitlite?
_where do you live?_ konaway kah, _everywhere;_ kah-kah, _here and there._
~Kah'-kah~, _n._ Chinook and Nisqually (by onoma.), SKAKA. _A crow._
~Kah-kwa~, _adv._ Nootka; Tokwaht, ACHKO. _Like; similar to; equal with;
as._ Kahkwa nika tumtum, _so I think_ (literally, _such [is] my heart_);
kahkwa hyas nika, _as large as I;_ kahkwa spose, _as if;_ kloshe kahkwa,
_that is right; good so._
~Kah'-na-way~, _n._ Chinook, T'KANAWE. _Acorns._ Kahnaway stick, _the
oak._ Used only on the Columbia river.
~Kahp-ho~, _n._Chinook, idem. _An elder brother, sister, or cousin._
~Kah-ta~, _adv._ Chinook, KATA. _How; why._ Kahta mika mamook okook? _why
do you do that?_ kahta mika chahko? _how did you come?_ kahta mika? _what
is the matter with you?_ pe kahta? _and why so?_
~Kal-ak-a-lah-ma~, _n._ Chinook, OKALAKALAMA. _A goose._ Used on the lower
Columbia river.
~Kal-a-kwah-tie~, _n._ Chinook, KALAKWATI; Clatsop, KL'WHELATL. _The inner
bark of the cedar_ (thuja); _the petticoat, or skirt, formerly worn by
women, and often made of strands of bark._ Kalakwahtie stick, _the
cedar-tree._
~Ka-li'-tan~, _n._ Chinook, TKLAITAN. _An arrow; shot; a bullet._ Kalitan
le sac, _a quiver; a shot-pouch._
~Kal-lak'-a-la~, or ~Kul-luk'-ul-la~, _n._ Chinook, KALAKALA. _A bird._
~Kam-ass~, or ~La-kam-ass~, _n._ Nootka. _The Scilla esculenta,_--a
bulbous root used for food by the Indians. Jewitt gives CHAMASS as the
Nootka for _fruit,_ also for _sweet, or pleasant to the taste._
~Kam-ooks~, _n._ Chinook, KLKABOKES. _A dog._ Kahkwa kamooks, _like a dog;
beastly._
~Ka-mo'-suk~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _Beads._ Tyee kamosuk (chief beads),
_the large blue glass beads._
~Kap-su-al-la~. Quaere u. d. _To steal._ Kapsualla klatawa, _to steal
away;_ kapsualla mamook, _to do secretly._
~Kat-suk~, or ~Kot-suk~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _The middle or centre of any
thing._
~Kau'-py~, _n._ English. _Coffee._
~Ka-wak~, _v._ Chihalis, KAUAK. _To fly._ Not in general use.
~Kaw-ka-wak~, _adj._ Chinook, KAKAWAK. _Yellow, or pale green._
~Kee-kwil-lie~, _prep._ Chinook, KIK'HWILI. _Low; below; under; beneath;
down._ Mamook keekwillie, _to lower;_ mitlite keekwillie, _to set down;
put under._ Not used in the sense of "down stream."
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