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.
~Klose-spose~. Nootka, KLOHTL; English, SUPPOSE. _Shall or may I; let me._
Ex. Klose-spose nika mamook pia okook? _shall I cook that?_ (literally,
_[is it] good that I make cook that?_).
~Klugh~, or ~Klugh-klugh~. Chinook, KLUKH. _To tear._ Mamook klugh
illahie, _to plough_ (literally, _to tear the ground_).
~Kluk-ulh'~, or ~Klak-alh'~, _adj._ Chihalis, TLUKUTLH. _Broad or wide,_
as of a plank.
~Ko~, _v._ Chinook, idem. _To reach; arrive at._ Chee klaska ko, _they
have just come;_ kansih nesika ko kopa Nisqually? _when shall we reach
Nisqually._
~Ko'-ko~, _v._ Chinook (by onoma). _To knock._ Koko stick, _a
wood-pecker._
~Kok'-shut~, _v._ Nootka, KAKHSHETL; Klaokwat, KWACHITL. In the original,
_dead._ _To break; broken; to beat._ Hyas kokshut, _broken to pieces._
~Kon'-a-way~, _adj._ Chinook, KANAWE. _All; every._ Klaska konaway
klatawa, _they have all gone;_ konaway tilikum, _everybody;_ konaway kah,
_everywhere._
~Koo'-sah~, or ~Ko-sah~, _n._ Chinook, EKOSAKH. _The sky._ Only used on
the Columbia.
~Ko'-pa~, _adv., prep._ Chinook, idem. _To; in; at; with; towards; of;
about; concerning; there or in that place._ Ex. Kopa nika house, _at my
house;_ lolo okook kopa mika, _take that home with you_ (equivalent to the
French _chez vous_); cultus kopa nika, _it is nothing to me. Q._ Kah okook
lope? _where is that rope? A._ (motioning with the chin towards the place)
Kopah.
~Ko-pet'~, _v., adv._ Chinook, idem. _To stop; leave off; enough._ Kopet
wau-wau, _stop talking;_ kopet ikt, _only one;_ kopet okook, _that's all;_
wake siah kopet, _nearly finished;_ kopet tomalla, _day after to-morrow._
~Kow~, _v._ Chinook, KAU-KAU. _To tie; to fasten._ Kow mika kiuatan, _tie
your horse;_ ikt kow, _a bundle._
~Kull~, _adj._ Chinook, K'HUL-K'HUL. _Hard in substance; difficult._
Chahko kull, _to become hard;_ mamook kull, _to harden; to cause to become
hard;_ hyas kull spose mamook, _it is very hard to do so;_ kull stick,
_oak or any hard wood._
~Kul-lagh'~, or ~Kul-lagh'-an~, _n._ Chihalis, KULLAKH; Lummi, KULLUKHAN.
_A fence; a corral, or inclosure._ Kullagh stick, _fence rails._ In the
original, it meant the stockade with which Indian houses are often
surrounded.
~Kum'-tuks~, or ~Kame-taks~, _v._ Nootka, KOMMETAK (Jewitt); Tokwaht,
KUMITUKS; Clayoquot, KEMITAK. _To know; understand; be acquainted with;
imagine; believe._ Mamook kumtuks, _to explain; teach;_ hyas kumtuks
solleks (literally, _well to understand anger), to be passionate;_ kopet
kumtuks, _to forget;_ halo kumtuks, _stupid; without understanding;_ (of a
horse) hyas yakka kumtuks cooley, _he can run fast_ (literally, _he knows
well to run_); kumtuks kliminawhit, _to be a liar; to understand lying;_
nika kumtuks okook tyee, _I know that chief;_ nika kumtuks Klikatat
wau-wau, _I understand the Klikatat language._
~Kun'-a-moxt~, _adj._ Chinook, KONAWAY MOXT. _Both; together_ (literally,
_all two_). Kunamoxt kahkwa, _both alike._
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