Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon — John Shaqi
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.
~Kun'-sih, Kan'-sih, Kun'-juk, Kun'-jie~, _adv._ Chinook, KUNSEUKH. _How
many; when; ever._ Kunsih tilikum mitlite? _how many people are there?_
kunsih mika klatawa? _when do you go?_ wake kunsih, _never;_ mamook
kunsih, _to count._
~Kush'-is~, _n._ Chihalis, KOSHIS. _Stockings._ In the original, any
elastic article of dress. Not in general use.
~Kwah'-ne-sum~, _adv._ Chinook, KWANISUM; Yakama, KWALISIM. _Always;
forever._
~Kwah'-nioe~, _n._ Klikatat, KWADDIS. _A whale._
~Kwahta~, _n._ English. _The quarter of a dollar._ The quarter of any
number is usually expressed in Jargon by _tenas sitku,_ i.e., _a small
half._
~Kwah'-tin~. See YAKWAHTIN.
~Kwaist~, or ~Kweest~, _adj._ Chinook, KWAITST. _Nine._
~Kwa-lal'-kwa-lal'~, _v._ Chinook, KWULLIL-KWULLIL. _To gallop._
~Kwal'h~, _n._ Chihalis, KWATLH. _An aunt._
~Kwann~, _adj._ Chinook, KWAN-KWAN. _Glad._ According to Mr. Anderson, it
means a custom or habit. It is used by some in this sense as _tamed_ or
_broken,_ as of a horse (McCormick). KWAL is Nisqually for _tame._
~Kwass~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Fear; afraid; tame._ Mamook kwass, _to
frighten; to tame._
~Kwates~, or ~Kwehts~, _adj._ Chihalis, KWETS. _Sour._
~Kweh-kweh~, _n._ Chinook, OKWEKWE (by onoma). _A mallard duck._ Used
chiefly at mouth of the Columbia.
~Kwek-wi-ens~, _n._ Chihalis, idem. _A pin._ Of limited use.
~Kweo-kweo~, _n._ Chinook, T'KWEO-KWEO. _A ring; a circle._
~Kwetlh~, _adj._ Chihalis, idem. (Anderson). _Proud._ Not in general use.
~Kwin'-num~, _adj._ Chinook, KWENEM. _Five._
~Kwish~, or ~Kweesh~, _interj._ Refusing any thing contemptuously.
Equivalent to "_No you don't._" Used on the lower Columbia.
~Kwit'-shad-ie~, _n._ Nisqually, KWUTSHDIE. _The hare or rabbit._ Confined
to Puget Sound.
~Kwo-lann'~, or ~Kwo-lah'-nie~, _n._ Chihalis, KWOLAN; Nisqually, KWILANI.
_The ear._ Halo kwolann, or, ikpooie kwolann, _deaf._
~Kwulh~, or ~Kwult~, _v._ Chinook, KWULT'H. _To hit; to wound with an
arrow or gun; to strike with a slick or stone; or in any manner without
cutting; to hit._
~Kwun'-nun~, _n._ Chihalis, idem. _A count; numbers._ Ex. Mamook kwunnun,
_to count._ Of merely local use.
~Kwutl~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. Literally, _fast._ _To push or squeeze,_ as
in packing; hyas mamook kwutl, _haul tight._
~L.~
~La-bleed'~, _n._ French, LA BRIDE. _A bridle._
~La-boos'~, _n._ French, LA BOUCHE. _The mouth; mouth of a river._ Moxt
laboos, _the forks of a river._
~La-boo-ti'~, _n._ French, LA BOUTEILLE. _A bottle._
~La-ca-lat'~, _n._ French, LA CAROTTE. _A carrot._
~La-ca-set'~, _n._ French, LA CASETTE. _A box, trunk, or chest._
~La-clo-a~, _n._ French, LA CROIX. _A cross._
~Lagh~, _v._ Chinook, LAKH. _To lean; to tip, as a boat; to stoop; to bend
over, as a tree._ Wake mika lagh kopa okook house, _don't lean against
that house._
~La-gome~, _n._ French, LA GOMME. _Pitch; glue._ La gome stick,
_light-wood; the pitch-pine._
~La-gwin'~, or ~La-kween'~, _n._ Quaere u. d. _A saw._
~La-hal.~ See SLAHAL.
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