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.
~Lahb~, _n._ French, L'HERBE. The arbutus _uva ursi,_ the leaves of which
are used in smoking, alone or mixed with tobacco.
~La-hash~, _n._ French, LA HACHE. _An axe or hatchet._
~La-kam-mas'.~ See KAMASS.
~Lak'-it~, or ~Lok'-it~, _adj._ Chinook, LAKT. _Four; four times._ Lakit
taht-lelum, _forty._
~La'-kles~, _n._ French, LA GRAISSE. _Fat; oil._ See, also, GLEASE.
~La-lah~, _v._ Chinook, LAKHWHOLA. _To cheat; fool; to practise jokes._
Mamook lalah, _to make fun._
~La-lahm'~, or ~La-lum'~, _n._ French, LA RAME._An oar._ Mamook lalahm,
_to row._
~La-lang~, _n._ French, LA LANGUE. _The tongue; a language._
~La-leem'~, _n._ French, LA LIME. _A file._
~La-messe'~, _n._ French, idem. _The ceremony of the mass._
~La-mes-tin~, or ~La-mo-tchin~, _n._ French, LA MEDECINE. _Medecine,_ not
including magic.
~Lam'-mi-eh~, or ~Lam-mi-i~, _n._ French, LA VIEILLE. _An old woman._
~La-mon-ti~, or ~La-mo-ti~, _n._ French, LA MONTAGNE. _A mountain._
~La-peep'~, _n._ French, LA PIPE. _A tobacco-pipe._ Lapeep kullakala
(literally, the "pipe-bird"), _the band-tailed eagle,_ as its feathers
were used to ornament the pipe stems.
~La-pehsh~, _n._ French, LA PERCHE. _A pole; the setting-pole of a boat or
canoe._
~La-pel-lah~, _v._ Quaere if from the French, LE FOYER. Mamook lapellah,
_to roast before the fire._
~La-pelle'~, _n._ French, LA PELLE. _A shovel or spade._
~La-pe-osh'~, _n._ French, LA PIOCHE. _A mattock; a hoe._
~La-piege~, _n._ French, LA PIEGE. _A trap._ Eena la piege, _a
beaver-trap._
~La-plash~, _n._ French, LA PLANCHE. _A board._
~La-po-el'~, _n._ French, LA POELE. _A frying-pan._ Mamook lapoel, _to
fry._
~La-pome~, _n._ French, LA POMME. _An apple._
~La-pool'~, _n._ French, LA POULE. _A fowl; poultry._ Siwash lapool, _the
grouse._
~La-poo-shet'~, _n._ French, LA FOURCHETTE. _A fork._
~La-pote~, _n._ French, LA PORTE. _A door._
~La-sanjel~, _n._ French, LA CINGLE. _A girth; a sash; a belt._
~La-see~, _n._ French, LA SCIE. _A saw._
~La-sell'~, _n._ French, LA SELLE. _A saddle._
~La-shal-loo~, or ~La-shal-lee~, _n._ French, LA CHARRUE. _A plough._
~La-shan-del~, _n._ French, LA CHANDELLE. _A candle._
~La-shase~, _n._ French, LA CHAISE. _A chair._
~La-shen'~, _n_ French, LA CHAINE. _A chain._
~Las-siet'~, _n._ French, L'ASSIETTE. _A plate._
~La-sway~, _n., adj._ French, LA SOIE. _Silk; silken._
~La-tahb~, _n._ French, LA TABLE. _A table._
~La-tet'~, _n._ French, LA TETE. _The head._ Pil latet, _red-headed._
~La-tlah'~, _n._ French, TRAIN; as, "ne faites pas de train." (Anderson).
_A noise._ Mamook latlah, _to make a noise._
~La-wen'~, _n._ French, L'AVOINE. _Oats._
~La-west'~, _n._ French, LA VESTE. _A waistcoat._
~Lazy~, _adj._ English, idem. _Lazy._
~Le-bah-do~ (often pronounced lab'-a-do), _n._ French, LE BARDEAU. _A
shingle._
~Le-bal'~, _n._ French, idem. _A ball; bullet._ Tenas lebal, _shot._
~Le-bis'-kwie~, _n._ French, LE BISCUIT. _Biscuit; crackers; hard bread._
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