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.
~Le-blau'~, _n., adj._ French, LE BLOND. _A sorrel horse; chestnut
colored._
~Le-clem'~, _n., adj._ French, LE CREME. _Cream-colored; a cream-colored
or light dun horse._
~Le-cock'~, _n._ French, LE COQ. _A cock; a fowl._
~Le-doo'~, _n._ French, LE DOIGT. _A finger._
~Le-gley~, _n., adj._ French, LE GRIS, or English GRAY, with French
article. _A gray horse; gray._
~Le-jaub'~. See DIAUB.
~Le-kleh~, _n._ French, LE CLEF. _A key._ Mamook le kleh, _lock the door._
~Le-kloo'~, _n._ French, LE CLOU. _A nail; nails._
~Le-koo'~, _n._ French, LE COU. _The neck._
~Le-ky'e~, _n., adj._ Mr. Anderson derives this from a Canadian word
_caille,_ meaning _a piebald horse._ In its jargon use, it means, also, _a
spot, spotted,_ or _speckled;_ as, lekye salmon, _the spotted or winter
salmon_ (_salmo canis,_ Suckley).
~Le-lo'-ba~, _n._ French, LE RUBAN. _A ribbon._
~Le-loo'~, _n._ French, LE LOUP. _A wolf_ (the large wolf).
~Le-mah~, or ~Leh-ma~, _n._ French, LA MAIN. _The hand; the arm._ Kloshe
lemah, _the right_ (literally, _the good hand_); potlatch lemah, _shake
hands._
~Le-mah-to~, _n._ French, LE MARTEAU. _A hammer._
~Le-mel'~, _n._ French, LE MULET. _A mule._
~Le-mo'-lo~, _n., adj._ French Canadian, LE MORON; undoubtedly a
corruption of MARRON, _a runaway negro._ _Wild; untamed._ It applies to
men as well as animals, as, for instance, to the tribes which have had no
intercourse with the settlements.
~Le-moo'-to~, or ~Lam'-mu-to~, _n._ French, LES MOUTONS. _Sheep._
~Le-pan'~, _n._ French, LE PAIN. _Bread; raised or light bread._
~Le-pee'~, _n._ French, LE PIED. _The feet._
~Le-pish'-e-mo~, _n._ Quaere u. d. _The saddle-blanket and housings of a
horse._
~Le-plet~, _n._ French, LE PRETRE. _A priest._
~Le-pwau'~, _n._ French, LES POIS. _Peas._
~Le-sak'~, _n._ French, LE SAC. _A bag; a pocket._
~Le-sap'~, or ~Le-zep'~, _n._ French, LES OEUFS. _An egg; eggs._
~Le-see-blo~, _n._ French, LES EPERONS. _Spurs._
~Le-see-zo~, _n._ French, LE CISEAU. _Scissors._
~Le-sook~, _n._ French, LE SUCRE. _Sugar._
~Le-tah~, _n._ French, LE DENT. _The teeth._
~Le-whet'~, _n._ French, LE FOUET. _A whip._ Mamook lewhet, _to whip._
~Lice~, _n._ English. _Rice._
~Lik-pu'-hu~, or ~Lik'-po~, _n._ (Hale.) _An elder sister._ Mr. Hale gives
this as a Chinook word. If so, it is probably a corruption of KUP'HO. It
is not used in Jargon.
~Lip'-lip~, _v._ By onoma. (Hale). _To boil_ Mamook liplip, _to make, or
cause to boil._
~Lo-lo~, _v._ Chinook, idem. Originally, to carry a child on the back. In
Jargon, used in a more extended sense. _To carry; to load._ Lolo kopa
tsiktsik, _to carry in a cart._ Mamook lolo kopa canim, _to load into a
canoe._
~Lo-lo'~, _adj._ Chinook, LOWULLO. _Round; whole; the entire of any
thing._ Lolo sapeleel, _whole wheat;_ mamook lolo, _to roll up_ (Shaw).
~Lope~, _n._ English, ROPE. _A rope._ Tenas lope, _a cord;_ skin lope, _a
raw hide, riata, or thong._
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