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.
~Ty'-ee~, _n., adj._ Nootka, TAIYI; TYEE (Jewitt). _A chief._ Any thing of
superior order. Saghalie tyee, _the Deity;_ tyee salmon, _the spring
salmon._ TOYON is given by some of the northwestern voyagers as the Eskimo
appellation for _chief._
~Tzum~, _n., adj._ Chinook, idem. _Mixed colors; spots or stripes; a mark
or figure; writing; paint; painted._ Tzum sill, _printed calico;_ tzum
pehpa, _writing;_ mamook tzum, _to write;_ tzum illahie, _blazed or
surveyed land._
~W.~
~Wagh~, _v._ Chinook, WAKH, _To pour; to spill; to vomit._ Mamook wagh
chuck, _pour out some water._
~Wake~, _adv._ Nootka, WIK (Jewitt); Tokwaht, WEK. _No; not._
~Wa'-ki~, _adv._ (Hale.) Chinook, WAKI. _To-morrow._ Not Jargon.
~Wap'-pa-too~, _n._ Quaere u. d. _The root of the Sagitaria sagittifolia,_
which forms an article of food; _the potato._ The word is neither Chinook
nor Chihalis, but is everywhere in common use.
~Wash~, _v._ English, idem. Mamook wash, _to wash._
~Waum~, _adj._ English, WARM. Hyas waum, _hot;_ waum illahie, _summer;_
mamook waum, _to heat;_ waum-sick-cole-sick, _fever and ague._
~Wau'-wau~, _v., n._ Nootka; Nittinat, WAWE. _To talk; speak; call; ask;
tell; answer; talk or conversation._ Cultus wauwau, _idle talk; stuff;
nonsense;_ hyas wauwau, _to shout._
~Way'-hut~, ~Hweh'-kut~, or ~Wee'-hut~, _n._ Chinook, WEHUT, _a road;_
Yakama, WIET, _far._ _A road or trail._ Tsik-tsik wayhut, _a wagon-road._
About Vancouver, on the Columbia, it is pronounced HWEHKUT; on Puget
Sound, WEEHUT.
~Weght~, _conj._ Chinook, idem. _Again; also; more._ Pe nika weght, _and I
too;_ pahtlatsh weght, _give me some more;_ tenas weght, _a little more
yet._
~Whim~, _v._ Wasco. (Shaw.) _To fell._ Whim stick, _a fallen tree;_ mamook
whim okook stick, _fell that tree._ Also, _to throw,_ in wrestling. Of
local use only.
~Win'-a-pie~, _adv._ Nootka; Nittinat, WILAPI. _By-and-bye; presently;
wait._ Of local use; the Chinook ALKI being more common.
~Wind~, or ~Win~, _n._ English, idem. _Wind._ The winds are often known by
the country from which they blow; as, for instance, on the Columbia, an
easterly is a Walla-walla wind; at the mouth of the river, a southerly is
a Tilamooks wind, &c. _Breath._ Ex. Halo wind, _out of breath; dead._
Y.
~Yah'-hul~, _n._ Chinook, YAKHUL; EUEKHOL. _A name._ Not in general use.
~Yah-ka~, or ~Yok'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, YAKA. _He; his; him; she; it,
&c._
~Yah'-kis-ilt'h~, _adj._ Chinook, YAKISILT'H. _Sharp._ Mr. Anderson gives
as the original, "_cutting._"
~Yah'-wa~, _adv._ Chinook, YAWAKH. _There; thither; thence; beyond._
~Yah'-whul~. See AYAHWHUL.
~Yak'-so~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _The hair of the head; hair generally._
~Ya-kwah'-tin~, or ~Kwah'-tin~, _n._ Chinook and Clatsop, YAKWATIN. _The
belly; the entrails._
~Yaub~. See LEJAUB.
~Yel'-a-kwat~. See KALAKWAHTIE.
~Yi'-em~, _v., n._ Chihalis, YAIEM. _To relate; to tell a story; to
confess to a priest; a story or tale._
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