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.