Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 55 pages of information about Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon.

Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 55 pages of information about Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon.

D.

Dance, to, tanse. Dark, darkness, po’-lak-lie. Day, sun. Dead, mem’-a-loost, Deaf, ik-poo’-ie kwil-lan. Dear, hy’-as mah-kook. Deep, klip. Deer, mow’-itsh. Demon, skoo’-kum. Devil, di-aub’; yaub; le-jaub’. Different, hul-o’-i-ma. Difficult, kull. Dig, to, mam’-ook il’-la-hie. Dime, bit, or mit. Do, to, mam’-ook. Doctor, doc’-tin. Dog, kam’-ooks. Dollar, dol’-la, or tah-la. Door, la po’te. Down stream, mi’-mie. Drink, to, muck’-a-muck. Drive, to, kish’-kish. Drunk, paht-lum. Dry, de-ly’. Duck (Mallard), kweh-kweh; haht-haht. Dust, po’-lal-lie.

E.

Eagle, chak’-chak. Ear, kwo-lann’. Early, ten’-as sun. Earn, to, to’-lo Earth, il’-la-hie. Eat, to, muck’-a-muck. Egg, le sap’; le zep’. Eight, sto’-te-kin. Elk, moo’-lock. Enclosure, kul-lagh. English, king chautsh. Englishman, king chautsh. Enough, hi-yu’; ko-pet’. Entreiils, ki-yagh. Evening, ten’-as po’-lak-lie. Every, kon’-a-way. Exchange, huy-huy. Eyes, se-ah-host.

F.

Face, se-ah-host. Faded, spo’-oh. Falsehood, klim-in’-a-whit. Far, si-ah. Fast (quick), hy-ak’. Fast (tight), kwutl. Fasten, to, kow. Fat, glease. Father, pa’-pa. Fathom, it’-lan. Fear, kwass. Fell, to (as a tree), mam’-ook whim. Fence, kul-lagh. Fetch, to, mam’-ook chah-ko. Fever, waum sick. Few, ten’-as. Fight, to, mam’-ook sol’-leks. Fight, with fists, mam’-ook puk’-puk. Figured (as calico), tzum. File, la leem. Fill, to, mam’-ook pahtl. Find, to, klap. Fingers, le doo. Fire, pi’-ah; o-la-pits’-ki. First, e’-lip, or el’-ip. Fish, pish. Fish-hook, ik’-kik. Five, kwin’-num. Flea, so’-pen e’-na-poo; cho’-tub. Flesh, itl’-wil-lie. Flint, kil-it’-sut. Flour, sap’-o-lill. Fly, to, ka-wak’. Fog, smoke. Food, muck’-a-muck. Fool, pel’-ton. Foolish, pel’-ton. Foot, le-pee’. Forever, kwah-ne-sum. Forget, to,

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