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.

Rabbit, kwit’-shad-ie. Rain, snass. Rattle, shugh. Rattlesnake, shugho’-pools. Razor fish, o’-na. Reach, ko. Red, pil. Relate, to, yi’-em. Return, to, kel’-i-pi. Ribbon, le lo’-ba. Rice, lice. Rifle, cal’-li-peen. Ring, a, kweo-kweo. Ripe, pi’-ah. River, chuck. Road, way’-hut. Roan colored, san’-de-lie. Roast, mam’-ook la pel-lah’. Rock, stone. Rope, lope. Rotten, poo’-lie. Round, lo’-lo. Rudder, boat o’-poots. Rum, lum.

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Sack, le sak. Saddle, la sell. Saddle housings, le pish’-e-mo. Sail, sail. Sailor, ship’-man. Salmon, salmon. Salt, salt. Sand, po’-lal-lie. Sash, la san-jel’. Saw, la gwin; la scie. Say, to, wau’-wau. Scissors, le see’-zo. Sea, salt-chuck. Seal, ol’-hi-yu si’-wash co’-sho. See, to, nan’-itsh. Sell, to, mah-kook. Seven, sin’-a-moxt. Sew, to, mam’-ook tip’-shin. Shake, to, to-to; hul’-lel. Shame, shem. Sharp, yah-kis-ilt’h. Sharpen, to, mam’-ook tsish. She, her, yah-ka. Sheep, le moo’-to. Shell money (the small size), coop-coop; (the large), hy-kwa. Shingle, le-bah-do. Shining, to-wagh. Ship, ship. Shirt, shut. Shoes, shoes. Shoot, to, mam’-ook poo. Short, yutes-kut. Shot, shot; ten’-as le bal. Shot pouch, ka-li-tan le-sac’; tsole’-pat. Shout, to, hy’-as wau’-wau. Shovel, la pell. Shut, to, ik-poo’-ie. Sick, sick. Sift, to, to-to. Silk, la sway. Silver, t’kope chik’-a-min. Similar, kah-kwa. Since, kim-ta. Sing, to, shan’-tie. Sister, kahp-ho, if older than the speaker; ats, if younger. Sit, to, mit’-lite. Six, togh-um. Skin, skin. Skunk, hum o’-poots; piu’-piu; skub’-e-you. Sky, koo’-sagh. Slave, e-li’-te; mist’-shi-mus. Sleep, moo’-sum. Slowly, klah-wa. Small, ten’-as. Smell, a, humm. Smoke, smoke. Snake, o’-luk. Snow, snow; cole snass. Soap, soap. Soft, klim’-min. Sorrel colored, a sorrel horse, le blau. Sorry, sick tum’-tum.

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