Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs


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~Sick~, _adj._ English, idem. _Sick._ Cole sick, _the ague;_ sick tum-tum,
_grieved; sorry; jealous; unhappy._

~Sikhs~, or ~Shikhs~, _n._ Chinook, SKASIKS; Sahaptin, SHIKSTUA.
(Pandosy.) _A friend._ Used only towards men.

~Sin'-a-moxt~, _adj._ Chinook, SINIMAKST. _Seven._

~Si'-pah~, _adj._ Wasco. (Shaw.) _Straight,_ like a ramrod. Of only local
use.

~Sis'-ki-you~, _n._ Cree. (Anderson.) _A bob-tailed horse._

This name, ludicrously enough, has been bestowed on the range of mountains
separating Oregon and California, and also on a county in the latter
State. The origin of this designation, as related to me by Mr. Anderson,
was as follows. Mr. Archibald R. McLeod, a chief factor of the Hudson's
Bay Company, in the year 1828, while crossing the mountains with a pack
train, was over-taken by a snow storm, in which he lost most of his
animals, including a noted bob-tailed race-horse. His Canadian followers,
in compliment to their chief, or "bourgeois," named the place the Pass of
the Siskiyou,--an appellation subsequently adopted as the veritable Indian
name of the locality, and which thence extended to the whole range, and
the adjoining district.

~Sit'-kum~, _n., adj._ Chinook, SITKUM (Anderson); Clatsop, ASITKO. _A
half; apart._ Sitkuni dolla, _half a dollar;_ sitkum sun, _noon;_ tenas
sitkum, _a quarter, or a small part._

~Sit'-lay~, or ~Sit'-li-ay~, _n._ French, LES ETRIERS. (Anderson.)
_Stirrups._

~Sit'-shum~, _v._ Chihalis, idem. _To swim._

~Si'-wash~, _n., adj._ French, SAUVAGE. _An Indian; Indian._

~Skin~, _n._ English, idem. _Skin._ Skin shoes, _moccasins;_ stick skin,
_the bark of a tree._

~Skoo'-kum~, or ~Skoo-koom'~, _n., adj._ Chihalis, SKUKUM. _A ghost; an
evil spirit or demon; strong._ Skookum tumtum, _brave;_ skookum chuck, _a
rapid._

~Skwak'-wal~, _n._ Chinook, SKAKULH (Anderson); Clatsop, SKAKOLI. _A
lamprey eel._ Of local use only.

~Skwis'-kwis~, _n._ Chinook, Cathlamet dialect. _A squirrel._

~Sla-hal'~, _n._ Chinook, ETLALTLAL. _A game played with ten small disks,
one of which is marked._

~Smet'-ocks~, _n._ Chihalis, SMETTAKS. _The large clam (Lutraria)._ Used
only at the mouth of the Columbia river.

~Smoke~, _n._ English, idem. _Smoke; clouds; fog; steam._

~Snass~, _n._ Qu�re u. d. _Rain._ Cole snass, _snow._ The word is neither
Chinook nor Chihalis, and is perhaps manufactured.

~Snow~, _n._ English, idem. _Snow._

~Soap~, _n._ English, idem. _Soap._

~So-le'-mie~, _n._ Chinook, SULAMICH (Anderson); Clatsop, SH�LBE. _The
cranberry._

~Sol'-leks~, or ~Sah'-leks~, _n., adj._ Qu�re u. d. _Anger; angry._ Mamook
solleks, _to fight;_ tikegh solleks, _to be hostile;_ kumtuks solleks, _to
be passionate._

~So'-pe-na~, _v._ Chinook, T'SOPENA. _To jump; to leap._

~Spo'-oh~, or ~Spo'-eh~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Faded; any light color,_
as pale blue, drab, &c. Chahko spoeh, _to fade._

~Spoon~, _n._ English, idem. _A spoon._

~Spose~, _conj._ English, SUPPOSE. _If; supposing; provided that; in order
that._ Spose mika nanitsh nika canim, _if you see my canoe;_ spose nika
klatawa kopa Chinook, _if or when I go to Chinook;_ kahkwa spose, _as if._
See KLOSHK SPOSE.

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