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


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~Tik-�gh~, or ~Tu-k�gh~, _v._ Chinook, TIKEKH. _To want; wish; love;
like._ Hyas tikegh, _to long for;_ ikta mika tikegh? _what do you want?_

~Tik'-tik~, _n._ By onoma. _A watch._

~Til'-i-kum~, _n._ Chinook, TILIKHUM. _People._ Applied generally, it
means those who are not chiefs. Cultus tilikum, _common or insignificant
persons;_ huloima tilikum, _strangers;_ nika tilikum, _my relations._ It
is also used to signify a _tribe_ or _band._

~Til'-i-kum-m�-ma~, _n._ (Hale.) Chinook, TLKAM�MA. _A father._ The word
is not in use in Jargon.

~Till~, or ~Tull~, _adj., n._ English, TIRE. _Tired; heavy; weight; a
weight._ Hyas till nika, _I am very tired;_ kansih till okook, _how much
does that weigh;_ mamook till, _to weigh._

~Tin'-tin~, _n._ By onoma. _A bell; a musical instrument._ Mamook tintin,
_to ring a bell._ Among the Indians round the Hudson Bay Company's posts,
the hours were thus known; as, mokst tintin kopet sitkum sun, _two hours,_
i.e., _two bells after noon._

~T'k�pe~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _White; light-colored._

~Tlehl~. See KLALE.

~Tl'k�pe~, _v._ Chinook, idem. _To cut; hew; chop._

~Toh~, or ~Tooh~. By onoma. Mamook toh, _to spit._ A manufactured word.

~T�ke-tie~, _adj._ Kalapuya. _Pretty._ Not in common use.

~To'-lo~, _v._ Kalapuya. _To earn; to win at a game; to gain._ Kansih
dolla nika tolo spose mamook? _how many dollars will I earn if I work?_

~To'-luks~, _n._ Clallam, TOYUK. _The mussel._ Used on Puget Sound only.

~To-m�l-la~, _adv._ English, TO-MORROW. Ikt tomolla, _or_ copet tomolla,
_the day after._

~Tot~, _n._ Chihalis, TOT, or TAT. _An uncle._

~To'-to~, _v._ By onoma. Chinook, TOKH-TOKH. _To shake; sift any thing;
winnow._

~To-toosh'~, or ~Ta-toosh'~, _n._ Chippeway, TOTOSH. (Schoolcraft.) _The
breasts of a female; milk._ Totoosh lakles, _butter._

~To-wagh'~, _adj._ Chinook, TOWAKH. _Bright; shining; light._

~Tsee~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Sweet._

~Tsee'-pie~, _v._ Kalapuya. _To miss a mark; to mistake one's road; to
make a blunder in speaking; to err or blunder._ Tseepie wayhut, _to take
the wrong road._

~Tshi'-ke~, _adv._ (Hale.) Qu�re u. d. _Directly; soon._ Not Jargon.

~Tshis~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Cold._ Not in common use.

~Tsi-�t-ko~, _n._ Chihalis, Nisqually, &c., idem; Clatsop, �CHIATKU. _A
nocturnal demon,_ much feared by the Indians. The Skagits give this name
to the "Couteaux," a tribe of Indians on Frazer River, of whom they stand
in like awe.

~Tsik'-tsik~, or ~Tchik'-tchik~, _n._ By onoma. _A wagon; a cart; a
wheel._ Tsiktsik wayhut, _a wagon-road._

~Tsil'-tsil~, or ~Chil'-chil~, _n._ Chinook, ECHILCHIL. (Anderson.)
_Buttons; the stars._

~Tsish~, _v._ By onoma., in imitation of the sound of a grindstone.
(Shaw.) Mamook tsish, _to sharpen._ Of local use.

~Ts�le-pat~, _n._ Klikatat. _A shot-pouch._ Of local use only.

~Tso'-lo~, _n._ Kalapuya. (Shaw.) _To wander in the dark; to lose one's
way._ Used in the Willamette valley.

~Tsugh~, _n., v._ Chinook, idem. _A crack or split._ Mamook tsugh, _to
split;_ chahko tsugh, _to become split or cracked,_ as by the heat of the
sun; mamook tsugh illahie, is by some used instead of klugh, for _to
plough._

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