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


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Page 26


~B.~

~Bad~, _me-s�h-chie; pe-shuk'._
~Bag~, _le sak._
~Ball~, _le bal._
~Bargain~, _m�h-kook; h�y-h�y._
~Bark~, _s'ick-skin._
~Barrel~, _ta-mo'-litsh._
~Basket~, _o'-pe-kwan._
~Beads~, _ka-mo'-suk._
~Bear~ (black), _chet'-woot; its'woot;_ (grizzly), _si-am'._
~Beat, to~, _kok'-shut._
~Beaver~, _ee'-na._
~Because~, _k�h-wa._
~Become, to~, _ch�h-ko._
~Bed~, _bed._
~Before~, _e'-lip,_ or _el'-ip._
~Behind~, _kim'-ta._
~Bell~, _tin'-tin._
~Belly~, _ya-kw�h-tin._
~Below~, _kee'-kwil-lie._
~Belt~, _la san-jel'._
~Berries~, _o'-lil-lie; o'-lal-lie._
~Best~, _e'-lip closhe._
~Bird~, _kal-lak'-a-la._
~Biscuit~, _le bis'-kwee._
~Bitter~, _klihl._
~Black~, _klale._
~Blackberries~, _klik'-a-muks._
~Blanket~, _pa-see'-sie._
~Blind~, _ha'-lo se-�h-host._
~Blood~, _pil-pil._
~Blow out~, _mam'-ook poh._
~Blue~ (light), _spo'-oh._
~Blue~ (dark), _klale._
~Blunder, to~, _tsee'-pie._
~Board~, _la plash._
~Boat~, _boat._
~Bob-tailed; a bob-tailed horse~, _sis'-ki-you._
~Boil, to~, _lip'-lip._
~Bone~, _stone._
~Borrow, to~, _a-y�h-whul._
~Bosom~ (female), _to-toosh._
~Both~, _kun'-a-moxt._
~Bottle~, _la-boo-ti'._
~Bow~, _o'-pitl-kegh._
~Bowl~, _oos'-kan._
~Box~, _la ca-sett'._
~Bracelet~, _klik'-wal-lie._
~Brave~, _skoo'-kum tum'-tum._
~Bread~, _le pan._
~Break, to~, _kok'-shut._
~Breasts~, _to-toosh'._
~Breech clout~, _o'-poots sill._
~Bridle~, _la bleed._
~Bright~, _to-w�gh._
~Broad~, _kluk-ulh'._
~Broom~, _bloom._
~Brother~, _k�hp-ho,_ if elder than the speaker;
_ow,_ if younger. Male cousins the same.
~Brother-in-law~, _ek'-keh._
~Bucket~, _ta-mo'-litsh._
~Buffalo~, _moos'-moos._
~Bullet~, _le bal; ka-li'-tan._
~Bundle~, _kow._
~But~, _pe._
~Butter~, _to-toosh' la-kles'._
~Buttons~, _tsil'-tsil._
~Buy, to~, _m�h-kook._
~By-and-by~, _win'-a-pie._


~C.~

~Candle~, _la shan-del'._
~Carrot~, _la ca-lat'._
~Carry, to~, _lo' lo._
~Cart~, _tsik'-tsik; chik'-chik._
~Cascade~, _tum' wa-ter._
~Castrate, to~, _mahsh stone._
~Cat~, _puss'-puss._
~Cataract~, _tum' wa-ter._
~Cattle~, _moos'-moos._
~Certainly~, _na-wit'-ka._
~Chain~, _la shen; chik'a-min lope._
~Chair~, _la shase._
~Cheat, to~, _la-l�h._
~Chicken~, _la pool._
~Chief~, _ty-ee'._
~Child~, _ten'-as._
~Clams~, _o'-na; luk'-ut-chee; la-kwit'-chee._
~Clams~, the large kind, _smet-ocks._
~Clear up, to~, _ch�h-ko klah._
~Cloth~ (cotton), _sail._
~Clouds~, _smoke._
~Coat~, _ca-po'._
~Coffee~, _kau'-py._
~Cold~, _cole; tshis._
~Comb~, _comb._
~Comb, to~, _mam'-ook comb._
~Come, to~, _ch�h-ko._
~Confess, to~, _yi'-em._
~Conjuring~, _ta-m�h-no-us._
~Cook, to~, _mam'-ook pi'-ah._
~Copper~, _pil chik'-a-min._
~Cord~, _ten'-as lope._
~Corn~, _e-salt'h', _or _ye-salt'h'._
~Corral~, _kul-l�gh._
~Cotton goods~, _sail._
~Cough~, _hoh'-hoh._
~Count, to~, _mam'-ook kwun'-nun._
~Cousin~, see brother and sister.
~Coyote~, _tal'-a-pus._
~Crab apple~, _pow'-itsh._
~Cranberry~, _so'-le-mie._
~Crazy~, _pel'-ton._
~Cream colored~, _le clem._
~Crooked~, _ki'-wa._
~Cross~, _la clo-a'._
~Crow~, _k�h-kah._
~Cry, to~, _cly._
~Cup~, _oos'-kan._
~Curly~, _hunl'-kih._
~Cut, to~, _tl'ko'-pe._

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