Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi | Page 4

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t's-kwüss. 30, h'l-l[=u]tl-sha. 100, na-tcho-wütsh. 1000,
p'né-itsh.
O.
OLD, snük-ai.
OLD MAN, kwil´tchük; old woman, kwil´tchük slá-ni.
ONE, nit´zo, nat´so, n'sákt-hu.
OTTER, land, ská-atl; sea, tüm´-mus.
OULAKAN, a small fish, klais.
OUT DOORS, as-saktl´.
OYSTER, klókh-klokh.
OFF SHORE, tsát-so.
P.
PADDLE, a, h[=o]ng-üt.
PADDLE, to, ist.
PEOPLE, tl-stái-ing-hu, ats-il-tái-ing-hu.
PENIS, shel´la.
PIGEON, hüm-ókh.
PIPE, pá-akw.
PITCH, tché-ük.

PLANK, sé-y't-hu.
PLANTS, ETC.: Barberry (berberis), shé-tchin. Berries (generic),
s'chá-yük-w'tl. Bilberry, yé-hun. Grass, s'hats-ái. used for mat thread,
klütl. Kamass (squilla), k'whló-i. Rush, cat-tail, kwo-[=o]t. Sallal
(Gualtheria), tak´a. Salmon berry, al-e´lo. Strawberry, té-yükw.
Tobacco, smá-nash.
POINT or end, elk'hs.
POUND, to, as grain, tsüt.
POUR, to, kwi-yet´.
PORPOISE, s'h[=u]-ma-héns.
PRAIRIE, spelh´han.
PREGNANT, as-kwá-kwai.
PRESENTLY, kwa-kwát-hu.
PRONOUNS: I, absolute, üt´za; copulative, prefixed to a verb, ats;
suffixed to do., sün, sen, sin. My, na, n's, n, n'skwai. Thou, nükw;
copulative prefixed, chin; suffixed, hu; or in the imperative, chi. He, if
present, tsa-nükw; absent, netl. We, nüng'l, kl-ning´ütl. Ye, nükw,
kl-nükw. They, kwas´sa, tsâ-ta.
PRONGS OF FISH GIG, sta-whái-üts.
PUSH, to, ch[=o]ng-üt.
Q.
QUICK, come quick! á-atl.
R.
RAIN, to, s'lem´hu.

RAKE, v., to take small fish with a rake, tlüt´a-men.
RAVEN, sku-tó.
RED, ün-tsükw´, an-nu-tsük´o.
RELATIONS, nis-chá-cha.
RELATIONSHIPS: Father, i-ái-in. Mother, tan. Grandfather, sé-ya,
tchüt. Grandmother, sé-ya. Son, my, nüng-ün´na. Daughter, my,
nüng-ün´na. Husband, my, n'swé-yi-ka. Wife, my, n'slá-ni. Brother,
elder, s[=u]t-hó-nük. younger, sái-tchin. Sister, elder, s[=u]t-hó-nük.
younger, ais.
RETURN, to, ho-wé-yüng.
RHODODENDRON, kwalt-héltsh.
RIVER, stó-a-wi.
ROAST, by the fire, chük-[=o]ts.
ROPE, hwé-lüm.
ROTTEN, as wood, tsá-kong; as fruit, skwâng´ütst.
RUSH, cat-tail, kwo-[=o]t.
RUN, I, skwá-nüng-üt´sen.
S.
SALLAL BERRIES, ták-a.
SALMON: S. quinnat, kwit´shin. S. truncatus, klüt´shin. S. Scouleri,
kütch´küs. S. proteus, hün´nün. S. (undetermined), mét-hlets. S. canis,
kl'whái. S. Campbelli, kwatcht.
SALMON ROE, kai-yükh´.

SALMON BERRIES, al-é-lo.
SALT, klatl.
SAND, pe-kwüt-chin.
SAND PIPER (tringa), ské-uks.
SCALLOP (pecten), ná-na.
SCULPIN, swan-itl.
SEA, kl-lalts.
SEA FOWL, mó-[=o]k.
SEAL, äss´hu.
SEAL'S BLADDER, ts-só.
SEASONS: Spring, tclin-es-hwó-as. Summer, kla-té-küm, tchin-é-si.
Autumn, tchin-só-le. Winter, klá-tchi.
SEAT, the, kló-wük.
SEE, to, kwün't.
SEVEN, ts[=o]ks, tsäkw-tsái-ya, tsäk-sáit-hu.
SEW, to, chit-seng-üt-sen.
SEINE, so-yük.
SHADOW, nu-kwá-ku-no-sing, ká-katl.
SHARK, klá-yük-a-tét-s'n.
SHARP, ái-y[=u]ts.
SHIRT, sli-pói-küt; woollen do., sno-wéks.

SHOES, kwüt-lé-shin.
SHOULDER, tsé-a-kwün.
SHORT, chái-yetl.
SICK, as-hátl'h; I am sick, as-hátl'h-sen.
SING, to, te-yüm´tsen.
SISTER, elder, s[=u]t-hó-nük; do. younger, ais.
SIT, to, á-müt.
SIX, t'hüng, tükh-hüng-ái-ya, tükh-hüng-áit-hu.
SKATE, fish, ká-kaukh.
SKUNK, smát-s'n.
SKY, tsit-sl.
SKIN, kó-wi.
SLAVE, skwé-its.
SLEEP, to, et-tüt-sen.
SMALL, kl[=o]t-la, ma-má-min.
SMOKE, sp-k[=o]ng.
SNAKE, swa-hüt-si.
SNEEZE, to, há-süng.
SQUIRREL (Sciurus), sp'si´yut-sen; (Tamias), ha-hái-yu-wetsh.
SPEAK, to, kwái-it-sen.

SPEAR FISH, to, te-chut.
SPEAR, pronged, for birds, tsó-kwün, s'h[=o]m.
SPLIT, chá-y[=u]ts.
SPOON, klä-müks.
SPRING, chin-es-hwó-as.
STAND, to, tsit-lüng.
STAR, te-tó-se-na.
STEAL, to, kan.
STONE, s'nangt.
STOP, hó-i; stop talking (imp.), süm-mó'h-tchi.
STORY, yét-süm.
STRANGER, natsh.
STRAWBERRIES, té-yükw.
STRIKE, to, kó-cht.
STRONG, küm-küm´.
STURGEON, kw'táit-sin.
SUN, s[=u]-shát'sht.
SUMMER, kla-té-küm, tchin-é-si.
SURF, skw-lai-yá-kan.
SWIM, to, tüng-[=o]ng.

T.
TAKE, to, kl-kwüt´.
TEETH, tchin´nis.
TELL THE TRUTH, to (1st pers.), as-klá'w-chin skwai.
TEN, ó-pen, ó-pen-ai, ó-pen-áit-hu.
TESTICLES, ng'át-sün.
THAT THING (the there), ta-sái-ya.
THERE, ta-sái-ya; I go there, [=o]ts-na ta-sái-ya.
THEY, kwas´sa, tsâ-ta.
THICK, as a plank, ch'hlüt´.
THIN, as paper, chá-chüm-é.
THIRSTY, I am, kwa-kwái-ing-sen.
THOU, nükw.
THOUSAND, p'ne´itsh.
THREE, klekhw, kl-hwái-ya, kl-hwáit-hu.
THROW AWAY, to, kwá-nüs.
THUNDER, áts-a-kwütl.
TIDE, high, tüng; low, süng-[=o]t-sen.
TIE, to, ké-a-küt.
TOAD FISH (cottus), s'chem-[=u]k'h.

TOBACCO, smá-nash.
TO-DAY, te-a-skwá-tchi, ai-é-nük.
TOES, kl-tá-s'n.
TOGETHER, two, chá-sa.
TO-MORROW, kwá-tchi.
TO-NIGHT, as-nat´.
TONGUE, tikh´hw'lts.
TOWARDS SHORE, chái-yükw.
TRAIL or road, so'tl.
TREE, ski-kai-ái-yu.
TRENCHER or wooden dish, klo-tá.
TROUT, k'hu-má-mün.
TROWSERS, no-sün´ten.
TRUE, as-klá-wtl.
TWO, chis´sa, chá-sa, n'sháit-hu.
U.
UNDER, ki-tchá-wtl.
UNDERSTAND, do you? hüt-chit´[=u]ts-hu.
UP, té-yit.
UPSET, kwái-kwi.

W.
WALK, to, shtüng.
WANT, to, n[=u]s-klé.
WARM, kla-té-kün.
WARRIOR, ns'cháng-kün.
WASH the face, to, n[=u]t-sá-ko-sen; wash the clothes, to,
tsa-kwéng-ütl.
WATER, ko.
WATERFALL, tsét-sil-stó-a-wi.
WAVES, n'kái-nükh, s'chó-ilts.
WE, kl-ning´ütl.
WEIR, for fish, sw'klátl.
WHALE, ch'whé-yu.
WHAT? stang; what do you want? stang chins-klé; what are you doing?
stang chin-chái; what is your name? stang chins-ná; what is that? stang
ta-sái-ya.
WHERE? ta-hén; where do you come from? cha-hén-tin stá-chi; where
do you go? twénts-hu.
WHISTLE, to, n[=u]s-kwi-ó-süng.
WHITE, pük'h.
WHITE MEN, hwa-né-tüm.
WHO? tsan; who is that? tsan ta-sái-ya.

WIND, s't'ch[=u]ng; North wind, kais-hwu; South wind, skangt,
skang´üt.
WIFE, my, n-slá-a-ni.
WINGS, skl-kái-ai.
WINTER, klá-chi.
WITHIN, inside, es-ché-yu.
WOLF, stá-ching.
WOMAN, sla-ni.
WOOD, dead, kwüt-lái.
WORK OR DO, to, chai; I work, ats chái or cháit-sen; thou workest,
nük'w chái or chái-üts-hu; he works, kw'sá chai; we work, nüng'l
tsá-chái; ye work, nük'w't-sa ái-a-chái; they work, tsâ-tsa chi´chai.
WORTHLESS, tl-whí-os.
WRIST, s'h[=o]ts-kwats.
WRITE, s'hé-ikh.
Y.
YAWN, to, wé-uks.
YE, kl-nükw´; all ye, nükw´ hün´na.
YELLOW, an-nu-kwái-kwai.
YES, a-áh.
YESTERDAY, chí-ak-kl.

YOUNG MAN, swé-wus.
YOUR, n'skwa; your house, n'skwa n'ái-yüng.

LOCAL NOMENCLATURE
OF THE CLALLAM TRIBE.
S'ng-o. A river running into the Strait of Fuca, above Neah Bay.
Ok-ho. Another river near the last.
Klat-lá-was. A village on the Strait.
Pisht'st. Village at Canel River, Pillar Point.
Kwa-há-mish. Fishing Station at Lyre River.
El-wha.
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