Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi | Page 6

in Kawitchen,
hau-pa; amongst the forest or "Stick" Indians, klalk-ten-na.
DIG, to, roots in general, pä-nükhw´, pän-hu; potatoes, si-a-kwáls; fern
roots, tlai-ükw; clams, kükh-hül´la.
DIRTY, tüng-hwäs´.
DISHES, nu-wh'tsh-kwé-la.
DOG, sko-mái, ská-ha.
DON'T, kwe-ét.
DOOR, also road, satl.
DREAM, to, kül-kül-la´sin.
DRESS a skin, to, e´ükh.
DRINK, to, kâ-ko, nus-kâkh; I drink, kwa´kwa-sün.
DRUM, to, as in conjuring or at dances, kau-ä´tüng.
DRUNK, foolish, as-hwákw, äs-hwákw-tün.
DRY, sel´-üp.
DUCK, spl-häntl; mallard, ti-nük-sen; (vide "birds.")
DULL, as a tool, kül-lás.
E.
EAR, kwül´lün.
EAR RINGS, sklau-ün.
EARTH, the, land, s'che-tung´a-whün, s'che-tüng-a-hüng; earth, dirt,

sé-yük.
EAT, to, it´lün, it´l'nkh; I eat, nit-sít-lin, it-lün-sün.
ECHO, sän-gün.
EGG, sn'lng-ánt, kwün-kwün-né.
EIGHT, tas, tus-sä-la, tus-sält-hu.
ELBOW, or knee-joint, kl-yüt-sé-tün.
ELK, kwáu-watsh, ky-yétsh, kai-yéts.
END, the end of anything, sä-ans.
EVENING, t'tang´en.
EVERY^1 THING^2, mükw^1 stang^2.
EXCHANGE, to, i-yakt´.
EYE, kül´lüng.
EYEBROW, süng´ün; one-eyed, as-takws.
F.
FACE, sas.
FAR, chakw, ch[=o]kw.
FART, tük-snitch. It is the common expression of disgust at anything,
or any one.
FAT, adj., tlet-lük.
FATHER, män.
FEATHERS, stá-kw, sl'pal´kan.

FEMALE, slá-ne.
FETCH, to, an-ákhw.
FILE, a, clük-hün; to file, chük-kás.
FIND, to, kwün´nüng.
FINGERS, chi-hals´.
FINGER RINGS, hi-a´lüm-chis.
FIR TREE, chül-li-íltsh, chül-chils´; fir bark, chül-li.
FIRE, chük-hós; bring fire, kwün-tatsh.
FIRST, il-chä-la.
FISH, ETC.: Cod, ait. Flounder, o´we. Herring, slang-üt. Calorhynchus,
skwâ-ma. Large cottus, skün-nákhw. Skate, kákh-k[=o]kh. Oulakan
(thaleïchthys), ti-a-ko-wa. Pencil fish, a small fish that comes in
schools, katl. Salmon, vide infra.
FISH, parts of: Scales, slés. Fins, ká-ting-üs. Tail, s'hüp-shin. Roe,
he-a-hetl; herring roe, ché-mäsh.
FISH WEIR, large, s'chi-yäk; small do., ti-káp.
FIVE, kl-kats, kl-kätch-sä-la, kütch-sält-hu.
FLEA, tát-a-tlüm.
FLESH, meat, slé-ükw.
FLY, a, i-kwül´lüng, kwil-lüng.
FOG, spi-á-hwün.
FOOD, set-lün, sä-wün.

FOOLISH, as-hwäkw.
FOOT, s'hün´na.
FOOT-PRINT, hün-nüug´en.
FOREHEAD, skwang´us.
FORMERLY, kwüt-li sil-la.
FOUR, ng´oss, ni-sá-la, sält-hu.
FRIEND, klé-nük-wil; my friend, n's-klé; (literally, I like him.)
FULL, h[=e]ts.
FUNDAMENT, kla-wákh.
G.
GAME (beaver teeth dice), smi´-la-li.
GET, to, kwün´nüt; I want^1 to get^2 pantaloons^3, nus-klé-ük^1
kwün-nüt^2 sük-ké-üs^3; get something to eat, fetch^1 food^2, imp.,
kwün-nas-süng^1 s'it-lün^2; get into the canoe, lä-ti kwüt-la-tsi ti
shwá-atl; ái-ba kün slang´üt; (lä-tsi seems to be "at" or "into;" vide "at"
and "live;") get fire wood, to, tük-kütsh´.
GIRL, st-hlá-ni, sln-chá-atl.
GIVE, to, (to give as a present), üng-us; (in the sense of "to help or to
hand to,") klätch; give it me, an-ákhw, (i.e. bring it.)
GLOVES, ts'-kwá-lit-cha, no-sé-sin.
GNAT, chetsks.
GO, to, h'ya; I go, kwül-h'ya´-sün, yas-sin-sa; I am going to Lummi,
yá-sin-kin N[=u]kh-lüm-mi; presently I will go, wi-a-sin-sa; let us go,

is-tá; go you, imp., ho-ni-chitl'h; go out, imp., ské-lüng, ho-nes-ké-lüng
(a-lung, house); go there, a little further off, yi-hé-wül-tül-lá.
GOOD, aikh.
GRAVE, serious, [=o]kw-hüm´.
GRASS, s'hüs-sái.
GREAT, hai-yikh´, ke-yikh´.
GREEN, ni-tlüt´h, nük-wai.
GREY HAIRED, süts-üm-mékhw.
GUM, resin, light wood, smá-nitsh.
GUN, north west musket, pú-yük (pu, the sound of a gun); regulation
musket, yüm-k'sn; rifle, hai-choi-i-kütl; double-barrelled gun,
nu-chüs´a-kun (chüssa, two); pistol, chi-chai-etl pú-yük (s'chi-chai-an,
an infant); revolver, nün-hük-ün-ük-ün; to load a gun, h'nu-wül-lüs´sün;
to ram down the load, sé-a-kün; to fire a gun, kwül-shül´la,
(Simiahmoo) klüm-kwül´la.
GUNPOWDER, kwälkh; flints or caps, kwül-län.
H.
HAIL, klüm-whái-la.
HAIR, si-at´tün.
HALF, kl-chükh´.
HAMMER, to, h'kwüs´chis; hammer, a, s'kwüs´chis.
HAND, sa´lüs.
HANDLE, kült-shé-nün.

HE, nekhl, nitlkh.
HEAD, s-kwáng-i, skwâng-i.
HEAR, to, chis´a-lan.
HEART, st-sá-la, tsá-la. In the sense of the mind, h'ching-ing.
HEAVY, hüm.
HERE, ti-á-kwu.
HIGH, ses'l.
HONE, or whetstone, shu-táks.
HOUSE, á-lüng; the posts that support the roof, ká-kan; the ridge pole,
s'klüm-smelt-hu; side plates, ha´met-sin.
HOW, how shall I do it? swün-né-üng-set ti-á?
HUNCHBACKED, sko-mé-sin.
HUNDRED, nat´so-itch, nat´so-wütsh.
HUNGRY, kwá-kwi.
HUNTER, tsüm-á-mün-sa; seal hunter, nus-lám-ükh.
HUNTING BAG, shit-tá-la.
HUSBAND, n'stá-lush.
I.
I, us.
ICE, s'lel-lokh, sé-ma.
IN, into, nu-äs; put in, imp., nu-as´ ats-ches´sük; to be at or in, lak-si;

vide "live;" it is in the house, lâk-si á-lüng.
INDIANS, people, atl-tá-ling-hu.
INFANT, s'chi-chái-an, kük-ké, n's-chái-in.
IRON, küm-tüm´.
ISLAND, kl-chas, s'kwüs-sá, sk'-sas.
J.
JEALOUS, s[=a]-si-si.
K.
KICK, to, lüm-mat´.
KILL, to, k'châ-tükh, ku-chel´la.
KISS, to, nükh-wh'm-kwóst.
KNIFE, shpál-tin; do. with one edge, il-kákh-han; two-edged,
wat-chä-han.
KETTLE, iron, sklá-lup; wooden, sko´ten.
KNOW, to, Do you know Ské-ükl? (a man of that name?)
hüt-ché-tüs-hu Ské-ükl?
L.
LAKE, s'weltsh.
LANCE, st-kwái-itch.
LARGE, mokw.
LAUGH, I, nün-nái-yüng-sen.

LAZY, sä´hüng, sakhw; I am lazy, sa´whüng-sin.
LEAF, s'chá-sün.
LEAP, to, hwé-tüng.
LEG, slá-hütsh, ská-kün; calf of leg, kátl-sün.
LEND, to, ä-yil.
LIAR, kai-yá-kan.
LIE, I, hukh-kái-ya-kün.
LIGHT, adj., stá-tu.
LIGHTNING, cha-á-kwa-chük, cha-küts-o-kikh.
LIKE, shün-ángs.
LISTEN, imp., ni-hwú-i-yan.
LIVE AT, to, läksi; (this word appears to be the equivalent of the
Nisqually at-suts, and to be really an adverb signifying "presence" or
"existence"); I live there, läk-si tel-lá.
LONG, in dimension, klä-kut.
LOOK OUT! kwá-la.
LOOKING GLASS, skwo-ná-süng, sku-ko-ná-süng, hu-ku-ná-sing; the
image or reflection in the glass, kukh'-kütl.
LOSE, to, ek-kwa.
LOUSE, nüs´sün.
LOVE, to, n[=u]s-tlé, nis-klé.

M.
MAGIC, conjuring, ch'si-ó-wün; for medicine, shi-nám.
MAKE, to, chai; what are you making? stang n's chai? I am making a
canoe, chai its sno´hwütl; make fire, imp., chük-kós.
MAMMALS: Horse, stük-ké-u.