Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi | Page 8

ti-nük-wa.
Thyself, tin-tsi-la. He (that one), nel, nitlh. We, minglkt, kl-ming´ülkh.
Ye, nük-kwé-li-e. They, nan-etl-ya, kw-si-a-hal-tün. My canoe,
nus-kwá n'shwâ-atl. Thy knife, süns-kwân's-päl-tün. His gun, tsä-ka
po-yük. Our country, tsá-kwün tüng´-hu. Your house, tsüng a´nüng
hä-la. Their father, k'sän män.
PULL THE HAIR, to, heng-ükw-tün.
PUT ON, to, pantaloons, hük-éw-sing; a coat, hut-ché-tüng.
PUT INTO, to, imp., nu-ás ats-ches-sük.
PUT DOWN, to, sä-kws.
R.
RAIN, slüm´m[=o]kh.
RAISE UP, to, sä-at.
RAKE, for taking herring and other small fish, tlet´ha-men.
RAPID, in a river, kwet´chüm.
RAW, hets.
RED, n'sük'h, n'sükw.
RELATIONSHIPS: Father, män. Mother, tän. Husband, my, n'stá-lüsh.
Wife, idem. Son or daughter, ng'ün´na. Brother, if older than the
speaker, shí-itlh; if younger, sái-tchin. Elder sister, á-lish; younger do.,
sái-tchin. Grandfather, cha-mok. Grandmother, sé-la. Uncle, latl, hai'tch;

(as the nephew grows older, the uncle becomes an elder brother.) Aunt,
shé-ilsh. Father-in-law, slätl. Mother-in-law, idem. Brother-in-law,
idem (?). Sister-in-law, s'ng-at´hwun. Sister's husband, idem. Step
father, n's-gnä-ün. Step mother, idem. Daughter-in-law, skwá-lo-wis.
Husband's other wives, sái-ya.
RIVER, stá-lo; small stream, stá-ta-lo.
ROAD, satl.
ROAST, to, in ashes, tül-lák; on a stick, s'kwül´lüng.
ROCK, sng-ánt.
ROPE, hwé-lüm.
RUN, to, kwâ-nüng-üt, kwá-nüng-it.
S.
SAD, hätl-tin, hütch-ing´én.
SAIL, make sail, imp., chai-a-kwün pa-kwün; take in sail, imp.,
klüng-äs.
SALAMANDER, pét-h'yil.
SALMON, generic, s'chän-hu.-- Various species: kütch´küs Salmo
scoulerí, RICHARDSON; hün-nün, the hump-backed salmon (S.
Proteus); sük-ké (not ascertained); yó-mutsh, S. quinnat, RICH.;
kwal-hu, S. canis, SUCKLEY (this name, it will be noticed, is also
applied to sea ducks); ké-ükh, S. truncatus? kwül-yauk, salmon when
exhausted by spawning; tüghs, salmon trout (S. Campbelli, SUCKLEY);
su-kwái, brook trout (S. stellatus, GRD.); hu-má-ni, salmon fry. (This
last word suggests the Spokane word for the brook trout, hu-má-na.)
SALT, klat´lün.
SAND BEACH, s'het (Lummi), si-et´süm (Kwantlen).

SAND SPIT, na-wa-létsh.
SCOOP, for bailing a canoe, tsang´tün.
SCRAPE, to, ekht.
SCRATCH, a, si-héks.
SCRATCH, to, hüt-ché-tüng; I scratch, hi-kék-sün.
SEA, klals, kt'hlals.
SEASONS: Spring, tchin-kwé-lis, tchin-kwai-lus. Summer, kwá-lus
(kwá-lis, warm) tchin-é-yi. Autumn, chits-at-lin, tsa-whéngst. Winter,
chints-é-hüm, chin-sá-tütsh, sá-titsh.
SEE, to, lang-üt, lang-it.
SELL, to, hwi-mä´la.
SEVEN, tsâkws, tsük-sä-la, sük-sält-hu.
SEW, to, chets.
SHAKE HANDS, to, kwün-sest´.
SHALLOW, shái-shüm.
SHARP, ái-yas.
SHARPEN, to, to whet on a stone, t'kas.
SHAWL, süt-sá-müsh.
SHIRT, küts-á-lis; "hickory" shirt, hütl-pé-wün.
SHOES, moccasins, s'klük´a-shin.
SHOOT, to, with a bow, ts-män.

SHOT, hüs-üm-ákw.
SICK, s'hatl.
SICK, I am, s'hal'sün.
SING, to, t'e-lüm, te´lim.
SISTER, elder, á-lish; younger, sái-tchin.
SIT, to, üm-müt, üm-mit, tsüm-má-no.
SIX, t'hünkh, tükh-hüng-ä-la, tükh-hüng-ält-hu.
SKIN, dressed, hül-kün; un-dressed, kwül´lo.
SKY, sé-ishl, skwái-yil.
SLEEP, to, ét-t-t, é-tüt-tüt, i-tit.
SLEEPY, a-tá-tüng.
SLOWLY, o-s'n-ang'h.
SMALL, mi-mé-min.
SMELL, a, häkw.
SMELL, to, hük-kwül´la, hük-kwá-li.
SMOKE, to, a pipe, smä-nis-tin (smá-nüsh, tobacco); as a fire,
spát-lüng.
SNAKE, s'alkh´ka.
SNEEZE, to, hä-sing.
SNORE, to, hwá-na-küng.
SNOW, ná-ka.

SON, ng-üu´na.
SOUL, the, sül-lé.
SOUR, sá-han.
SOW, to, grain, &c., chái-its (chai, to work).
SPEAK, to, kwal.
SPEAR, to, water fowl, t'kwa´-nüm; seals, sái-yüm-mün; fish,
t's-hüng´ün.
SPLIT WOOD, to, sküt.
STAB, to, met-át-üng-kwa; Simiamoo, ti-chet´üng-kwa.
STAND, to, sít-lün.
STAR, kó-s'n, kâ-s'n.
STAY, I will stay, a-wüs-sin.
STEAL, I stole, as-kwa-kan´; you stole, nük´wa kwa-kan´; he stole,
nikhl-kwa-kan´.
STEER, to, chün-nä-set; chük-ke-nüng.
STEERSMAN, of canoe, as-kwá-at.
STOCKADE, fence, kül-lükh´han.
STONE, chet-hlákh; rock, sng-ánt.
STOP, I will stop here, o-at´la-sün (perhaps "I have arrived"); stop,
imp., i.e. stop doing any thing, un-nükhw kwá-tün s'chai; stop (when
one is helped sufficiently to food), hái; stop (talking), süm-mukh.
STRIKE, to, with the fist, nüt-sás-tüng.

STRIPED, as-hé-ütsh.
STRONG, kâm-küm, kwüm-kwüm.
STURGEON, skwá-wütsh.
SUN, sku-kül´.
SWEET, sak-küng (aikh, good).
SWIM, to, tüng-a-áng.
T.
TAKE, to, kwün´nut (same as to get).
TAKE OFF, to, klá-lis, klüt-sang´.
TALE, story, skwül´kwül.
TALL, kl'k-tákhl.
TEETH, chin´nis.
TEN, o´pün, o-pün-ä-la, o-pün-ält-hu.
TESTICLES, má-tchin.
THANK YOU, hekh.
THAT, tül-lá, ta-lé; that is Lucy's, la Lucy ti-lé.
THERE, ta-lá; there it is, e-i-té-i-ti, át-la-ti.
THEY, nan-étl-ya, kw'si´a-hál-tün.
THING, things, stang; every thing, nükw-stang. It is noticeable that in
this language, as well as in the Nisqually, Chinook, and probably in
others, the word for "thing" is the same as that for "what."

THIEF, kán-kan.
THIS, ti´et-hla.
THOU, nükw; thyself, tin-tsi´la; you are a Kanaka yourself, Kanaka
tin-tsi´la.
THOUSAND, o-pántsh.
THREAD, twine, hwé-lum.
THREE, klikhw, kl-whái-la, kl-whält-hu.
THROAT, haung´en.
THROW, to, as a stone, tsi-lakh; to throw away, hwélt-hu. (In the
Simiamoo dialect, é-kwüt; to throw away with violence, tim-müt.)
THUMB, süs-táls.
THUNDER, s'hó-hwas.
TIDES: Flood tide, küm´mül. Ebb tide, hi-klatl'h. High tide,
küm-küm´mül. Low tide, sham´shüm.
TOBACCO, smá-nüsh.
TOBACCO POUCH, smá-na-shá-la.
TO-DAY, ti-a-káis, ti-o-skwá-chil.
TOES, s'chüs'sün, snó-hwl-shin.
TO-MORROW, kwá-chil, kwái-ikhl.
TONGUE, té-whls.
TRADING HOUSE or store, shwui-mäl (hwi-mä-la, to sell).

TREES, forest, s'ki-lá-lüng-hu.
TREES, ETC.: Red pine (P. ponderosa), kwa-kwa-yé-la-hilp. Dwarf
pine (P. contorta), kwákhwl-ch. Spruce fir (Abies Menzesii),
chi-kwüt´lp. White fir (A. grandis), sko´-me-yüks. Hemlock spruce
(Abies ---- ----), s'ke-éltch. Yew, tlng-kálsh. Cedar (Thuja),
h'chá-chiltsh. Red cedar (Juniperus), pits-in-ái-ilp. Arbutus (A.
Menzesii), k[=o]-kwéltsh. Trailing arbutus (A. uva-ursi), kwün-neltsh;
the leaves of this vine are used for smoking. Birch, kats-ül´tch. Maple
(A. macrophylla), küm´