Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi | Page 9

an-ilp. Vine maple (A. circinata), shé-chülp.
Alder, s'kwáng-ültsh. Crab apple tree, kükh-whétsh. Fruit of do.,
ka-ákhw. Elder, tsé-wükh. Willow, swül-létsh.
TREES, parts of: Roots, ko´mel-lokh. Fir cones, ta-má-ku-küns. Pitch
or rosin, smá-nitsh. Leaves, sats-tlá. Fir bark, t'chül-le. Cedar bark,
shl-k[=o]m. Inner bark of do., skwekhw. Willow bark (used for making
seines), swá-lakh. Rotten wood, pi-kwái.
TWO, chus-sa, chá-sa, tch's-sält-hu.
U.
UNCOVER, to, küt-lést.
UNDERSTAND,-- I understand that, hüt-che-tu ti-ats; I don't
understand, o-ná kwins-hu-chet; Do you understand Clallam?
hüt-che-tüt kwüs-sa N[=u]s-klái-y[=u]m?
URINATE, ché-wa. (This applies to either sex, there not being a
distinction made, as in the Nisqually.)
W.
WALK, to, s-tüng, sh-tüng.
WANT, to, sklé; I want, n's-klé; I don't want, á-wa sins-kle.
WARM, kwass, kwá-lüs.

WARRIOR, nus-chang-kün, mich-kül´lo-wütl.
WASH, to, (the hands), tsük-sé-sümg; (the face), tsük-wá-süng;
(clothes), tsük-ül-kwo´-tüng; I wash, sa-kwüm´sün.
WATER, kaukh.
WAVES, skwüt-la-lák-ün.
WE, ninglkh, kl-ning-ülkh.
WET, klük-sét, tsa-müng.
WHAT, stäng, stäng-wüt; what is that? stang ti-á? what are you doing?
stang nis-chai? what food do you buy? stang kwa chats sä´wun? what?
(in answer to a call), stang? what is the matter with you? es-tang hat-su?
what do you want? stang sins-kle ti-nük-wa; what is your name? (vide
"who.")
WHERE, a-hén; where is my gun? t'hén-ku ken po-yük? I don't know
where, kwá-hen ish-tük´ka; where do you come from (whence you?)
tsa-héns-hu, tsa-hénts-hu? where are you going (whither you?)
t'whéns-hu, twéntst-hu?
WHISTLE, to, sh-pi-lás.
WHITE, pük'h.
WHO, wät, wat; who did that? wat´la kwuts-chái-a ti-a? what (literally
"who") is your name? wat-tun-má? wat kud sna?
WIFE, n'stá-lush (same as husband).
WIND, st-châng.
WINDS: West, ste-wüt. W. N. W., tent-sa-lük. N. W. and North,
s'chá-yüm. S. S. E., skang-üt. S. W., s'chis.
WINGS, sk-käl.

WIPE, to, (the face), nu-hwa-chá-süng; (the hands), chékw-sim.
WOLF, st-kái-ükh.
WOMAN, slá-ni.
WOOD, s'chütl; a log, kwt-hlái; dry wood, stä-ta-chi.
WORK (do, make), chái.
WORTHLESS, kl-hül-o-ás.
WRESTLE, to, tsäl-tüng.
WRITE, to, hül´lüt.
Y.
YAWN, to, we´a-küs.
YE, YOU, nük-kwé-li-é.
YELLOW, n's-kwül-la-wün, nük-wai.
YES, a-áh; yes indeed, certainly, ho´wüs, hu´üs, si-[=e]t
YESTERDAY, chi-lak'hl.
YOUNG, s'hwé-wils.

LOCAL NOMENCLATURE
OF THE LUMMI TRIBE.
Chil-tün-nüm. Point Roberts.
No-ku-me´khil. A creek running into the bay.

Pi-kalps. The Indian village of Camp Simiamoo.
Sim-i-a´mu. The name of the band.
Kul-la´han. "Stockade," the site of the old village.
A´la-la. Creek at the head of Drayton harbor.
Se´litsh. The site on the sand spit of ditto. The name Tsi-he´lis has the
same signification.
Kw[=u]d-shäd. Mount Baker.
H[=o]l-h[=o]l-ok'h. Site between Drayton harbor and Birch bay.
Tsáu-wükh. Site on Birch bay.
Tut-si-nüts. Slái-ek-sen. Sandy point.
Cháu-üks. North end Lummi island.
St'kwäp. A site on eastern side of do.
Ska´lek-shün. Fishing on west side of do.
Mam-e´ük or S'müm-mé-ük. The mountain on south end of do.
Klé-kwa-ni. A rock off S. W. end of ditto. It is a s'hui-yáb or demon.
To-whütsh. Eliza island.
Ku-kwa-né-üng. Viti rocks.
Chá-chu-sen. Part of the Delta of Lummi river.
Skül-há-netl, Sla-yüks. Mouths of the river on Hale's passage.
Tom-whik-sen. The winter village on the passage.
Tä´la-pi. Another neighboring site.

Sw[=u]l-é-sen or S'h[=u]l-e-sen. The Portage.
N-[=u]s-ká-la-hüm. The neck of Point Francis.
Sé-liss. Point Francis. (Vide Sé-litsh, supra.)
Klik-a-té-nus. The small prairie at the military station, Fort Bellingham.
Kwal-lu-h[=u]m (Squallicum). The small creek above Whatcom.
What-com. The outlet of the lake. The name refers to the noise of its
waters.
Si-h[=o]m. The site of the Bellingham Bay Coal Mine.
Ma-mó-si. Pattle's claim.
Sis´lit-chüm. Thomas's claim.
Tai-chá-mish. The cove at Cullum's claim.
Tchük-a-nüts. The inner bight of Bellingham bay.
S'hüts-küs. Point William, or Samish point.
As-é-a-kün. Samish village behind the island.
Pen-[=u]kh-hu. Vendovi island. The name is derived from that of a
bulbous root growing there.
T'châ-kwil-la. N. W. point of Gueymes island.
T'kwâ-wa-tchin. N. E. side of do.
Kwil-shants. S. E. point of do.
N[=u]kh-whai-i-mikhl. Samish village S. W. side of do.
Tál-la-lokh, Nu-kwüt-lá-al. Localities on Fidalgo island.

Mük-kük'hs. N. E. point of do.
Sküt-lüs. Sinclair island.
Tüt-sékh. Cypress island.
Tütl-ki-té-nüs. Strawberry harbor on do.
Shé-üng-tl'h. The peak on the N. end of do. It is the nest of the thunder
bird.
S'n[=u]k-nokh-hw'tl. Site on western side of Blakely island.
N[=u]s-kwi-chen´nüm. James's island.
Chis-si-ná-a. Bird rocks off Decatur island.
Hüt-tát-ch'l. Site of Indian village on S. E. end of Orcas island.
Ko-pé-tün. S. E. point of eastern bay in Orcas island.
M[=u]k-kw[=u]l-nitch. Small lake and cascade emptying into the
eastern bay.
I-ukh´kan. The cove at M[=u]k-kw[=u]l-nitch.
Chin-chin-tsé-l[=u]ng. A rock on the eastern shore of the bay. It was
another demon--a woman who committed adultery with every one. She
was turned into stone by Ha-áls, but her spirit remains. She used to live
at that place in summer, but went up the bay in the winter.
N[=u]kh-whái-y[=u]m. Deadman's rock in the eastern bay. An old
cemetery of the Lummi Indians.
Tsül-whé-sün. A site at the head of the bay.
Swá-lakh. Mount Constitution, on Orcas island. The name is also given
to the eastern bay