Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi | Page 7

n[=u]s. Thou, n��kw. Thy, ti-n��k-wa. Thyself, tin-tsi-la. He (that one), nel, nitlh. We, minglkt, kl-ming�䨹lkh. Ye, n��k-kw��-li-e. They, nan-etl-ya, kw-si-a-hal-t��n. My canoe, nus-kw�� n'shwa-atl. Thy knife, s��ns-kwan's-p?l-t��n. His gun, ts?-ka po-y��k. Our country, ts��-kw��n t��ng��-hu. Your house, ts��ng a��n��ng h?-la. Their father, k's?n m?n.
PULL THE HAIR, to, heng-��kw-t��n.
PUT ON, to, pantaloons, h��k-��w-sing; a coat, hut-ch��-t��ng.
PUT INTO, to, imp., nu-��s ats-ches-s��k.
PUT DOWN, to, s?-kws.
R.
RAIN, sl��m��m[=o]kh.
RAISE UP, to, s?-at.
RAKE, for taking herring and other small fish, tlet��ha-men.
RAPID, in a river, kwet��ch��m.
RAW, hets.
RED, n's��k'h, n's��kw.
RELATIONSHIPS: Father, m?n. Mother, t?n. Husband, my, n'st��-l��sh. Wife, idem. Son or daughter, ng'��n��na. Brother, if older than the speaker, sh��-itlh; if younger, s��i-tchin. Elder sister, ��-lish; younger do., s��i-tchin. Grandfather, cha-mok. Grandmother, s��-la. Uncle, latl, hai'tch; (as the nephew grows older, the uncle becomes an elder brother.) Aunt, sh��-ilsh. Father-in-law, sl?tl. Mother-in-law, idem. Brother-in-law, idem (?). Sister-in-law, s'ng-at��hwun. Sister's husband, idem. Step father, n's-gn?-��n. Step mother, idem. Daughter-in-law, skw��-lo-wis. Husband's other wives, s��i-ya.
RIVER, st��-lo; small stream, st��-ta-lo.
ROAD, satl.
ROAST, to, in ashes, t��l-l��k; on a stick, s'kw��l��l��ng.
ROCK, sng-��nt.
ROPE, hw��-l��m.
RUN, to, kwa-n��ng-��t, kw��-n��ng-it.
S.
SAD, h?tl-tin, h��tch-ing�䨦n.
SAIL, make sail, imp., chai-a-kw��n pa-kw��n; take in sail, imp., kl��ng-?s.
SALAMANDER, p��t-h'yil.
SALMON, generic, s'ch?n-hu.-- Various species: k��tch��k��s Salmo scouler��, RICHARDSON; h��n-n��n, the hump-backed salmon (S. Proteus); s��k-k�� (not ascertained); y��-mutsh, S. quinnat, RICH.; kwal-hu, S. canis, SUCKLEY (this name, it will be noticed, is also applied to sea ducks); k��-��kh, S. truncatus? kw��l-yauk, salmon when exhausted by spawning; t��ghs, salmon trout (S. Campbelli, SUCKLEY); su-kw��i, brook trout (S. stellatus, GRD.); hu-m��-ni, salmon fry. (This last word suggests the Spokane word for the brook trout, hu-m��-na.)
SALT, klat��l��n.
SAND BEACH, s'het (Lummi), si-et��s��m (Kwantlen).
SAND SPIT, na-wa-l��tsh.
SCOOP, for bailing a canoe, tsang��t��n.
SCRAPE, to, ekht.
SCRATCH, a, si-h��ks.
SCRATCH, to, h��t-ch��-t��ng; I scratch, hi-k��k-s��n.
SEA, klals, kt'hlals.
SEASONS: Spring, tchin-kw��-lis, tchin-kwai-lus. Summer, kw��-lus (kw��-lis, warm) tchin-��-yi. Autumn, chits-at-lin, tsa-wh��ngst. Winter, chints-��-h��m, chin-s��-t��tsh, s��-titsh.
SEE, to, lang-��t, lang-it.
SELL, to, hwi-m?��la.
SEVEN, tsakws, ts��k-s?-la, s��k-s?lt-hu.
SEW, to, chets.
SHAKE HANDS, to, kw��n-sest��.
SHALLOW, sh��i-sh��m.
SHARP, ��i-yas.
SHARPEN, to, to whet on a stone, t'kas.
SHAWL, s��t-s��-m��sh.
SHIRT, k��ts-��-lis; "hickory" shirt, h��tl-p��-w��n.
SHOES, moccasins, s'kl��k��a-shin.
SHOOT, to, with a bow, ts-m?n.
SHOT, h��s-��m-��kw.
SICK, s'hatl.
SICK, I am, s'hal's��n.
SING, to, t'e-l��m, te��lim.
SISTER, elder, ��-lish; younger, s��i-tchin.
SIT, to, ��m-m��t, ��m-mit, ts��m-m��-no.
SIX, t'h��nkh, t��kh-h��ng-?-la, t��kh-h��ng-?lt-hu.
SKIN, dressed, h��l-k��n; un-dressed, kw��l��lo.
SKY, s��-ishl, skw��i-yil.
SLEEP, to, ��t-t-t, ��-t��t-t��t, i-tit.
SLEEPY, a-t��-t��ng.
SLOWLY, o-s'n-ang'h.
SMALL, mi-m��-min.
SMELL, a, h?kw.
SMELL, to, h��k-kw��l��la, h��k-kw��-li.
SMOKE, to, a pipe, sm?-nis-tin (sm��-n��sh, tobacco); as a fire, sp��t-l��ng.
SNAKE, s'alkh��ka.
SNEEZE, to, h?-sing.
SNORE, to, hw��-na-k��ng.
SNOW, n��-ka.
SON, ng-��u��na.
SOUL, the, s��l-l��.
SOUR, s��-han.
SOW, to, grain, &c., ch��i-its (chai, to work).
SPEAK, to, kwal.
SPEAR, to, water fowl, t'kwa��-n��m; seals, s��i-y��m-m��n; fish, t's-h��ng�䨹n.
SPLIT WOOD, to, sk��t.
STAB, to, met-��t-��ng-kwa; Simiamoo, ti-chet�䨹ng-kwa.
STAND, to, s��t-l��n.
STAR, k��-s'n, ka-s'n.
STAY, I will stay, a-w��s-sin.
STEAL, I stole, as-kwa-kan��; you stole, n��k��wa kwa-kan��; he stole, nikhl-kwa-kan��.
STEER, to, ch��n-n?-set; ch��k-ke-n��ng.
STEERSMAN, of canoe, as-kw��-at.
STOCKADE, fence, k��l-l��kh��han.
STONE, chet-hl��kh; rock, sng-��nt.
STOP, I will stop here, o-at��la-s��n (perhaps "I have arrived"); stop, imp., i.e. stop doing any thing, un-n��khw kw��-t��n s'chai; stop (when one is helped sufficiently to food), h��i; stop (talking), s��m-mukh.
STRIKE, to, with the fist, n��t-s��s-t��ng.
STRIPED, as-h��-��tsh.
STRONG, kam-k��m, kw��m-kw��m.
STURGEON, skw��-w��tsh.
SUN, sku-k��l��.
SWEET, sak-k��ng (aikh, good).
SWIM, to, t��ng-a-��ng.
T.
TAKE, to, kw��n��nut (same as to get).
TAKE OFF, to, kl��-lis, kl��t-sang��.
TALE, story, skw��l��kw��l.
TALL, kl'k-t��khl.
TEETH, chin��nis.
TEN, o��p��n, o-p��n-?-la, o-p��n-?lt-hu.
TESTICLES, m��-tchin.
THANK YOU, hekh.
THAT, t��l-l��, ta-l��; that is Lucy's, la Lucy ti-l��.
THERE, ta-l��; there it is, e-i-t��-i-ti, ��t-la-ti.
THEY, nan-��tl-ya, kw'si��a-h��l-t��n.
THING, things, stang; every thing, n��kw-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, k��n-kan.
THIS, ti��et-hla.
THOU, n��kw; thyself, tin-tsi��la; you are a Kanaka yourself, Kanaka tin-tsi��la.
THOUSAND, o-p��ntsh.
THREAD, twine, hw��-lum.
THREE, klikhw, kl-wh��i-la, kl-wh?lt-hu.
THROAT, haung��en.
THROW, to, as a stone, tsi-lakh; to throw away, hw��lt-hu. (In the Simiamoo dialect, ��-kw��t; to throw away with violence, tim-m��t.)
THUMB, s��s-t��ls.
THUNDER, s'h��-hwas.
TIDES: Flood tide, k��m��m��l. Ebb tide, hi-klatl'h. High tide, k��m-k��m��m��l. Low tide, sham��sh��m.
TOBACCO, sm��-n��sh.
TOBACCO POUCH, sm��-na-sh��-la.
TO-DAY, ti-a-k��is, ti-o-skw��-chil.
TOES, s'ch��s's��n, sn��-hwl-shin.
TO-MORROW, kw��-chil, kw��i-ikhl.
TONGUE, t��-whls.
TRADING HOUSE or store, shwui-m?l (hwi-m?-la, to sell).
TREES, forest, s'ki-l��-l��ng-hu.
TREES, ETC.: Red pine (P. ponderosa), kwa-kwa-y��-la-hilp. Dwarf pine (P. contorta), kw��khwl-ch. Spruce fir (Abies Menzesii), chi-kw��t��lp. White fir (A. grandis), sko��-me-y��ks. Hemlock spruce (Abies ---- ----), s'ke-��ltch. Yew, tlng-k��lsh. Cedar (Thuja), h'ch��-chiltsh. Red cedar (Juniperus), pits-in-��i-ilp. Arbutus (A. Menzesii), k[=o]-kw��ltsh. Trailing arbutus (A. uva-ursi), kw��n-neltsh; the leaves of this vine are used for smoking. Birch, kats-��l��tch. Maple (A. macrophylla), k��m�� an-ilp. Vine maple (A. circinata), sh��-ch��lp. Alder, s'kw��ng-��ltsh. Crab apple tree, k��kh-wh��tsh. Fruit of do., ka-��khw. Elder, ts��-w��kh. Willow, sw��l-l��tsh.
TREES, parts of: Roots, ko��mel-lokh. Fir cones, ta-m��-ku-k��ns. Pitch or rosin, sm��-nitsh. Leaves, sats-tl��. Fir bark, t'ch��l-le. Cedar bark, shl-k[=o]m. Inner bark of do., skwekhw. Willow bark (used for making seines), sw��-lakh. Rotten wood, pi-kw��i.
TWO, chus-sa, ch��-sa, tch's-s?lt-hu.
U.
UNCOVER, to, k��t-l��st.
UNDERSTAND,-- I understand that, h��t-che-tu ti-ats; I don't understand, o-n�� kwins-hu-chet; Do you understand Clallam? h��t-che-t��t kw��s-sa N[=u]s-kl��i-y[=u]m?
URINATE, ch��-wa. (This applies to either sex, there not being a distinction made, as in the Nisqually.)
W.
WALK, to, s-t��ng, sh-t��ng.
WANT, to, skl��; I want, n's-kl��; I don't want, ��-wa sins-kle.
WARM, kwass, kw��-l��s.
WARRIOR, nus-chang-k��n, mich-k��l��lo-w��tl.
WASH, to,