Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi | Page 8

(the hands), ts��k-s��-s��mg; (the face), ts��k-w��-s��ng; (clothes), ts��k-��l-kwo��-t��ng; I wash, sa-kw��m��s��n.
WATER, kaukh.
WAVES, skw��t-la-l��k-��n.
WE, ninglkh, kl-ning-��lkh.
WET, kl��k-s��t, tsa-m��ng.
WHAT, st?ng, st?ng-w��t; what is that? stang ti-��? what are you doing? stang nis-chai? what food do you buy? stang kwa chats s?��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-n��k-wa; what is your name? (vide "who.")
WHERE, a-h��n; where is my gun? t'h��n-ku ken po-y��k? I don't know where, kw��-hen ish-t��k��ka; where do you come from (whence you?) tsa-h��ns-hu, tsa-h��nts-hu? where are you going (whither you?) t'wh��ns-hu, tw��ntst-hu?
WHISTLE, to, sh-pi-l��s.
WHITE, p��k'h.
WHO, w?t, wat; who did that? wat��la kwuts-ch��i-a ti-a? what (literally "who") is your name? wat-tun-m��? wat kud sna?
WIFE, n'st��-lush (same as husband).
WIND, st-chang.
WINDS: West, ste-w��t. W. N. W., tent-sa-l��k. N. W. and North, s'ch��-y��m. S. S. E., skang-��t. S. W., s'chis.
WINGS, sk-k?l.
WIPE, to, (the face), nu-hwa-ch��-s��ng; (the hands), ch��kw-sim.
WOLF, st-k��i-��kh.
WOMAN, sl��-ni.
WOOD, s'ch��tl; a log, kwt-hl��i; dry wood, st?-ta-chi.
WORK (do, make), ch��i.
WORTHLESS, kl-h��l-o-��s.
WRESTLE, to, ts?l-t��ng.
WRITE, to, h��l��l��t.
Y.
YAWN, to, we��a-k��s.
YE, YOU, n��k-kw��-li-��.
YELLOW, n's-kw��l-la-w��n, n��k-wai.
YES, a-��h; yes indeed, certainly, ho��w��s, hu�䨹s, si-[=e]t
YESTERDAY, chi-lak'hl.
YOUNG, s'hw��-wils.

LOCAL NOMENCLATURE
OF THE LUMMI TRIBE.
Chil-t��n-n��m. 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-sh?d. Mount Baker.
H[=o]l-h[=o]l-ok'h. Site between Drayton harbor and Birch bay.
Ts��u-w��kh. Site on Birch bay.
Tut-si-n��ts. Sl��i-ek-sen. Sandy point.
Ch��u-��ks. North end Lummi island.
St'kw?p. A site on eastern side of do.
Ska��lek-sh��n. Fishing on west side of do.
Mam-e�䨹k or S'm��m-m��-��k. The mountain on south end of do.
Kl��-kwa-ni. A rock off S. W. end of ditto. It is a s'hui-y��b or demon.
To-wh��tsh. Eliza island.
Ku-kwa-n��-��ng. Viti rocks.
Ch��-chu-sen. Part of the Delta of Lummi river.
Sk��l-h��-netl, Sla-y��ks. Mouths of the river on Hale's passage.
Tom-whik-sen. The winter village on the passage.
T?��la-pi. Another neighboring site.
Sw[=u]l-��-sen or S'h[=u]l-e-sen. The Portage.
N-[=u]s-k��-la-h��m. The neck of Point Francis.
S��-liss. Point Francis. (Vide S��-litsh, supra.)
Klik-a-t��-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-m��-si. Pattle's claim.
Sis��lit-ch��m. Thomas's claim.
Tai-ch��-mish. The cove at Cullum's claim.
Tch��k-a-n��ts. The inner bight of Bellingham bay.
S'h��ts-k��s. Point William, or Samish point.
As-��-a-k��n. Samish village behind the island.
Pen-[=u]kh-hu. Vendovi island. The name is derived from that of a bulbous root growing there.
T'cha-kwil-la. N. W. point of Gueymes island.
T'kwa-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.
T��l-la-lokh, Nu-kw��t-l��-al. Localities on Fidalgo island.
M��k-k��k'hs. N. E. point of do.
Sk��t-l��s. Sinclair island.
T��t-s��kh. Cypress island.
T��tl-ki-t��-n��s. Strawberry harbor on do.
Sh��-��ng-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��n��m. James's island.
Chis-si-n��-a. Bird rocks off Decatur island.
H��t-t��t-ch'l. Site of Indian village on S. E. end of Orcas island.
Ko-p��-t��n. 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-ts��-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-��ls, but her spirit remains. She used to live at that place in summer, but went up the bay in the winter.
N[=u]kh-wh��i-y[=u]m. Deadman's rock in the eastern bay. An old cemetery of the Lummi Indians.
Ts��l-wh��-s��n. A site at the head of the bay.
Sw��-lakh. Mount Constitution, on Orcas island. The name is also given to the eastern bay itself, or rather to the country upon it.
S'ko-ma-ang. A mountain on the peninsula between the eastern and middle bays. The name refers to a berry called t'kwa��ma, and means "like that berry."
A��la-la, "like a house," from a��lung, "a house." Another hill on Orcas island. The name also applies to the land bordering on the middle bay.
N[=u]s-k��l-ling-��s. The point at the entrance of the middle or A��la-la bay.
Skw��k-sen. A rock on the eastern side of do. This was another demon.
I��ye-h��n. The bald hill at the head of A��la-la bay.
T'kai-yetsh. The extreme S. W. point of Orcas island.
Nukh-l��-kwoi. A site on the W. side of do.
Kwi-n��s. N. point of Lopez island.
Skl��l-nip. Sand point N. end of do.
Nu-chad-kwun. E. point of do.
S'wh��l-l��tsh. The lagoon on the W. side of do. (Its Clallam name, Pal-pi-yu.)
K[=u]t-��l��la. E. point of Shaw's island.
H��s-s��ltsh, Hwi-ch��-sen. Localities on the S. side of do.
Kl-chang. Point on N. side do.
N[=u]k-p��-katsh. Rocky islet N. side do.
Kla-l��-ka-mish. Former inhabitants of the E. side of San Juan island; a band of Lummis now extinct.
Si-a��l��ng-hu. Hudson's Bay farm, San Juan island.
Wa-h��l-a-n��n. Hudson's Bay salmon house, San Juan do.
Kl-wh��i-ten. Patos island.
Klakhw-k��m (mussels). Patos island.
Pen-[=o]kh. Matia group. The name has the same signification as that of Vendovi island.
Chu-sh��-n��ng. Sucia group.
Si-l��-ka-mish. Spiedur island.
Kw��n-n��s.