Dictionary of the Chinook gon | Page 9

or stone; or in any manner without cutting; to hit._
~Kwun'-nun~, _n._ Chihalis, idem. _A count; numbers._ Ex. Mamook kwunnun, _to count._ Of merely local use.
Kwutl, _adj._ Chinook, idem. Literally, _fast._ _To push or squeeze,_ as in packing; hyas mamook kwutl, _haul tight._
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~La-bleed'~, _n._ French, LA BRIDE. _A bridle._
~La-boos'~, _n._ French, LA BOUCHE. _The mouth; mouth of a river._ Moxt laboos, _the forks of a river._
~La-boo-ti'~, _n._ French, LA BOUTEILLE. _A bottle._
~La-ca-lat'~, _n._ French, LA CAROTTE. _A carrot._
~La-ca-set'~, _n._ French, LA CASETTE. _A box, trunk, or chest._
~La-clo-a~, _n._ French, LA CROIX. _A cross._
Lagh, _v._ Chinook, LAKH. _To lean; to tip, as a boat; to stoop; to bend over, as a tree._ Wake mika lagh kopa okook house, _don't lean against that house._
~La-gome~, _n._ French, LA GOMME. _Pitch; glue._ La gome stick, _light-wood; the pitch-pine._
~La-gwin'~, or ~La-kween'~, _n._ Qu?re u. d. _A saw._
~La-h��l.~ See SLAHAL.
Lahb, _n._ French, L'HERBE. The arbutus _uva ursi,_ the leaves of which are used in smoking, alone or mixed with tobacco.
~La-h��sh~, _n._ French, LA HACHE. _An axe or hatchet._
~La-kam-mas'.~ See KAMASS.
~Lak'-it~, or ~Lok'-it~, _adj._ Chinook, LAKT. _Four; four times._ Lakit taht-lelum, _forty._
~La'-kles~, _n._ French, LA GRAISSE. _Fat; oil._ See, also, GLEASE.
~La-l��h~, _v._ Chinook, LAKHWHOLA. _To cheat; fool; to practise jokes._ Mamook lalah, _to make fun._
~La-lahm'~, or ~La-lum'~, _n._ French, LA RAME._An oar._ Mamook lalahm, _to row._
~La-l��ng~, _n._ French, LA LANGUE. _The tongue; a language._
~La-leem'~, _n._ French, LA LIME. _A file._
~La-messe'~, _n._ French, idem. _The ceremony of the mass._
~La-m��s-tin~, or ~La-m��-tchin~, _n._ French, LA M��DECINE. _Medecine,_ not including magic.
~Lam'-mi-eh~, or ~Lam-mi-i~, _n._ French, LA VIEILLE. _An old woman._
~La-m��n-ti~, or ~La-m��-ti~, _n._ French, LA MONTAGNE. _A mountain._
~La-peep'~, _n._ French, LA PIPE. _A tobacco-pipe._ Lapeep kullakala (literally, the "pipe-bird"), _the band-tailed eagle,_ as its feathers were used to ornament the pipe stems.
~La-p��hsh~, _n._ French, LA PERCHE. _A pole; the setting-pole of a boat or canoe._
~La-pel-l��h~, _v._ Qu?re if from the French, LE FOYER. Mamook lapellah, _to roast before the fire._
~La-pelle'~, _n._ French, LA PELLE. _A shovel or spade._
~La-pe-osh'~, _n._ French, LA PIOCHE. _A mattock; a hoe._
~La-pi��ge~, _n._ French, LA PI��GE. _A trap._ Eena la pi��ge, _a beaver-trap._
~La-plash~, _n._ French, LA PLANCHE. _A board._
~La-po-el'~, _n._ French, LA PO��LE. _A frying-pan._ Mamook lapoel, _to fry._
~La-p��me~, _n._ French, LA POMME. _An apple._
~La-pool'~, _n._ French, LA POULE. _A fowl; poultry._ Siwash lapool, _the grouse._
~La-poo-shet'~, _n._ French, LA FOURCHETTE. _A fork._
~La-p��te~, _n._ French, LA PORTE. _A door._
~La-s��njel~, _n._ French, LA CINGLE. _A girth; a sash; a belt._
~La-s��e~, _n._ French, LA SCIE. _A saw._
~La-sell'~, _n._ French, LA SELLE. _A saddle._
~L��-shal-loo~, or ~L��-shal-lee~, _n._ French, LA CHARRUE. _A plough._
~La-sh��n-del~, _n._ French, LA CHANDELLE. _A candle._
~La-sh��se~, _n._ French, LA CHAISE. _A chair._
~La-shen'~, n French, LA CHAINE. _A chain._
~Las-siet'~, _n._ French, L'ASSIETTE. _A plate._
~La-sw��y~, _n., adj._ French, LA SOIE. _Silk; silken._
~La-t��hb~, _n._ French, LA TABLE. _A table._
~La-tet'~, _n._ French, LA T��TE. _The head._ Pil latet, _red-headed._
~La-tlah'~, _n._ French, TRAIN; as, "ne faites pas de train." (Anderson). _A noise._ Mamook latlah, _to make a noise._
~La-wen'~, _n._ French, L'AVOINE. _Oats._
~La-west'~, _n._ French, LA VESTE. _A waistcoat._
Lazy, _adj._ English, idem. _Lazy._
~Le-b��h-do~ (often pronounced lab'-a-do), _n._ French, LE BARDEAU. _A shingle._
~Le-bal'~, _n._ French, idem. _A ball; bullet._ Tenas lebal, _shot._
~Le-bis'-kwie~, _n._ French, LE BISCUIT. _Biscuit; crackers; hard bread._
~Le-blau'~, _n., adj._ French, LE BLOND. _A sorrel horse; chestnut colored._
~Le-clem'~, _n., adj._ French, LE CR��ME. _Cream-colored; a cream-colored or light dun horse._
~Le-cock'~, _n._ French, LE COQ. _A cock; a fowl._
~Le-doo'~, _n._ French, LE DOIGT. _A finger._
~Le-gl��y~, _n., adj._ French, LE GRIS, or English GRAY, with French article. _A gray horse; gray._
~Le-jaub'~. See DIAUB.
~Le-kl��h~, _n._ French, LE CLEF. _A key._ Mamook le kleh, _lock the door._
~Le-kloo'~, _n._ French, LE CLOU. _A nail; nails._
~Le-koo'~, _n._ French, LE COU. _The neck._
~Le-ky'e~, _n., adj._ Mr. Anderson derives this from a Canadian word _caille,_ meaning _a piebald horse._ In its jargon use, it means, also, _a spot, spotted,_ or _speckled;_ as, lekye salmon, the spotted or winter salmon (_salmo canis,_ Suckley).
~Le-lo'-ba~, _n._ French, LE RUBAN. _A ribbon._
~Le-loo'~, _n._ French, LE LOUP. A wolf (the large wolf).
~Le-m��h~, or ~L��h-ma~, _n._ French, LA MAIN. _The hand; the arm._ Kloshe lemah, the right (literally, _the good hand_); potlatch lemah, _shake hands._
~Le-m��h-to~, _n._ French, LE MARTEAU. _A hammer._
~Le-mel'~, _n._ French, LE MULET. _A mule._
~Le-mo'-lo~, _n., adj._ French Canadian, LE MORON; undoubtedly a corruption of MARRON, _a runaway negro._ _Wild; untamed._ It applies to men as well as animals, as, for instance, to the tribes which have had no intercourse with the settlements.
~Le-moo'-to~, or ~Lam'-mu-to~, _n._ French, LES MOUTONS. _Sheep._
~Le-pan'~, _n._ French, LE PAIN. _Bread; raised or light bread._
~Le-pee'~, _n._ French, LE PIED. _The feet._
~Le-pish'-e-mo~, _n._ Qu?re u. d. _The saddle-blanket and housings of a horse._
~Le-pl��t~, _n._ French, LE PR��TRE. _A priest._
~Le-pwau'~, _n._ French, LES POIS. _Peas._
~Le-sak'~, _n._ French, LE SAC. _A bag; a pocket._
~Le-sap'~, or ~Le-zep'~, _n._ French, LES OEUFS. _An egg; eggs._
~Le-s��e-blo~, _n._ French, LES ��PERONS. _Spurs._
~Le-s��e-zo~, _n._ French, LE CISEAU. _Scissors._
~Le-s��ok~, _n._ French,