Dictionary of the Chinook gon | Page 9

Kunsih tilikum mitlite? _how
many people are there?_ kunsih mika klatawa? _when do you go?_
wake kunsih, _never;_ mamook kunsih, _to count._
~Kush'-is~, _n._ Chihalis, KOSHIS. _Stockings._ In the original, any
elastic article of dress. Not in general use.
~Kwah'-ne-sum~, _adv._ Chinook, KWÁNISUM; Yakama,
KWÁLISIM. _Always; forever._
~Kwáh'-nioe~, _n._ Klikatat, KWADDIS. _A whale._
~Kwáhta~, _n._ English. _The quarter of a dollar._ The quarter of any
number is usually expressed in Jargon by _tenas sitku,_ i.e., _a small
half._
~Kwah'-tin~. See YAKWAHTIN.
Kwaist, or Kweest, _adj._ Chinook, KWAITST. _Nine._
~Kwa-lal'-kwa-lal'~, _v._ Chinook, KWULLIL-KWULLIL. _To
gallop._
~Kwal'h~, _n._ Chihalis, KWATLH. _An aunt._
Kwann, _adj._ Chinook, KWAN-KWAN. _Glad._ According to Mr.
Anderson, it means a custom or habit. It is used by some in this sense
as tamed or _broken,_ as of a horse (McCormick). KWAL is Nisqually
for _tame._
Kwass, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Fear; afraid; tame._ Mamook kwass,
_to frighten; to tame._
Kwates, or Kwehts, _adj._ Chihalis, KWETS. _Sour._
~Kwéh-kweh~, _n._ Chinook, OKWÉKWE (by onoma). _A mallard
duck._ Used chiefly at mouth of the Columbia.

~Kwék-wi-ens~, _n._ Chihalis, idem. _A pin._ Of limited use.
~Kwéo-kwéo~, _n._ Chinook, T'KWEO-KWEO. _A ring; a circle._
Kwetlh, _adj._ Chihalis, idem. (Anderson). _Proud._ Not in general
use.
~Kwin'-num~, _adj._ Chinook, KWENEM. _Five._
Kwish, or Kweesh, _interj._ Refusing any thing contemptuously.
Equivalent to "_No you don't._" Used on the lower Columbia.
~Kwit'-shad-ie~, _n._ Nisqually, KWUTSHDIE. _The hare or rabbit._
Confined to Puget Sound.
~Kwo-lann'~, or ~Kwo-lah'-nie~, _n._ Chihalis, KWOLÁN; Nisqually,
KWILANI. _The ear._ Halo kwolann, or, ikpooie kwolann, _deaf._
Kwulh, or Kwult, _v._ Chinook, KWULT'H. _To hit; to wound with an
arrow or gun; to strike with a slick 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._
~L.~
~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._ Quære u. d. _A saw._
~La-hál.~ 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-hásh~, _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-láh~, _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-láng~, _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-més-tin~, or ~La-mó-tchin~, _n._ French, LA MÉDECINE.
_Medecine,_ not including magic.
~Lam'-mi-eh~, or ~Lam-mi-i~, _n._ French, LA VIEILLE. _An old
woman._
~La-món-ti~, or ~La-mó-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-péhsh~, _n._ French, LA PERCHE. _A pole; the setting-pole of a
boat or canoe._
~La-pel-láh~, _v._ Quære 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-piége~, _n._ French, LA PIÉGE. _A trap._ Eena la piége, _a
beaver-trap._
~La-plash~, _n._ French, LA PLANCHE. _A board._
~La-po-el'~, _n._ French, LA POÊLE. _A frying-pan._ Mamook lapoel,
_to fry._
~La-póme~, _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-póte~, _n._ French, LA PORTE. _A door._

~La-sánjel~, _n._ French, LA CINGLE. _A girth; a sash; a belt._
~La-sée~, _n._ French, LA SCIE. _A saw._
~La-sell'~, _n._ French, LA SELLE. _A saddle._
~Lá-shal-loo~, or ~Lá-shal-lee~, _n._ French, LA CHARRUE. _A
plough._
~La-shán-del~, _n._ French, LA CHANDELLE. _A candle._
~La-sháse~, _n._ French, LA CHAISE. _A chair._
~La-shen'~, n French, LA CHAINE. _A chain._
~Las-siet'~, _n._ French, L'ASSIETTE. _A plate._
~La-swáy~, _n., adj._ French, LA SOIE. _Silk; silken._
~La-táhb~, _n._ French, LA TABLE. _A table._
~La-tet'~, _n._ French, LA TÊTE. _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