The Canoe and the Saddle/Vocabulary

by Theodore Winthrop

Aha	yes.
Ahti or achti	sister.
Ala	I wonder; surprise.
Alki	future, by and by.
Alta	now, present.
Attle	to be pleased.
Ankoti	before; time past.
Aquine or aquatine	belly.
Boston tilicum	American.
Bôte	boat.
Callapooya	mean Indian.
Canim	canoe.
Cansu	how many.
Chaco	come.
Chick-chick	wagon, etc.
Chicu or che-chu	new, clean.
Chickamin	iron, etc.
Chil-chil	button.
Chuck	water, river.
Cli	to cry.
Cloocheman	woman.
Closche nanitch	look sharp.
Cluckamon	money.
Cochon	pig, pork.
Copa mitlite pire	to burn.
Copa nika mitlite	it belongs to me.
Cop-su-wallah	steal.
Conway (courez) cooly	run.
Cultus	common, inferior.
Cultus hee-hee	dance.
Cultus tee-hee	play.
Cum-tux	understand, hear.
Dah-blo or derb	devil.
Ding-ding	hour.
Dlie	dry.
Drait	straight.
Eh-ee	uncle.
Elita	slave.
Enetee	across.
Esik	paddle.
Essil	corn.
Gleese, gleach	grease, oil, tar, etc.
Gleese-stick	candle.
Halo	none, nothing.
Haloa mah	another kind.
Hankachim	handkerchief.
Haul	pull.
Haus	sail, tent.
Ho	let; an interjection.
Hoel	mouse.
Hooe-hoo	swop, sell.
Hooihut	road.
Hui	much, many.
Hui-haus	town.
Hyack	quick, make haste.
Hyas	very, greatly.
Ichfat	bear, animal.
Ikta	what things.
Illahee	earth, dust, floor, etc.
Ilip or eelip	the first.
Inati	over, across, outside.
Ipsuit	find.
Iscum	take, bring.
Ittle-whilly	flesh.
Ituel	victuals.
Kah	where.
Kah mika chaco	where do you come from?
Kah mika klatawah	where are you going?
Kahquah or kapwah	alike, like.
Kah ta mika wah-wah	what did you say?
Kaloock	swan.
Kaliaton	lead.
k. hyas	balls.
k. tenas	shot.
Kamooks	dog; mean, poor fellow.
Kanoway	all.
Ka-puet	needle.
Kappo	coal.
Kap-sualla	steal.
Karabine	rifle.
Kata	why.
Katock	year.
Kaw-kaw	crow, raven.
Kaw-heloo	goose.
Kaw-wash	afraid.
Kee-a-wali	love.
Kee-la-pi	turn over.
Keelapy	come back, return.
Kiasee or ’sie	how many, much.
Kicemali	down below.
Kicuali tyee	devil.
Kimtah	back.
Kinny-ki-nick	smoking-weed.
Kinoose	tobacco.
Kitlo	kettling, kettle.
Klatawah	go, walk.
Klale	black.
Klahyam, klah-hye-am	good by.
Klahya, klah-hyg-gah	how d’ ye do.
Klahana	out.
Klaska	them, those.
Klaxta	who.
Klimmin	little, soft.
Klipsc	upset.
Kliminwhit, klimink-whit	lie.
Kloneas	don't know; may be.
Klosche	good.
Klowawah	slow.
Knitan	house.
Knitan	house, stable.
Ko	stop; arrived.
Kock-sheet	break, strike, kill, etc.
Kock-sheet-stick	war-club.
Koll	cold.
Kollo	fence.
Kollaps or k'laps	find.
Komsock	beads.
Konamoxt	both.
Kopa	with, by.
Kopet	enough, done; stop, let me alone.
Kotsuck	middle.
Kowee	tie in, tie up.
Kullu or kulla, kullie	bird of any kind.
Kum-tux	know, understand.
Kutl or kul-kul	hard.
Kwanasim	always.
La bouche	mouth.
La coope, te-cope	white.
La crame	yellow.
La hâche	axe.
La lâme	oar.
La vest	jacket.
Le bya (la vielle?)	old woman.
Le cassette	trunk.
Le cou	neck.
Le dents	teeth.
Le langue	tongue.
Le loim	sharp.
Le molass	molasses.
Le mouton	sheep.
Le main	hand.
Le nez	nose.
Le pied	foot.
Le pipe	pipe.
Le plush	boards.
Le polo	pan.
Le pomme	apple.
Le pois	peas.
Le poshut	fork.
Le porte	door.
Le poule	fowl.
Le selle	saddle.
Le shabree	plough.
Le tête	head.
Lip-lip	boil.
Lolo	carry.
Lope	rope.
Lum	spirit of any sort.
Mahcook	buy.
Mamook	work, do.
Man	man.
Masatche	bad.
Masatche man	enemy.
Memloose	die, dead, destroy.
Mesika	ye or you.
Mika	you.
Mitlite	leave, stop; place, set down.
Mit-mit-stick	mast or tree.
Moon	month.
Moos-moos	beef, cattle.
Moosum	sleep.
Mowitch	deer.
Muck-a-muck	eat, drink, food.
Musket	gun.
Musket-stone	flint.
Musket tenas	pistol.
Na-wit-kah	yes, indeed.
Nanitch	see.
Neim	name.
Nesika	we, us.
Nika	I.
Nika attle copa mika	I am pleased with you.
Nika sia	my love.
Nik-wah	here to me.
Oapcan	basket.
Ocook	this, that.
Oelk	snake.
Oelhin	seal.
Olilly or olalely	berry.
Olo	hungry.
Olyman saolrocks	second-hand, old clothes.
Opitchure	knife.
Opotche	back (vulgar).
Oree	brother.
Pasaiooks	French, foreigners.
Pat-le	full.
Pe	and, but.
Pechi	green.
Pel	red.
Pesispy	blanket.
Pesispy sail	woollen cloth.
Peshooks	thickets.
Petick (?)	world.
Pil-pil	blood.
Piltin	fool, foolish.
Pire	fire.
Pire-gleese	tallow.
Pire-ship	steamer.
Pire-stone	flint.
Poo, plook	shoot.
Polikely	night.
Pose	if, suppose.
Pusse	cat.
Quak-quak	duck.
Quallon	ear.
Quanisam	always.
Sah-hah-lee	high up, heaven.
Sah-hah-lee-tyee	God.
Sail	cotton cloth, etc.
Samon	fish.
Sapolel	wheat.
See-ah-hoos	face or eyes.
See-ah-pal	hat, cap.
Shecollon	pantaloons.
Shixe	friend.
Sitcum	half.
Siwash	Indian.
Siyah	pay off.
Skookum	strong, stout; ghost.
Skookum man	warrior.
Snas	rain.
Sonturé (ceinture)	sash.
Stogeon	sturgeon.
Talipus	wolf.
Tamala	to-morrow.
Tamanoüs	guardian spirit.
Tamoluck	barrel.
Tatoosh	milk, cheese, butter.
Tee-ah-nute	leg.
Tee-coop or t’kôpe (côpe)	white.
Tee-hee or hee-hee	laugh.
Tenas	infant.
t. cloocheman	girl.
t. man	boy.
t. le porte	window.
Tikky	want, wish.
Tilicum	people.
Till-till	tired, heavy.
Tin-tin	bell, watch.
Tipsoo	grass, feathers, hair, beard, wool, etc.
Tipu	ornament.
Tissum	pretty.
Tit-the-co-ep	cut.
T’kôpe (côpe) tilicum	white man.
Tocta	doctor.
Tolo	win.
Tumpelo	back.
Tum-tum	heart.
Tyee	chief, master, etc.
Utescut	short.
Uttecut	long.
Wah-wah	talk.
Wake	no, not.
Wapato	potato.
Weltch	more.
Yack-wah	this way.
Yah-hal	name.
Yah-wah	yonder.
Yaka	him, she, it.