Chapter D: DANCE, to, koi-el'lish, kwi-e-lish

DARK, klatch.

DAUGHTER, ng-uen'na.

DAY, skwa-chil.

DEAD, kwai-i, ko-aikh.

DEEP, kluetsh.

DEER, smis, sme-is, h[=o]pt;
_a buck_, ses'tuen ("_horned_");
_in Kawitchen_, hau-pa;
_amongst the forest or "Stick" Indians_, klalk-ten-na.

DIG, _to_, _roots in general_, pae-nuekhw', paen-hu;
_potatoes_, si-a-kwals;
_fern roots_, tlai-uekw;
_clams_, kuekh-huel'la.

DIRTY, tueng-hwaes'.

DISHES, nu-wh'tsh-kwe-la.

DOG, sko-mai, ska-ha.

DON'T, kwe-et.

DOOR, _also road_, satl.

DREAM, _to_, kuel-kuel-la'sin.

DRESS _a skin_, _to_, e'uekh.

DRINK, _to_, ka-ko, nus-kakh;
_I drink_, kwa'kwa-suen.

DRUM, _to_, _as in conjuring or at dances_, kau-ae'tueng.

DRUNK, _foolish_, as-hwakw, aes-hwakw-tuen.

DRY, sel'-uep.

DUCK, spl-haentl;
_mallard_, ti-nuek-sen;
(_vide "birds."_)

DULL, _as a tool_, kuel-las.

E.

EAR, kwuel'luen.

EAR RINGS, sklau-uen.

EARTH, _the_, _land_, s'che-tung'a-whuen, s'che-tueng-a-hueng;
_earth_, _dirt_, se-yuek.

EAT, _to_, it'luen, it'l'nkh;
_I eat_, nit-sit-lin, it-luen-suen.

ECHO, saen-guen.

EGG, sn'lng-_a_nt, kwuen-kwuen-ne.

EIGHT, tas, tus-sae-la, tus-saelt-hu.

ELBOW, _or knee-joint_, kl-yuet-se-tuen.

ELK, kwau-watsh, ky-yetsh, kai-yets.

END, _the end of anything_, sae-ans.

EVENING, t'tang'en.

EVERY^1 THING^2, muekw^1 stang^2.

EXCHANGE, _to_, i-yakt'.

EYE, kuel'lueng.

EYEBROW, sueng'uen;
_one-eyed_, as-takws.

F.

FACE, sas.

FAR, chakw, ch[=o]kw.

FART, tuek-snitch. _It is the common expression of disgust at anything,
or any one._

FAT, _adj._, tlet-luek.

FATHER, maen.

FEATHERS, sta-kw, sl'pal'kan.

FEMALE, sla-ne.

FETCH, _to_, an-akhw.

FILE, _a_, cluek-huen;
_to file_, chuek-kas.

FIND, _to_, kwuen'nueng.

FINGERS, chi-hals'.

FINGER RINGS, hi-a'luem-chis.

FIR TREE, chuel-li-iltsh, chuel-chils';
_fir bark_, chuel-li.

FIRE, chuek-hos;
_bring fire_, kwuen-tatsh.

FIRST, il-chae-la.

FISH, ETC.:
Cod, ait.
Flounder, o'we.
Herring, slang-uet.
Calorhynchus, skwa-ma.
Large cottus, skuen-nakhw.
Skate, kakh-k[=o]kh.
Oulakan (_thaleichthys_), ti-a-ko-wa.
Pencil fish, _a small fish that comes in schools_, katl.
Salmon, _vide infra_.

FISH, _parts of_:
Scales, sles.
Fins, ka-ting-ues.
Tail, s'huep-shin.
Roe, he-a-hetl;
herring roe, che-maesh.

FISH WEIR, _large_, s'chi-yaek;
_small do._, ti-k_a_p.

FIVE, kl-kats, kl-kaetch-sae-la, kuetch-saelt-hu.

FLEA, tat-a-tluem.

FLESH, _meat_, sle-uekw.

FLY, _a_, i-kwuel'lueng, kwil-lueng.

FOG, spi-a-hwuen.

FOOD, set-luen, sae-wuen.

FOOLISH, as-hwaekw.

FOOT, s'huen'na.

FOOT-PRINT, huen-nueug'en.

FOREHEAD, skwang'us.

FORMERLY, kwuet-li sil-la.

FOUR, ng'oss, ni-s_a_-la, saelt-hu.

FRIEND, kle-nuek-wil;
_my friend_, n's-kle; (_literally, I like him_.)

FULL, h[=e]ts.

FUNDAMENT, kla-wakh.

G.

GAME (_beaver teeth dice_), smi'-la-li.

GET, _to_, kwuen'nuet;
_I want^1 to get^2 pantaloons^3_, nus-kle-uek^1 kwuen-nuet^2 suek-ke-ues^3;
_get something to eat_, _fetch^1 food^2_, _imp._, kwuen-nas-sueng^1
s'it-luen^2;
_get into the canoe_, lae-ti kwuet-la-tsi ti shwa-atl; ai-ba kuen
slang'uet; (lae-tsi _seems to be "at" or "into;" vide "at" and
"live;"_)
_get fire wood_, _to_, tuek-kuetsh'.

GIRL, st-hla-ni, sln-cha-atl.

GIVE, _to_, (_to give as a present_), ueng-us;
(_in the sense of "to help or to hand to,"_) klaetch;
_give it me_, an-akhw, (_i.e. bring it._)

GLOVES, ts'-kwa-lit-cha, no-se-sin.

GNAT, chetsks.

GO, _to_, h'ya;
_I go_, kwuel-h'ya'-suen, yas-sin-sa;
_I am going to Lummi_, ya-sin-kin N[=u]kh-luem-mi;
_presently I will go_, wi-a-sin-sa;
_let us go_, is-ta;
_go you_, _imp._, ho-ni-chitl'h;
_go out_, _imp._, ske-lueng, ho-nes-ke-lueng (a-lung, _house_);
_go there, a little further off_, yi-he-wuel-tuel-la.

GOOD, aikh.

GRAVE, _serious_, [=o]kw-huem'.

GRASS, s'hues-sai.

GREAT, hai-yikh', ke-yikh'.

GREEN, ni-tluet'h, nuek-wai.

GREY HAIRED, suets-uem-mekhw.

GUM, _resin_, _light wood_, sma-nitsh.

GUN, _north west musket_, pu-yuek (pu, _the sound of a gun_);
_regulation musket_, yuem-k'sn;
_rifle_, hai-choi-i-kuetl;
_double-barrelled gun_, nu-chues'a-kun (chuessa, _two_);
_pistol_, chi-chai-etl pu-yuek (s'chi-chai-an, _an infant_);
_revolver_, nuen-huek-uen-uek-uen;
_to load a gun_, h'nu-wuel-lues'suen;
_to ram down the load_, se-a-kuen;
_to fire a gun_, kwuel-shuel'la, (_Simiahmoo_) kluem-kwuel'la.

GUNPOWDER, kwaelkh;
_flints or caps_, kwuel-laen.

H.

HAIL, kluem-whai-la.

HAIR, si-at'tuen.

HALF, kl-chuekh'.

HAMMER, _to_, h'kwues'chis;
_hammer_, _a_, s'kwues'chis.

HAND, sa'lues.

HANDLE, kuelt-she-nuen.

HE, nekhl, nitlkh.

HEAD, s-kwang-i, skwang-i.

HEAR, _to_, chis'a-lan.

HEART, st-sa-la, tsa-la.
_In the sense of the mind_, h'ching-ing.

HEAVY, huem.

HERE, ti-a-kwu.

HIGH, ses'l.

HONE, _or whetstone_, shu-taks.

HOUSE, a-lueng;
_the posts that support the roof_, k_a_-kan;
_the ridge pole_, s'kluem-smelt-hu;
_side plates_, ha'met-sin.

HOW, _how shall I do it?_ swuen-ne-ueng-set ti-a?

HUNCHBACKED, sko-me-sin.

HUNDRED, nat'so-itch, nat'so-wuetsh.

HUNGRY, kwa-kwi.

HUNTER, tsuem-a-muen-sa;
_seal hunter_, nus-lam-uekh.

HUNTING BAG, shit-t_a_-la.

HUSBAND, n'sta-lush.