Appendix:Chinook Jargon/Part II

Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon

Part II - English-Chinook

a

• above, ságh-a-lie.
• absolve, mam'-ook stoh.
• acorns, káh-na-way.
• across, in'-a-ti.
• afraid, kwass.
• after, afterwards, kim'-ta.
• again, weght.
• all, kon'-a-way.
• alms, e'-la-han, or e-lann'.
• also, weght.
• although, kégh-tchie.
• always, kwáh-ne-sum.
• american, boston.
• amusement, hee'-hee.
• and, pee.
• anger, angry, sol'-leks.
• apple, le pome.
• apron, kéh-su, or ki'-su.
• arbutus uva ursi, lahb.
• arrive at, ko.
• arrow, ka-li'-tan.
• as if, káh-kwa spose.
• at, ko'-pa.
• aunt, kwal'h.
• awl, shoes keep'-wot.
• axe, la-hash'.

b

• bad, me-sáh-chie; pe-shuk'.
• bag, le sak.
• ball, le bal.
• bargain, máh-kook; húy-húy.
• bark, s'ick-skin.
• barrel, ta-mo'-litsh.
• basket, o'-pe-kwan.
• beads, ka-mo'-suk.
• bear (black), chet'-woot; its'woot; (grizzly), si-am'.
• beat, to, kok'-shut.
• beaver, ee'-na.
• because, kéh-wa.
• become, to, cháh-ko.
• bed, bed.
• before, e'-lip, or el'-ip.
• behind, kim'-ta.
• bell, tin'-tin.
• belly, ya-kwáh-tin.
• below, kee'-kwil-lie.
• belt, la san-jel'.
• berries, o'-lil-lie; o'-lal-lie.
• best, e'-lip closhe.
• bird, kal-lak'-a-la.
• biscuit, le bis'-kwee.
• bitter, klihl.
• black, klale.
• blackberries, klik'-a-muks.
• blanket, pa-see'-sie.
• blind, ha'-lo se-áh-host.
• blood, pil-pil.
• blow out, mam'-ook poh.
• blue, (light), spo'-oh.
• blue, (dark), klale.
• blunder, to, tsee'-pie.
• board, la plash.
• boat, boat.
• bob-tailed; a bob-tailed horse, sis'-ki-you.
• boil, to, lip'-lip.
• bone, stone.
• borrow, to, a-yáh-whul.
• bosom, (female), to-toosh.
• both, kun'-a-moxt.
• bottle, la-boo-ti'.
• bow, o'-pitl-kegh.
• bowl, oos'-kan.
• box, la ca-sett'.
• bracelet, klik'-wal-lie.
• brave, skoo'-kum tum'-tum.
• bread, le pan.
• break, to, kok'-shut.
• breasts, to-toosh'.
• breech clout, o'-poots sill.
• bridle, la bleed.
• bright, to-wágh.
• broad, kluk-ulh'.
• broom, bloom.
• brother, káhp-ho, if elder than the speaker; ow, if younger. male cousins the same.
• brother-in-law, ek'-keh.
• bucket, ta-mo'-litsh.
• buffalo, moos'-moos.
• bullet, le bal; ka-li'-tan.
• bundle, kow.
• but, pe.
• butter, to-toosh' la-kles'.
• buttons, tsil'-tsil.
• buy, to, máh-kook.
• by-and-by, win'-a-pie.

c

• candle, la shan-del'.
• carrot, la ca-lat'.
• carry, to, lo' lo.
• cart, tsik'-tsik; chik'-chik.
• cascade, tum' wa-ter.
• castrate, to, mash stone.
• cat, puss'-puss.
• cataract, tum' wa-ter.
• cattle, moos'-moos.
• certainly, na-wit'-ka.
• chain, la shen; chik'a-min lope.
• chair, la shase.
• cheat, to, la-láh.
• chicken, la pool.
• chief, ty-ee'.
• child, ten'-as.
• clams, o'-na; luk'-ut-chee; la-kwit'-chee.
• clams, the large kind, smet-ocks.
• clear up, to, cháh-ko klah.
• cloth, (cotton), sail.
• clouds, smoke.
• coat, ca-po'.
• coffee, kau'-py.
• cold, cole; tshis.
• comb, comb.
• comb, to, mam'-ook comb.
• come, to, cháh-ko.
• confess, to, yi'-em.
• conjuring, ta-máh-no-us.
• cook, to, mam'-ook pi'-ah.
• copper, pil chik'-a-min.
• cord, ten'-as lope.
• corn, e-salt'h', or ye-salt'h'.
• corral, kul-lágh.
• cotton goods, sail.
• cough, hoh'-hoh.
• count, to, mam'-ook kwun'-nun.
• cousin, see brother and sister.
• coyote, tal'-a-pus.
• crab apple, pow'-itsh.
• cranberry, so'-le-mie.
• crazy, pel'-ton.
• cream colored, le clem.
• crooked, ki'-wa.
• cross, la clo-a'.
• crow, káh-kah.
• cry, to, cly.
• cup, oos'-kan.
• curly, hunl'-kih.
• cut, to, tl'ko'-pe.

d

• dance, to, tanse.
• dark, darkness, po'-lak-lie.
• day, sun.
• dead, mem'-a-loost,
• deaf, ik-poo'-ie kwil-lan.
• dear, hy'-as máh-kook.
• deep, klip.
• deer, mow'-itsh.
• demon, skoo'-kum.
• devil, di-aub'; yaub; le-jaub'.
• different, hul-o'-i-ma.
• difficult, kull.
• dig, to, mam'-ook il'-la-hie.
• dime, bit, or mit.
• do, to, mam'-ook.
• doctor, doc'-tin.
• dog, kam'-ooks.
• dollar, dol'-la, or táh-la.
• door, la po'te.
• down stream, mi'-mie.
• drink, to, muck'-a-muck.
• drive, to, kish'-kish.
• drunk, páht-lum.
• dry, de-ly'.
• duck, (mallard), kwéh-kweh; háht-haht.
• dust, po'-lal-lie.

e

• eagle, chak'-chak.
• ear, kwo-lann'.
• early, ten'-as sun.
• earn, to, to'-lo
• earth, il'-la-hie.
• eat, to, muck'-a-muck.
• egg, le sap'; le zep'.
• eight, sto'-te-kin.
• elk, moo'-lock.
• enclosure, kul-lágh.
• english, king chautsh.
• englishman, king chautsh.
• enough, hi-yu'; ko-pet'.
• entreiils, ki-yágh.
• evening, ten'-as po'-lak-lie.
• every, kon'-a-way.
• exchange, húy-huy.
• eyes, se-áh-host.

f

• face, se-áh-host.
• faded, spo'-oh.
• falsehood, klim-in'-a-whit.
• far, si-áh.
• fast, (quick), hy-ak'.
• fast, (tight), kwutl.
• fasten, to, kow.
• fat, glease.
• father, pa'-pa.
• fathom, it'-lan.
• fear, kwass.
• fell, to, (as a tree), mam'-ook whim.
• fence, kul-lágh.
• fetch, to, mam'-ook cháh-ko.
• fever, waum sick.
• few, ten'-as.
• fight, to, mam'-ook sol'-leks.
• fight, with fists, mam'-ook puk'-puk.
• figured, (as calico), tzum.
• file, la leem.
• fill, to, mam'-ook pahtl.
• find, to, klap.
• fingers, le doo.
• fire, pi'-ah; o-la-pits'-ki.
• first, e'-lip, or el'-ip.
• fish, pish.
• fish-hook, ik'-kik.
• five, kwin'-num.
• flea, so'-pen e'-na-poo; cho'-tub.
• flesh, itl'-wil-lie.
• flint, kil-it'-sut.
• flour, sap'-o-lill.
• fly, to, ka-wak'.
• fog, smoke.
• food, muck'-a-muck.
• fool, pel'-ton.
• foolish, pel'-ton.
• foot, le-pee'.
• forever, kwáh-ne-sum.
• forget, to, máh-lie.
• fork, la poo-shet'.
• formerly, áhn-kut-te, or áhn-kot-tie.
• four, lak'-it, or lok'-it.
• fowl, la pool.
• french, frenchman, pa-si'-ooks.
• friend, sikhs, or shikhs.
• frog, shwáh-kuk.
• fry, to, mam'-ook la po-el'.
• frying-pan, la po-el'.
• full, pahtl.
• fundament, o'-poots.

g

• gallop, to, kwa-lal'-kwa-lal'.
• gather, to, ho'-ku-melh.
• get, to, is'-kum.
• get out, mahsh.
• get up, get-up',-or ket-op'.
• ghost, skoo'-kum.
• gift, cul'-tus pot'-latch.
• give, to, pot'-latch.
• glad, kwann.
• go, to, klat'-a-wa.
• god, ságh-a-lie ty-ee'.
• gold, pil chik'-a-min.
• good, klose, or kloshe.
• good-bye, kla-how'-ya.
• goods, ik'-tah.
• goose, whuy'-whuy; kal-ak-a-láh-ma.
• grandfather, chope.
• grandmother, chitsh.
• grease, la-kles'; glease.
• green, pe-chugh'.
• grey; a grey horse, le gley.
• grizzly bear, si-am'.
• ground, il'-la-hie.
• gun; musket, suk'-wa-lal.

h

• hair, yak'-so.
• half, sit'-kum.
• hammer, le máh-to.
• hand, le máh.
• hand, (game of), it'-lo-kum.
• handkerchief, hak'-at-shum.
• hard, kull.
• hare, kwit'-shad-ie.
• harrow, to, mam'-ook comb il'-la-hie.
• hat, se-áh-po; se-áh-pult.
• haul, haul.
• hazel-nuts, tuk'-wil-la.
• he, his, yáh-ka.
• head, la tet.
• heart, tum'-tum.
• heaven, ságh-il-lie il'-la-hie.
• heavy, till.
• help, to, mam'-ook e-lann'.
• here, yuk'-wa.
• hermaphrodite, bur'-dash.
• hide, to, ip'-soot.
• high, ságh-a-lie.
• hit, to, kwul'h.
• hoe, la pe-osh'.
• hog, co'-sho.
• hole, kla-whap'.
• holiday, sunday.
• horn, stone.
• horse, kiu'-a-tan.
• house, house.
• how, káh-ta.
• how are you, kla-how'-ya.
• how many, kun'-sih; kun'-juk.
• hundred, tuk-a-mo'-nuk.
• hungry, o'-lo.
• hurry, howh; hy-ak'.

i

• i, ni-ka.
• if, spose.
• in, ko'-pa.
• indian, si'-wash.
• in shore, máht-wil-lie.
• iron, chik'-a-min.
• it, yáh-ka.

j

• jealous, sick tum'-tum.
• jump, to, so'-pe-na.

k

• kam-ass root, la'-ka-mass.
• kettle, ket-ling.
• kick, to, chuk'-kin.
• kiss, to kiss, be'-be.
• knife, o'-pit-sah.
• knock, to, ko'-ko.
• knotty, hunl'-kih.
• know, to, kum'-tuks.

l

• lame, klook te-áh-wit.
• lamprey eel, skwak'-wal,
• language, la lang.
• large, hy-as'.
• lately, chee.
• laughter, hee'-hee.
• lazy, lazy.
• leap, to, so'-pe-na.
• leaf, tup'-so, or tip'-so.
• lean, to, lagh.
• leave, to, mahsh.
• leave off, to, ko-pet'.
• leg, te-áh-wit.
• leggings, mi-tass'.
• lend, to, a-yáh-whul
• lick, to, klak'-wun.
• lie, to, klim-in'-a-whit.
• like, káh-kwa.
• like, to, tik-égh.
• little, ten'-as.
• long, youtl'-kut.
• long ago, áhn-kut-te, or áhn-kot-tie.
• look, to, nan'-itsh.
• look here!, nah.
• look out!, klose nan'-itsh.
• looking-glass, she-lok'-um.
• loose, stoh.
• lose the way, to, tso'-lo; tsee-pie' way-hut.
• louse, e'-na-poo, or in'-a-poo.
• love, to, tik-égh.

m

• magic, ta-máh-no-us.
• make, to, mam'-ook.
• man, man.
• many, hy-iu'.
• marry, to, mal-i-éh.
• mass, (ceremony of), la messe.
• mast, ship stick.
• mat, klis'-kwiss.
• mattock, la pe-osh'.
• measure, to, tah'-nim.
• meat, itl'-wil-lie.
• medicine, la mes'-tin.
• mend, to, mam'-ook tip'-shin.
• menstruate, to, mahsh pil'-pil.
• metal, metallic, chik'-a-min.
• middle, the, kat'-suk, or kot'-suk.
• midnight, sit'-kum po'-lak-lie.
• milk, to-toosh'.
• mill, moo'-la.
• mind, the, tum'-tum.
• miss, to, tsee'-pie.
• mistake, to, tsee'-pie.
• moccasins, skin-shoes.
• molasses, mel-ass'.
• money, chik'-a-min.
• month, moon.
• moon, moon.
• more, weght.
• mosquito, mel'-a-kwa.
• mother, mama; na'-ah.
• mountain, la mon'-ti.
• mouse, hool'-hool.
• mouth, la boos.
• much, hy-iu'.
• mule, le mel.
• musical instrument, tin'-tin.
• musket, musket.
• mussels, to'-luks.
• my, mine, ni'-ka.

n

• nails, le cloo.
• name, nem; yah-hul.
• near, wake si-áh.
• neck, le cou.
• needle, keep'-wot.
• new, chee.
• night, po'-lak-lie.
• nine, kwaist, or kweest.
• no, not, wake.
• noise, la tlah.
• none, ha'-lo.
• nonsense, cul'-tus wau'-wau.
• noon, sit-kum sun.
• nose, nose.
• notwithstanding, kégh-tchie.
• now, al'-ta.
• numerals--

1, ikt.
2, mokst.
3, klone.
4, lakit.
5, kwinnum.
6, taghum.
7, sinnamokst.
8, stotekin.
9, kwaist.
10, tahtlelum.
11, tahtlelum pe ikt
20, mokst tahtlelum.
100, ikt takarnonuk.

• nuts, tuk'-wil-la.

o

• oak, kull stick.
• oar, la lahm; la lum.
• oats, la wen.
• off, klak.
• off shore, máht-lin-nie
• oil, glease.
• old, o'-le-man.
• old man, o'-le-man.
• old woman, lam'-mi-eh.
• one, ikt.
• one-eyed, ikt se-áh-host.
• open, háh-lakl.
• opposite to, in'-a-ti.
• or, pe.
• order, to, mahsh tum'-tum.
• other, hul-o'-i-ma.
• otter, (land), ne-mam'-ooks.
• our, ne-si'-ka.
• out doors, klágh-a-nie.
• ox, moos'-moos.
• oyster, chet'-lo, or jet'-lo; klógh-klogh.

p

• paddle, a, is'-ick.
• paddle, to, mam'-ook is'-ick.
• paint, pent.
• paint, to, mam'-ook pent.
• paper, péh-pah.
• peas, le pwau.
• people, til'-i-kum.
• perhaps, klo-nas'.
• petticoat, kal-a-kwah'-tie.
• piebald, le kye.
• pin, kwek'-wi-ens.
• pipe, la peep.
• pitch, la gome.
• plate, la si-et'.
• pleased, youtl.
• plough, le shal-loo'.
• plough, to, klugh il'-la-hie.
• pole, la pehsh.
• poor, kla-how'-yum; ha'-lo ik'-ta.
• pork, co'-sho.
• posteriors, o'-poots.
• potato, wap'-pa-too.
• pour, to, wagh.
• powder, po'-lal-lie.
• prairie wolf, tal'-a-pus.
• presently, al'-kie; win'-a-pie
• pretty, to'ke-tie.
• priest, le plet.
• proud, youtl; kwetl'h.
• provided that, spose.
• pull, haul.

Q

• quarter, ten'-as sit'-kum.
• quarter, (of a dollar), kwah-ta.
• quick, hy-ak'.
• quills, te-péh.

r

• rabbit, kwit'-shad-ie.
• rain, snass.
• rattle, shugh.
• rattlesnake, shugho'-pools.
• razor fish, o'-na.
• reach, ko.
• red, pil.
• relate, to, yi'-em.
• return, to, kel'-i-pi.
• ribbon, le lo'-ba.
• rice, lice.
• rifle, cal'-li-peen.
• ring, a, kwéo-kwéo.
• ripe, pi'-ah.
• river, chuck.
• road, way'-hut.
• roan colored, san'-de-lie.
• roast, mam'-ook la pel-lah'.
• rock, stone.
• rope, lope.
• rotten, poo'-lie.
• round, lo'-lo.
• rudder, boat o'-poots.
• rum, lum.

s

• sack, le sak.
• saddle, la sell.
• saddle housings, le pish'-e-mo.
• sail, sail.
• sailor, ship'-man.
• salmon, salmon.
• salt, salt.
• sand, po'-lal-lie.
• sash, la san-jel'.
• saw, la gwin; la scie.
• say, to, wau'-wau.
• scissors, le see'-zo.
• sea, salt-chuck.
• seal, ol'-hi-yu si'-wash co'-sho.
• see, to, nan'-itsh.
• sell, to, máh-kook.
• seven, sin'-a-moxt.
• sew, to, mam'-ook tip'-shin.
• shake, to, to-to; hul'-lel.
• shame, shem.
• sharp, yáh-kis-ilt'h.
• sharpen, to, mam'-ook tsish.
• she, her, yah-ka.
• sheep, le moo'-to.
• shell money, (the small size), coop-coop; (the large), hy-kwa.
• shingle, le-báh-do.
• shining, to-wágh.
• ship, ship.
• shirt, shut.
• shoes, shoes.
• shoot, to, mam'-ook poo.
• short, yútes-kut.
• shot, shot; ten'-as le bal.
• shot pouch, ka-li-tan le-sac'; tsole'-pat.
• shout, to, hy'-as wau'-wau.
• shovel, la pell.
• shut, to, ik-poo'-ie.
• sick, sick.
• sift, to, to-to.
• silk, la sway.
• silver, t'kope chik'-a-min.
• similar, káh-kwa.
• since, kim-ta.
• sing, to, shan'-tie.
• sister, káhp-ho, if older than the speaker; ats, if younger.
• sit, to, mit'-lite.
• six, tógh-um.
• skin, skin.
• skunk, hum o'-poots; piu'-piu; skub'-e-you.
• sky, koo'-sagh.
• slave, e-li'-te; mist'-shi-mus.
• sleep, moo'-sum.
• slowly, kláh-wa.
• small, ten'-as.
• smell, a, humm.
• smoke, smoke.
• snake, o'-luk.
• snow, snow; cole snass.
• soap, soap.
• soft, klim'-min.
• sorrel colored, a sorrel horse, le blau.
• sorry, sick tum'-tum.
• sour, kwates.
• spade, la pell.
• speak, to, wau'-wau.
• spill, to, wagh.
• spirits, lum.
• split, tsugh.
• split, to, mam'-ook tsugh.
• spectacles, dol'-la se-ágh-ost, or lak-it se-agh-ost.
• spit, to, mam'-ook toh.
• split, to become, cháh-ko tsugh.
• spoon, spoon.
• spotted, le kye; tzum.
• spurs, le see'-blo.
• squirrel, skwis'-kwis.
• stab, to, klem'-a-hun.
• stand, to, mit'-whit.
• stars, tsil'-tsil.
• stay, to, mit'-lite.
• steal, to, kap-su-al-la.
• steam, smoke.
• steamer, pi'-ah ship.
• stick, a, stick.
• stink, a, piú-piú; humm.
• stirrup, sit'-lay.
• stockings, stock'-en; kush-is'.
• stone, stone.
• stop, to, ko-pet'.
• store, máh-kook house.
• story, eh-káh-nam.
• straight, de-láte, or de-let'; si'-pah.
• strawberries, a-mo'-te.
• strong, skoo'-kum.
• sturgeon, stutch'-un.
• sugar, le sook; shu'-gah; shu'-kwa.
• summer, waum il'-la-hie.
• sun, sun; óte-lagh.
• sunday, sunday.
• sunset, klip sun.
• suppose, spose.
• swan, káh-loke.
• sweep, to, mam'-ook bloom.
• sweet, tsee.
• swim, sit'-shum.

t

• table, la tahb.
• tail, o'-poots.
• take, to, is'-kum.
• take care, klose nan'-itsh.
• take off, or *out, mam'-ook klak; mahsh.
• tale, or *story, yi'-em; eh-káh-nam.
• talk, to, wau'-wau.
• tame, kwass.
• tea, tea.
• teach, to, mam'-ook kum'-tuks.
• tear, to, klugh.
• teeth, le táh.
• tell, to, wau'-wau.
• ten, táht-le-lum.
• testicles, stone.
• thank you, máh-sie.
• that, o'-koke.
• that way, yáh-wa.
• there, yáh-wa; ko-páh.
• they, klas'-ka.
• thick, (as molasses), pit'-lilh.
• thin, (as a board), p'chih; pe-what'-tie.
• thing, ik'-tah.
• this, o'-koke.
• this way, yuk'-wa.
• thou, thy, thine, mi'-ka.
• thread, kla-píte.
• three, klone.
• throw away, mahsh.
• tide, see chuck.
• tie, to, kow.
• tight, kwutl.
• tinware, ma-láh.
• tip, to, lagh.
• tired, till.
• to, towards, ko'-pa.
• tobacco, ki'-nootl; ki'-noos.
• tomorrow, to-mol'-la.
• tongue, la lang.
• trail, way'-hut.
• trap, la piége.
• tree, stick.
• tree, fallen, whim stick.
• trot, to, téh-teh.
• trowsers, sa-kol'-eks.
• true, de-láte.
• truth, de-láte wau'-wau.
• tub, ta-mo'-litsh.
• twine, ten-as lope; kla-píte.
• two, twice, mokst.

u

• uncle, tot.
• under, kee'-kwil-lie.
• understand, to, kum'-tuks.
• unhappy, sick tum'-tum.
• untamed, le-mo'-lo.
• untie, to, mam'-ook stoh; mahsh kow.
• up, ságh-a-lie.
• upset, to, kel'-i-pi.
• us, ne-si'-ka.

v

• venereal, the, pi'-ah sick.
• venison, mow'-itsh.
• very, hy-as'.
• vessel, ship.
• vest, la west.
• vomit, to, wagh.

w

• wagon, tsik'-tsik; chik'-chik.
• wander, to, tso'-lo.
• want, to, tik-égh.
• warm, waum.
• wash, to, mam'-ook wash.
• watch, a, tik'-tik.
• water, chuck.
• waterfall, tum'-water.
• we, ne-si'-ka.
• weigh, to, mam'-ook till.
• wet, pahtl chuck.
• whale, eh'-ko-lie; kwáh-nice, kwad'-dis.
• what, ik'-tah.
• wheat, sap'-o-lill.
• wheel, tsik'-tsik; chik'-chik.
• when, kan'-sih; kun-juk.
• where, kah.
• whip, le whet.
• white, t'kope.
• who, klak'-sta.
• whole, lo'-lo.
• why, káh-ta.
• wicked, me-sáh-chie.
• wide, kluk-ulh'.
• wild, le mo'-lo.
• will, the, tum'-tum.
• willow, ee'-na stick.
• win, to, to'-lo.
• wind, wind.
• winter, cole il'-la-hie.
• wipe, to, klak'-wun.
• wire, chik'-a-min lope.
• wish, to, tik-égh.
• with, ko'-pa.
• without, ha'-lo.
• wolf, le-loo'.
• woman, klootsh'-man.
• woman, (old), lam'-mi-eh.
• wood, wooden, stick.
• work, to, mam'-ook.
• worn out, o'-le-man.
• worthless, cul'-tus.
• wound, to, klem'-a-hun.
• write, to, mam'-ook péh-pah; mam'-ook tzum.
• writing, tzum.

y

• year, ikt cole.
• yellow, kaw'-ka-wak.
• yes, áh-ha; e-éh.
• yes indeed, na-wit'-ka.
• yesterday, táhl-kie; táhl-kie sun.
• you, your, yours, me-si'-ka.
• young, ten'-as.