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.