Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon Part 6

~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._

~Kwa.s.s~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Fear; afraid; tame._ Mamook kwa.s.s, _to frighten; to tame._

~Kwates~, or ~Kwehts~, _adj._ Chihalis, KWETS. _Sour._

~Kweh-kweh~, _n._ Chinook, OKWeKWE (by onoma). _A mallard duck._ Used chiefly at mouth of the Columbia.

~Kwek-wi-ens~, _n._ Chihalis, idem. _A pin._ Of limited use.

~Kweo-kweo~, _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, KWOLaN; 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._

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~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._ Quaere u. d. _A saw._

~La-hal.~ 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-hash~, _n._ French, LA HACHE. _An axe or hatchet._

~La-kam-mas'.~ See KAMa.s.s.

~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-lah~, _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-lang~, _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 ma.s.s._

~La-mes-tin~, or ~La-mo-tchin~, _n._ French, LA MeDECINE. _Medecine,_ not including magic.

~Lam'-mi-eh~, or ~Lam-mi-i~, _n._ French, LA VIEILLE. _An old woman._

~La-mon-ti~, or ~La-mo-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-pehsh~, _n._ French, LA PERCHE. _A pole; the setting-pole of a boat or canoe._

~La-pel-lah~, _v._ Quaere 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-piege~, _n._ French, LA PIeGE. _A trap._ Eena la piege, _a beaver-trap._

~La-plash~, _n._ French, LA PLANCHE. _A board._

~La-po-el'~, _n._ French, LA POeLE. _A frying-pan._ Mamook lapoel, _to fry._

~La-pome~, _n._ French, LA POMME. _An apple._

~La-pool'~, _n._ French, LA POULE. _A fowl; poultry._ Siwash lapool, _the grouse._