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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Indian Trade Language, of the North Pacific Coast

Part 2 — C.

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Candle,

la shandel.

Calf,

tenas moosmoos.

Calico,

tzum sail.

Canoe,

canim.

Carrot,

la calat.

Carry, to,

lolo.

Cart,

tsik tsik; chickchick.

Cascade,

tumwater.

Castrate, to,

mahsh stone.

Cat,

pusspuss.

Cataract,

tumwater.

Cattle,

moosmoos.

Cedar,

la plash stick.

Certainly,

nawitka.

Chain,

la shen; chickamin lope.

Chair,

la shase.

Change, to,

huyhuy.

Christmas day,

hyas Sunday.

Cheat, to,

la lah.

Chicken,

la pool.

Chief,

ty-ee.

Child,

tenas.

Clams,

ona; lukutchee; lakwitchee.

Clams, large kind,

smetocks.

Clear up, to,

chahko klah.

Cloth (cotton),

sail.

Clouds,

smoke.

Coal,

coal.

Coat,

capo.

Coffee,

kaupy.

Cold,

cole; tshis.

Colors, mixed,

tzum.

Comb,

comb.

Comb, to,

mamook comb.

Come, to,

chahko.

Conceal, to,

mamook ipsoot.

Confess, to,

yiem.

Conjuring,

tamahnous.

Cook, to,

mamook piah.

Copper,

pil chickamin.

Cord,

tenas lope.

Corn,

esalth or yesalth.

Corrall,

kullagh.

Cotton goods,

sail.

Cougar,

hyas pusspuss.

Cough,

hohhoh.

Count, to,

mamook kwunnun.

Cousin,

see brother and sister.

Cow,

moosmoos.

Coyote,

talapus.

Crab apple,

powitsh.

Cranberry,

solemie.

Crazy,

pel-ton.

Cream colored,

le clem.

Crockery,

piah lah.

Crooked,

kiwa.

Cross,

la cloa.

Crow,

kahkah.

Cry, to,

cly.

Cup,

ooskan.

Curly,

hunlkih.

Cut, to,

tl'kope.

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