Part 1 — C.
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Cal-li-peen, n.
A rifle.
Ca-nim, n.
A canoe. Canim stick, the cedar, or wood from which canoes are usually made.
Ca-po.
A coat.
Chah-ko.
To come; to become. Ex. Kanish mika chahko? when did you come? Chahko kloshe, to get well.
Chack-chack.
The bald eagle.
Chee.
Lately; just now; new. Chee nika ko, I have just arrived. Hyas chee, entirely new.
Chet-lo or Jet-lo, n.
An oyster.
Chet-woot.
A black bear.
Chick-a-min, n., adj.
Iron; metal; metallic. T'kope chikamin, silver; pil chickamin, gold or copper. Chickamin lope, wire; a chain.
Chik-chik.
A wagon or cart.
Chil-chil.
Buttons.
Chitsh, n.
A grandmother.
Chope, n.
A grandfather.
Cho-tub, n.
A flea.
Chuck, n.
Water; a river or stream. Salt chuck, the sea. Skookum chuck, a rapid. Solleks chuck, a rough sea. Chuck chahko or kalipi, the tide rises or falls; saghilli and keekwillie chuck, high and low tide.
Chuck-kiu.
To kick.
Close.
See Kloshe.
Cly, v.
To cry.
Cole, adj.
Cold. Cole illahie, winter. Icht cole, a year. Cole sick waum sick, the fever and ague.
Comb.
A comb. Mamook comb, to comb. Mamook comb illahie, to harrow.
Coo-ley.
To run. Cooley kiuatan, a race-horse. Yahka hyas kumtuks cooley, he can i.e. knows how to run well.
Coop-coop, n.
Shell money. See Hykwa.
Co-sho, n.
A hog; pork. Siwash cosho, a seal.
Cultus, adj.
Worthless; good for nothing; without purpose. Ex. Cultus man, a worthless fellow; cultus potlatch, a present or free gift; cultus heehee, a jest; merely laughing; cultus nannitsh, to look around; cultus mitlite, to sit idle; cultus klatawa, to stroll. Ques. What do you want? Ans. Cultus, i.e. nothing.