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

Part 2 — F.

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Face,

seahhost.

Faded,

spooh.

Falsehood,

kliminawhit.

Far,

siah.

Fast, (quick),

hyak.

Fast, (tight),

kwutl.

Fasten, to,

kow.

Fat,

glease.

Father,

papa.

Fathom,

itlan.

Fear,

kwass.

Feathers,

tupso.

Fell, to, (as a tree),

mamook whim.

Fence,

kullagh.

Fetch, to,

mamook chahko.

Fever,

waum sick.

Few,

tenas.

Field,

klackan.

Fight, to,

mamook solleks.

Fight with fists,

mamook pukpuk.

Figured (as calico),

tzum.

File,

la leem.

Fill, to,

mamook pahtl.

Find, to,

klap.

Fingers,

le doo.

Finish,

kopet.

Fire,

piah; olapitski.

First,

e-lip or el-ip.

Fish,

pish.

Fish-hook,

ikkik.

Five,

kwinnum.

Flea,

sopen enapoo; chotub.

Flesh,

itlwillie.

Flint,

ilitsut.

Flour,

sapolill.

Fly, to,

kawak.

Fog,

smoke.

Food,

muckamuck.

Fool,

pelton.

Foolish,

pelton.

Foot,

le pee.

Forever,

kwahnesum.

Forget, to,

mahlie.

Fork,

la pooshet.

Formerly,

ahnkutte; ahnkottie.

Four,

lakit or lokit.

Fowl,

la pool.

French; Frenchman,

pasiooks.

Friends,

sikhs or shihks.

Frog,

shwahkuk.

Fry, to,

mamook lapoel.

Frying pan,

lapoel.

Full,

pahtl.

Fundament,

opoots.

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