Part 1 — S.
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Sagh-a-lie.
Up; above; high. Saghalie Tyee, (literally the chief above) God.
Sail.
A sail; any cotton or linen goods. Mamook sail, to make sail. Mamook keekwillie sail, to take in sail. Tzum sail, printed cloth or calico.
Sa-kol-eks.
Leggings; trowsers; pantaloons. Keekwillie sakoleks, drawers.
Sal-lal.
The sallal berry.
Salmon.
The salmon. Tyee salmon, i.e. chief salmon, the spring salmon.
Salt.
Salt or salt taste. Salt chuck, the sea.
San-de-lie.
Ash colored; a roan horse; roan colored.
Sap-o-lill.
Wheat; flour or meal. Pish sapolill, baked bread. Lolo sapolill, whole wheat.
Se-ah-host.
The face; the eyes. Halo seahhost, blind. Icht seahhost, one-eyed. Lakit seahhost, (four eyes) spectacles.
Se-ah-po.
A hat or cap. Seahpo olillie, the raspberry.
Shame or shem.
Shame. Halo shem mika? arn't [sic] you ashamed of yourself?
Shan-tie.
To sing.
She-lok-um.
A looking-glass; glass.
Ship.
Ship or vessel. Stick ship, a sailing vessel. Piah ship, a steamer. Ship man, a sailor.
Shoes.
Shoes. Stick shoes, boots and shoes made of leather.
Shot.
Shot; lead. Shot olillie, huckleberries.
Shugah.
Sugar.
Shugh.
A rattle. Shugh opoots, a rattlesnake.
Shut.
A shirt.
Shwah-kuk.
A frog.
Si-ah.
Far; far off. Comparative distance is expressed by intonation or repetition; as siah-siah, very far. Wake siah, near; not far.
Si-am.
The grizzly bear.
Sick.
Sick. Cole sick, the ague. Sick tumtum, grieved; sorry; jealous; unhappy.
Sikhs.
A friend.
Sin-a-moxt.
Seven.
Si-pah.
Straight, like a ramrod.
Sis-ki-you.
A bob-tailed horse.
Sit-kum.
A half; a part. Sitkum dolla, half a dollar. Sitkum sun, noon. Tenas sitkum, a quarter or small part.
Sit-lay.
Stirrups.
Sit-shum.
To swim.
Si-wash.
An Indian.
Skin.
Skin. Skin shoes, moccasins. Stick skin, the bark of a tree.
Skoo-kum.
Strong; strength; a ghost; an evil spirit or demon. Skookum tumtum, brave. Skookum chuck, a rapid.
Skwak-wal.
A lamprey eel.
Skwis-kwis.
A squirrel.
Sla-hal.
A game played with eight small disks, one of which is marked.
Smoke.
Smoke; clouds; fog; steam.
Snass.
Rain. Cole snass, snow.
Snow.
Snow.
Soap.
Soap.
So-le-mie.
The cranberry.
Sol-leks.
Anger; angry. Mamook solleks, to fight. Tikegh solleks, to be hostile. Kumtuks solleks, to be passionate.
So-pe-na.
To jump; to leap.
Spo-oh.
Faded; any light color, as pale blue; drab &c. Chahko spooh, to fade.
Spoon.
A spoon.
Spose.
Suppose; if; supposing; provided that; in order that. Spose mika nanitsh nika canim, if you see my canoe. Spose nika klatawa kopa Victoria, if or when I go to Victoria. Kahkwa spose, as if.
Stick.
A stick; a tree; wood; wooden. Stick skin, bark. Ship stick, a mast. Mitwhit stick, a standing tree. Icht stick, a yard measure. Stick shoes, leather shoes or boots. Isick stick, the ash.
Stock-en.
Stockings or socks.
Stoh.
Loose. Mamook stoh, to untie; unloose.
Stone.
A rock or stone; bone; horn; the testicles. Stone kinatan, a stallion. Mahsh stone, to castrate.
Stote-kin.
Eight.
Stutchun.
The sturgeon.
Suk-wal-al.
A gun or musket.
Sun.
The sun; a day. Tenas sun, early. Sitkum sun, noon. Klip sun, sunset.
Sunday.
Sunday. Icht Sunday, a week. Hyas Sunday, a holiday. Ex. Icht, mokst, klone sun kopet Sunday, one, two or three days after Sunday.