Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon Part 10

~Puss'-puss~, _n._ English. _A cat._ On Puget Sound, p.r.o.nounced _pish-pish._ Hyas pusspuss, _a cougar._

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~Sagh-a-lie~, or ~Sah'-ha-lie~, _adj._ Chinook, SAKHALI; Clatsop, UKHSHAKHALI. _Up; above; high._ Saghalie tyee (literally, _the chief above_), _G.o.d._ A term invented by the missionaries for want of a native one.

~Sail~, or ~Sill~, _n._ English, 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~, or ~Se-kol'-uks~, _n._ Chinook, TSAKaLUKS, _leggings._ _Trowsers; pantaloons._ Keekwillie sakoleks, _drawers._ ~Sal-lal'~, _n._ Chinook, KLKWUSHALA. (SHELWELL of Lewis and Clarke.) _The sallal berry;_ fruit of _gualtheria shallon._

~Salmon~, _n._ English, idem. _The salmon; fish generally._ Tyee salmon, i.e., _chief salmon, the spring salmon (salmo kwinnat,_ Rich.); masahchie salmon, _a winter species (salmo canis,_ Suckley); tzum salmon, _salmon trout._

~Salt~, _n., adj._ English, idem. _Salt, or a salt taste._ Salt chuck, _the sea._ ~San-de-lie~, _n., adj._ French, CENDRe. _Ash-colored._ (Anderson.) _A roan horse; roan-colored._

~Sap'-o-lill~, _n._ Chinook, TSaPELEL. _Wheat, flour, or meal._ Piah sapolill, _baked bread;_ lolo sapolill, _whole wheat._ The word has been erroneously supposed to come from the French _la farine._ It is, however, a true Indian word, and seems common to various Columbia river tribes.

Pandosy gives SAPLIL as Yakama for _bread;_ Lewis and Clarke write it CHAPELELL.

~Se-ah-host~, or ~Se-agh'-ost~, _n._ Chinook, SIaKHOST, _the face._ _The face; the eyes._ Halo seahhost, _blind;_ icht seahhost, _one-eyed;_ lakit seahhost (_four eyes_), or dolla seahhost, _spectacles_.

~Se-ah-po~, or ~Se-ah-pult~, ~n.~ French, CHAPEAU. _A hat or cap._ Seahpult olillie, _the raspberry._

~Shame~, or ~Shem~, _n._ English, idem. _Shame._ Halo shem mika? _arn't you ashamed of yourself?_

~Shan-tie~, _v._ French, CHANTER. _To sing._

~She-lok'-um~, _n._ Chinook, TSHAILAk.u.mIT. (Anderson.) _A looking-gla.s.s; gla.s.s._

~s.h.i.+p~, _n._ English, idem. _A s.h.i.+p or vessel._ Stick s.h.i.+p, _a sailing vessel;_ piah s.h.i.+p, _a steamer;_ s.h.i.+p-man, _a sailor._

~Shoes~, _n._ English, idem. _Shoes; skin shoes; moccasins._ Stick shoes, _boots or shoes made of leather._

~Shot~, _n._ English, idem. _Shot; lead._ Shot olillie, _huckleberries._

~Shu'-gah~, or ~Shu'-kwa~, _n._ English. _Sugar._

~Shugh~, _n._ Chinook, SHUKHSHUKH. _A rattle._ An imitation doubtless of the sound. (Anderson.) Shugh-opoots, _a rattlesnake._

~Shut~, _n._ English, s.h.i.+RT. _A s.h.i.+rt._

~Shwah-kuk~, _n._ Chihalis, SHWAKeUK. _A frog._

~Si-ah~, _adj._ Nootka, SAIa. _Far; far off._ Comparative distance is expressed by intonation or repet.i.tion; as, siah-siah, _very far;_ wake siah, _near, not far._ Jewitt gives SIEYAH as the _sky_ in Nootka, which was perhaps the true meaning, or, more probably, they called the sky "the afar."

~Si-am~, _n._ Chinook, ISHAIEM. _The grizzly bear._

~Sick~, _adj._ English, idem. _Sick._ Cole sick, _the ague;_ sick tum-tum, _grieved; sorry; jealous; unhappy._

~Sikhs~, or ~s.h.i.+khs~, _n._ Chinook, SKASIKS; Sahaptin, s.h.i.+KSTUA.

(Pandosy.) _A friend._ Used only towards men.

~Sin'-a-moxt~, _adj._ Chinook, SINIMAKST. _Seven._

~Si'-pah~, _adj._ Wasco. (Shaw.) _Straight,_ like a ramrod. Of only local use.

~Sis'-ki-you~, _n._ Cree. (Anderson.) _A bob-tailed horse._

This name, ludicrously enough, has been bestowed on the range of mountains separating Oregon and California, and also on a county in the latter State. The origin of this designation, as related to me by Mr. Anderson, was as follows. Mr. Archibald R. McLeod, a chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, in the year 1828, while crossing the mountains with a pack train, was over-taken by a snow storm, in which he lost most of his animals, including a noted bob-tailed race-horse. His Canadian followers, in compliment to their chief, or "bourgeois," named the place the Pa.s.s of the Siskiyou,--an appellation subsequently adopted as the veritable Indian name of the locality, and which thence extended to the whole range, and the adjoining district.

~Sit'-k.u.m~, _n., adj._ Chinook, SITk.u.m (Anderson); Clatsop, ASITKO. _A half; apart._ Sitkuni dolla, _half a dollar;_ sitk.u.m sun, _noon;_ tenas sitk.u.m, _a quarter, or a small part._

~Sit'-lay~, or ~Sit'-li-ay~, _n._ French, LES ETRIERS. (Anderson.) _Stirrups._

~Sit'-shum~, _v._ Chihalis, idem. _To swim._

~Si'-wash~, _n., adj._ French, SAUVAGE. _An Indian; Indian._

~Skin~, _n._ English, idem. _Skin._ Skin shoes, _moccasins;_ stick skin, _the bark of a tree._

~Skoo'-k.u.m~, or ~Skoo-koom'~, _n., adj._ Chihalis, SKUk.u.m. _A ghost; an evil spirit or demon; strong._ Skook.u.m tumtum, _brave;_ skook.u.m chuck, _a rapid._

~Skwak'-wal~, _n._ Chinook, SKAKULH (Anderson); Clatsop, SKAKOLI. _A lamprey eel._ Of local use only.

~Skwis'-kwis~, _n._ Chinook, Cathlamet dialect. _A squirrel._

~Sla-hal'~, _n._ Chinook, ETLALTLAL. _A game played with ten small disks, one of which is marked._

~Smet'-ocks~, _n._ Chihalis, SMETTAKS. _The large clam (Lutraria)._ Used only at the mouth of the Columbia river.

~Smoke~, _n._ English, idem. _Smoke; clouds; fog; steam._

~Sna.s.s~, _n._ Quaere u. d. _Rain._ Cole sna.s.s, _snow._ The word is neither Chinook nor Chihalis, and is perhaps manufactured.

~Snow~, _n._ English, idem. _Snow._

~Soap~, _n._ English, idem. _Soap._

~So-le'-mie~, _n._ Chinook, SULAMICH (Anderson); Clatsop, s...o...b... _The cranberry._

~Sol'-leks~, or ~Sah'-leks~, _n., adj._ Quaere u. d. _Anger; angry._ Mamook solleks, _to fight;_ tikegh solleks, _to be hostile;_ k.u.mtuks solleks, _to be pa.s.sionate._

~So'-pe-na~, _v._ Chinook, T'SOPENA. _To jump; to leap._

~Spo'-oh~, or ~Spo'-eh~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Faded; any light color,_ as pale blue, drab, &c. Chahko spoeh, _to fade._

~Spoon~, _n._ English, idem. _A spoon._

~Spose~, _conj._ English, SUPPOSE. _If; supposing; provided that; in order that._ Spose mika nanitsh nika canim, _if you see my canoe;_ spose nika klatawa kopa Chinook, _if or when I go to Chinook;_ kahkwa spose, _as if._ See KLOSHK SPOSE.

~Stick~, _n., adj._ English, idem. _A stick; a tree; wood; wooden._ Stick skin, _bark;_ s.h.i.+p stick, _a mast;_ mitwhit stick, _a standing tree,_ icht stick, _a yard measure;_ stick shoes, _leather shoes or boots,_ as distinguished from skin shoes or moccasins; kull stick, _oak_ (hard wood); isick stick, _the ash_ (paddle wood).