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ka, CHAUK (Cook); CHAHAK, _fresh water_ (Jewitt); Chinook, TLTSUK (Shortess); Clatsop, TL'CHUKW. _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._ ~Chuk-kin~, _n., v._ Chihalis, TSUKAEN. _To kick._ Of local use only. ~Close.~ See KLOSE. ~Cly~, _v._ English. _To cry._ ~Cole~, _adj._ English, COLD. Cole illahie, _winter;_ icht cole, _a year;_ cole sick waum sick, _the fever and ague._ ~Comb~, _n._ English. _A comb._ Mamook comb, _to comb;_ mamook comb illahie, _to harrow._ ~Coo'-ley~, _v._ French, COUREZ, imp. of COURIR. _To run._ Cooley kiuatan, _a race-horse;_ yahka hyas kumtuks cooley, _he can,_ i.e., _knows how to run well._ ~Coop'-coop~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _The smaller sized dentalium or shell money._ See HYKWA. ~Co'-sho~, _n._ French, COCHON. _A hog; pork._ Siwash cosho, _a seal;_ literally, _Indian pig._ ~Cul'-tus~, _adj._ Chinook, KALTAS. _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; to do nothing;_ cultus klatawa, _to stroll._ _Ques._ What do you want? _Ans._ Cultus, i.e., _nothing._ ~D.~ ~De-late~, or ~De-lett~, _adj., adv._ French, DROITE. _Straight; direct; without equivocation._ Ex. Klatawa delett, _go straight;_ delett wauwau, _tell the truth._ ~Di-aub~, or ~Yaub~, _n._ French, DIABLE. _The devil._ Sometimes used combined with the article, as LEJAUB. ~D'ly~, or ~De-ly~, _adj._ English, DRY. Chahko dely, _to become dry;_ mamook dely, _to dry, v. a._ ~Doc'-tin~, _n._ English. _A doctor._ ~Dol'-la~, or ~Tah-la~, _n._ English. _A dollar; money._ Chikamin dolla, _silver;_ pil dolla, _gold;_ dolla siaghost, _spectacles._ ~E.~ ~Eh-kah-nam~, _n._ Chinook, EKANAM. _A tale or story._ Used only on the Columbia river. Often erroneously pronounced Ay-keh-nam. ~Eh-ko-li~, _n._ Chinook, EKOLI. _A whale._ ~Ee'-na~, _n._ Chinook, IINA. _A beaver._ Eena stick (literally, _beaver wood_), _the willow._ ~Ee'-na-poo~, or ~In-a-poo~, _n._ Chinook, INAPU. _A louse._ Sopen inapoo, _a flea._ ~Ek'-keh~, _n._ Chinook, EKKE. _A brother-in-law._ ~E'-la-han~, or ~E-lann~, _n._ Chihalis, YELAAN. _Aid; assistance; alms._ Mamook elann,
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