_to help._

~E'-lip~, or ~El'-ip~, _adv._ Chihalis, ILIP. _First; before._ The
superlative. Klatawa elip, _go before;_ elip lolo chuck, _in the first
place carry water;_ elip kloshe, _best;_ elip tilikum, _n._ (literally,
_the first people), a race of beings who inhabited the world before the
Indians._

~E-li'-te~, _n._ Chinook, ILAITEKH. _A slave._

~E-salt'h~, or ~Ye-salt'h~, _n._ Probably Wasco. _Indian corn or maize._

~G.~

~Get-up~, or ~Ket-op~, _v._ English. _To get up; rise._

~Glease~, _n._ English, GREASE, _fat, grease, or oil._ Hyeu glease, _very
fat;_ too-toosh glease, _butter._ See, also, LAKLES.

~H.~

~Hah-lakl~, _adj._ Chinook, HALAKL. _Wide; open._ Ex. Mamook hahlakl la
pote, _open the door;_ chahko hallakl (as of the woods), _to open out;
become less dense._

~Haht-haht~, _n._ Nisqually, HATHAT. _The mallard duck._

~Hak-at-shum~, _n._ English. _A handkerchief._

~Ha'-lo~, _adj._ Quaere u. d. not Chinook. _None; absent. Q._ Halo salmon
mika? _have you no fish? A._ Halo, _none. Q._ Kah mika papa? _where is
your father? A._ Halo, _he is out._ Halo wind, _breathless; dead;_ halo
glease, _lean;_ halo ikta, _poor; destitute._

~Haul~, _v._ English, idem. _To haul or pull._ Used with the active verb
mamook; as, mamook haul.

~Hee'-hee~, _n._ By onoma., HIHI (Hale). _Laughter, amusement._ Cultus
heehee, _fun;_ mamook heehee, _to amuse;_ heehee house, _any place of
amusement,_ as a tavern, bowling-alley, &c.

~Hoh-hoh~, _n., v._ Chinook (by onoma.), HOKHHOKH. _To cough._

~Ho-ku-melh~, _v._ Chihalis, idem. _To gather; to glean,_ as grain. Of
local use.

~Hool-hool~, _n._ Chinook, KHOLKHOL; Klikatat. KHOILKHOIL. _A mouse._ Eyas
hoolhool, _a rat._

~House~, _n._ English. _A house._ Mahkook house, _a store;_ Boston house,
_an American-built house,_ as distinguished from a lodge.

~Howh~, _interj._ HAUKH. _Turn to; hurry._

~How'-kwutl~, _adv._ Chinook, HAUKATLH. An expression of inability. Ex.
Howkwutl nika klatawa? _how could I go?_

~Hul-lel'~, _v., n._ Chinook, idem. _To shake._ Used with the verb mamook,
as, mamook hullel, it becomes active.

~Hul-o-i-ma~, _n., adj._ Chinook, S'HULLOYIBA. _Other; another;
different._ Ex. Huloima tilikum, _a different tribe or people;_ hyas
huloima, _very different._

~Humm~, _n., v._ Jargon. _A stink or smell; to stink._ An invented word.
Humm opootsh, _a skunk._

~Hunl'-kih~, _adj._ Chinook, HUNLKEKH. _Curled or curly; knotted;
crooked._