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_The heart; the will; opinion._ Mahsh tumtum, _to give orders,_ mamook tumtum, _to make up one's mind;_ mamook closhe tumtum, _to make friends or peace;_ sick tumtum, _grief; jealousy;_ moxt tumtum nika, _I am undecided,_ i.e., _I have two wills. Q._ Kah nesika klatawa? _where shall we go? A._ Mika tumtum, _wherever you please; as you will._ Ikta mika tumtum? _what do you think?_ Halo tumtum, _without a will of one's own,_ as a child. The heart seems to be generally regarded as the seat of the mind or will. ~Tum-wa'-ta~, _n._ TUM, by onoma.; English, WATER. _A waterfall, cascade, or cataract._ Lewis and Clarke give TIMM as used by the Indians above the Dalles of the Columbia in directing them to the falls. ~Tup'-shin~, or ~Tip'-sin~, _v._ Chihalis, TUPSHIN. _A needle._ Mamook tipsin, _to sew; to mend; to patch._ ~Tup-so~, or ~Tip'-so~, _n._ Chinook, TEPSO, _a leaf._ _Grass; leaves, fringe; feathers; fur._ Often but incorrectly employed for YAKSO, _hair;_ tipso illahie, _prairie;_ dely tipso, _hay._ ~Ty'-ee~, _n., adj._ Nootka, TAIYI; TYEE (Jewitt). _A chief._ Any thing of superior order. Saghalie tyee, _the Deity;_ tyee salmon, _the spring salmon._ TOYON is given by some of the northwestern voyagers as the Eskimo appellation for _chief._ ~Tzum~, _n., adj._ Chinook, idem. _Mixed colors; spots or stripes; a mark or figure; writing; paint; painted._ Tzum sill, _printed calico;_ tzum pehpa, _writing;_ mamook tzum, _to write;_ tzum illahie, _blazed or surveyed land._ ~W.~ ~Wagh~, _v._ Chinook, WAKH, _To pour; to spill; to vomit._ Mamook wagh chuck, _pour out some water._ ~Wake~, _adv._ Nootka, WIK (Jewitt); Tokwaht, WEK. _No; not._ ~Wa'-ki~, _adv._ (Hale.) Chinook, WAKI. _To-morrow._ Not Jargon. ~Wap'-pa-too~, _n._ Quaere u. d. _The root of the Sagitaria sagittifolia,_ which forms an article of food; _the potato._ The word is neither Chinook nor Chihalis, but is everywhere in common use. ~Wash~, _v._ English, idem. Mamook wash, _to wash._ ~Waum~, _adj._ English, WARM. Hyas waum, _hot;_ waum illahie, _summer;_ mamook waum, _to heat;_ waum-sick-cole-sick, _fever and ague._ ~Wau'-wau~, _v., n._ Nootka; Nittinat, WAWE. _To talk; speak; call; ask; tell; answer; talk or conversation._ Cultus wauwau, _idle talk; stuff; nonsense;_ hyas wauwau, _to shout._ ~Way'-hut~, ~Hweh'-kut~, or ~Wee'-hut~, _n._ Chinook, WEHUT, _a road;_ Yakama, WIET, _far._ _A road or trail._ Tsik-tsik wayhut, _a wagon-road._
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