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YESTERDAY, chi-ak-kl.
YOUNG MAN, swe-wus.
YOUR, n'skwa;
_your house_, n'skwa n'ai-yueng.
LOCAL NOMENCLATURE
OF THE CLALLAM TRIBE.
S'ng-o. A river running into the Strait of Fuca, above Neah Bay.
Ok-ho. Another river near the last.
Klat-la-was. A village on the Strait.
Pisht'st. Village at Canel River, Pillar Point.
Kwa-ha-mish. Fishing Station at Lyre River.
El-wha. The village at the mouth of the Elkwa, west of Port Angeles.
Tsi-whit'zen, Yin'nis. Villages at Port Angeles.
Stet-lum. Village at New Dungeness.
Shkwin. Village at Sequim Bay.
Ka-kaitl or Skwa-kwel. Village at Port Discovery.
Ka-tai. Lower village on Port Townshend.
Chem'a-kum. Village site at head of do.
VOCABULARY OF THE LUMMI.
A.
ABOVE, se-suk'tl.
ADZE, s'chuem'muen.
AFRAID, sai-sin.
AFTER, il-kwa-wues.
ALDER, skwang-l'tch.
ALIVE, hal-ikh, hal-le.
ALL, makw, mokw.
ALWAYS, wai, wa-hai, o-wai-la;
_always so_, wa-hai-yu shueng angs.
ANGRY, kwin-tuen.
ARM, ta'lo;
_my arm_, n'ta'lo;
_right arm_, si-lae-me'[=u]s;
_left arm_, suk-kwe'[=u]s.
ARROW, yitcht.
ASHES, kwai-chp.
AT, _to be at_, lae-si _or_ lak-si;
_he is at Lummi_, lae-si la N[=u]kh-luem'mi.
_See also "live," "be."_
AXE, ku'kuem. (kuem-muet, _to chop_.)
B.
BACK, _the_, stas-kwitl.
BAD, h'aes, s'haes.
BAG _or sack_, chu-kwal'.
BAIL A BOAT, _to_, chi-kwast;
(_in Simiamoo_), kwuel'luet.
BALD, ko'a-lekw.
BARK, _of the fir_, chuel'li;
_of the cedar_, sl-kwuem'.
BASKET, _potato basket_, kl-paek;
_load basket_, s'pi-chae;
_small basket_, pep-chaelkh.
BEADS, _large blue kind_, shkwe'-kwuen;
_small white do._, tsuets-huet;
_small green beads_, tchi-kwuel-lekh'.
BE, _to_, _See "at," "live."_
_It is in the house_, lak-si a-lung.
BEAR, _black_, schuet'huen;
_grizzly_, kwe'chin.
BEARD, kwin's'n;
_moustache_, kwinks.
BEAVER, skuel-lau.
BEFORE (_in point of time_), kwuel-hes-luet-sin.
BELLY, kwuel'la, klaes.
BELOW, klaekhl.
BIRD, _water fowl_, mo'[=o]k;
_small birds_, tsets-at-suem.
BIRDS:
Eagles, golden eagle, kwuel'-lueng-sen;
bald eagle, yuekh-wuel-la.
Hawks, pa-als, tsekhw-tsuekhw, tuel-kwe'mitl, tsi-ha-litsh;
sparrow hawk, sues-so-wak-chil-la.
Owls, great horned owl, che'-tueng-hu;
small owl, kwai-el-hu.
Woodpeckers, logcock, s
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