-hai-is.
Liverworts, muekh'tuel-lues;
_a species of moss with a peppery taste, used in medicine_, kaet-si.
Sea weeds, chil-luem.
Kelp (_fucus gigantia_), kwa-ang.
PLANT, _to_, chin-eng-uetl.
PLENTY, n'guen.
POINT _of anything_, i-suek'sin.
POOR, _wretched_, suel-la-wa.
PORCUPINE QUILLS, tsuets-uel-kan.
PORPOISE, kwa-nat.
POSTS _for supporting the roof of a house_, kae-kan.
POUND, _to_ (_as seeds, grain_), kli-a-kweng-uetl.
PRAIRIE, spelkh'han.
PREGNANT, skae-kwi.
PRESENTLY, hwa-sing-ang'a;
_in a little while_, h'wes'ta-al, hu-as-ta-al'.
PRONOUNS:
I, us;
_suffixed to a verb_ (_copulative_), suen.
My, ti-us;
_prefixed to noun_ (_possessive_), n's, n[=u]s.
Thou, nuekw.
Thy, ti-nuek-wa.
Thyself, tin-tsi-la.
He (_that one_), nel, nitlh.
We, minglkt, kl-ming'uelkh.
Ye, nuek-kwe-li-e.
They, nan-etl-ya, kw-si-a-hal-tuen.
My canoe, nus-kwa n'shwa-atl.
Thy knife, suens-kwan's-pael-tuen.
His gun, tsae-ka po-yuek.
Our country, tsa-kwuen tueng'-hu.
Your house, tsueng a'nueng hae-la.
Their father, k'saen maen.
PULL THE HAIR, _to_, heng-uekw-tuen.
PUT ON, _to_, _pantaloons_, huek-ew-sing;
_a coat_, hut-che-tueng.
PUT INTO, _to_, _imp._, nu-as ats-ches-suek.
PUT DOWN, _to_, sae-kws.
R.
RAIN, sluem'm[=o]kh.
RAISE UP, _to_, sae-at.
RAKE, _for taking herring and other small fish_, tlet'ha-men.
RAPID, _in a river_, kwet'chuem.
RAW, hets.
RED, n'suek'h, n'suekw.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Father, maen.
Mother, taen.
Husband, my, n'sta-luesh.
Wife, _idem_.
Son or daughter, ng'uen'na.
Brother, _if older than the speaker_, shi-itlh;
_if younger_, sai-tchin.
Elder sister, a-lish;
_younger do._, sai-tchin.
Grandfather, cha-mok.
Grandmother, se-la.
Uncle, latl, hai'tch; (_as the nephew grows older, the uncle becomes
an elder brother_.)
Aunt, she-ilsh.
Father-in-law, slaetl.
Mother-in-law, _idem_.
Brother-in-law, _idem (?)_.
Sister-in-law, s'ng-at'hwun.
Sister's husband, _idem_.
Step father, n's-gnae-uen.
Step mother, _idem_.
Daughter-in-law, skwa-lo-wis.
Husband's other wives, sai-ya.
RIVER, sta-lo;
_small stream_, sta-ta-lo.
ROAD, satl.
ROAST, _to_, _in ashes_, tuel-lak;
_on a stick_, s'kwuel'lueng.
ROCK, sng-ant.
ROPE, hwe-luem.
RUN, _to_, kwa-nueng-uet, kwa-nueng-it.
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