UL, _the_, suel-le.
SOUR, sa-han.
SOW, _to_, _grain_, _&c._, chai-its (chai, _to work_).
SPEAK, _to_, kwal.
SPEAR, _to_, _water fowl_, t'kwa'-nuem;
_seals_, sai-yuem-muen;
_fish_, t's-hueng'uen.
SPLIT WOOD, _to_, skuet.
STAB, _to_, met-at-ueng-kwa;
_Simiamoo_, ti-chet'ueng-kwa.
STAND, _to_, sit-luen.
STAR, ko-s'n, ka-s'n.
STAY, _I will stay_, a-wues-sin.
STEAL, _I stole_, as-kwa-kan';
_you stole_, nuek'wa kwa-kan';
_he stole_, nikhl-kwa-kan'.
STEER, _to_, chuen-nae-set; chuek-ke-nueng.
STEERSMAN, _of canoe_, as-kwa-at.
STOCKADE, _fence_, kuel-luekh'han.
STONE, chet-hlakh;
_rock_, sng-ant.
STOP, _I will stop here_, o-at'la-suen (_perhaps "I have arrived"_);
_stop_, _imp._, _i.e. stop doing any thing_, un-nuekhw kwa-tuen s'chai;
_stop_ (_when one is helped sufficiently to food_), hai;
_stop_ (_talking_), suem-mukh.
STRIKE, _to_, _with the fist_, nuet-sas-tueng.
STRIPED, as-he-uetsh.
STRONG, kam-kuem, kwuem-kwuem.
STURGEON, skwa-wuetsh.
SUN, sku-kuel'.
SWEET, sak-kueng (aikh, _good_).
SWIM, _to_, tueng-a-ang.
T.
TAKE, _to_, kwuen'nut (_same as to get_).
TAKE OFF, _to_, kl_a_-lis, kluet-sang'.
TALE, _story_, skwuel'kwuel.
TALL, kl'k-takhl.
TEETH, chin'nis.
TEN, o'puen, o-puen-ae-la, o-puen-aelt-hu.
TESTICLES, ma-tchin.
THANK YOU, hekh.
THAT, tuel-la, ta-le;
_that is Lucy's_, la Lucy ti-le.
THERE, ta-la;
_there it is_, e-i-te-i-ti, at-la-ti.
THEY, nan-etl-ya, kw'si'a-hal-tuen.
THING, _things_, stang;
_every thing_, nuekw-stang.
_It is noticeable that in this language, as well as in the Nisqually,
Chinook, and probably in others, the word for "thing" is the same
as that for "what."_
THIEF, kan-kan.
THIS, ti'et-hla.
THOU, nuekw;
_thyself_, tin-tsi'la;
_you are a Kanaka yourself_, Kanaka tin-tsi'la.
THOUSAND, o-pantsh.
THREAD, _twine_, hwe-lum.
THREE, klikhw, kl-whai-la, kl-whaelt-hu.
THROAT, haung'en.
THROW, _to_, _as a stone_, tsi-lakh;
_to throw away_, hwelt-hu.
(_In the Simiamoo dialect_, e-kwuet; _to throw away with violence_,
tim-muet.)
THUMB, sues-tals.
THUNDER, s'ho-hwas.
TIDES:
Flood tide, kuem'muel.
Ebb tide, hi-klatl'h.
High tide, kuem-kuem'muel.
Low tide, sham'shuem.
TOBACCO, sma-nuesh.
TOBACCO POUCH, sma-na-sha-la.
TO-DAY, ti-a-kais, ti-o-skwa-chil.
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