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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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