en po-yuek?
_I don't know where_, kwa-hen ish-tuek'ka;
_where do you come from (whence you?)_ tsa-hens-hu, tsa-hents-hu?
_where are you going (whither you?)_ t'whens-hu, twentst-hu?
WHISTLE, _to_, sh-pi-las.
WHITE, puek'h.
WHO, waet, wat;
_who did that?_ wat'la kwuts-chai-a ti-a?
_what (literally "who") is your name?_ wat-tun-ma? wat kud sna?
WIFE, n'sta-lush (_same as husband_).
WIND, st-chang.
WINDS:
West, ste-wuet.
W. N. W., tent-sa-luek.
N. W. and North, s'cha-yuem.
S. S. E., skang-uet.
S. W., s'chis.
WINGS, sk-kael.
WIPE, _to_, (_the face_), nu-hwa-cha-sueng;
(_the hands_), chekw-sim.
WOLF, st-kai-uekh.
WOMAN, sla-ni.
WOOD, s'chuetl;
_a log_, kwt-hlai;
_dry wood_, stae-ta-chi.
WORK (_do_, _make_), chai.
WORTHLESS, kl-huel-o-_a_s.
WRESTLE, _to_, tsael-tueng.
WRITE, _to_, huel'luet.
Y.
YAWN, _to_, we'a-kues.
YE, YOU, nuek-kwe-li-e.
YELLOW, n's-kwuel-la-wuen, nuek-wai.
YES, a-ah;
_yes indeed, certainly_, ho'wues, hu'ues, si-[=e]t
YESTERDAY, chi-lak'hl.
YOUNG, s'hwe-wils.
LOCAL NOMENCLATURE
OF THE LUMMI TRIBE.
Chil-tuen-nuem. Point Roberts.
No-ku-me'khil. A creek running into the bay.
Pi-kalps. The Indian village of Camp Simiamoo.
Sim-i-a'mu. The name of the band.
Kul-la'han. "Stockade," the site of the old village.
A'la-la. Creek at the head of Drayton harbor.
Se'litsh. The site on the sand spit of ditto. The name Tsi-he'lis has
the same signification.
Kw[=u]d-shaed. Mount Baker.
H[=o]l-h[=o]l-ok'h. Site between Drayton harbor and Birch bay.
Tsau-wuekh. Site on Birch bay.
Tut-si-nuets. Slai-ek-sen. Sandy point.
Chau-ueks. North end Lummi island.
St'kwaep. A site on eastern side of do.
Ska'lek-shuen. Fishing on west side of do.
Mam-e'uek _or_ S'muem-me-uek. The mountain on south end of do.
Kle-kwa-ni. A rock off S. W. end of ditto. It is a s'hui-yab or demon.
To-whuetsh. Eliza island.
Ku-kwa-ne-ueng. Viti rocks.
Cha-chu-sen. Part of the Delta of Lummi river.
Skuel-ha-netl, Sla-yueks. Mouths of the river on Hale's passage.
Tom-whik-sen. The winter village on the passage.
Tae'la-pi. Another neighboring site.
Sw[=u]l-e-sen _or_ S'h[=u]l-e-sen. The Portage.
N-[=u]s-ka-la-huem. The neck of Point Francis.
Se-liss. Point Francis. (_Vide_ Se-litsh, _supra._)
Klik-a-te-nus. The small prairie at th
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