~Hy-iú~, _n., adj._ Nootka, IYAHISH (Jewitt); Tokwaht, AIYA. Jewitt also
gives HYO as the name for _ten._ _Much; many; plenty; enough._ Term of
quantity or multitude. Hyiu tilikum, _a crowd; many people;_ hyiu
muckamuck, _plenty to eat;_ tenas hyiu, _some; a, few;_ wake hyiu, _not
many_ or _not much._

~Hy'-kwa~, or ~Hy'-a-kwa~, _n._ Nootka, HAIHWA (i-whaw, Jewitt). _The
dentalium; the shell money or wampum of the Pacific coast._ It is used in
strings of a fathom long; shells of not more than forty to the fathom
being of full size, and the value increasing in proportion to their
length. The smaller sizes are called _coop-coop_ (q.v.). These shells were
formerly obtained by the Indians of the west coast of Vancouver Island,
and passed in barter as low down as California, and eastward to the
Blackfoot country.


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~Ik'-kik~, _n._ Chinook, IKKIK._A fish-hook._

~Ik-poo'-ie~, _v._ Chinook, IKHPUI. _To shut._ Ikpooie la pote, _shut the
door;_ mamook ikpooie, _to surround;_ ikpooie kwillan, _deaf._

~Ikt~, or ~Icht~, _adj._ Chinook, IKHT. _One; once._ Used also as the
indefinite article. Ikt man, _a man;_ ikt-ikt man, _some one or other;
here and there one;_ ikt nika klatawa kopa yakka house, _I have been once
to his house._

~Ik'-tah~, _pron._ Chinook, IKTA. _What._ Iktah okook, _what is that?_