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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
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cutting; to hit._

~Kwun'-nun~, _n._ Chihalis, idem. _A count; numbers._ Ex. Mamook kwunnun,
_to count._ Of merely local use.

~Kwutl~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. Literally, _fast._ _To push or squeeze,_ as
in packing; hyas mamook kwutl, _haul tight._


~L.~

~La-bleed'~, _n._ French, LA BRIDE. _A bridle._

~La-boos'~, _n._ French, LA BOUCHE. _The mouth; mouth of a river._ Moxt
laboos, _the forks of a river._

~La-boo-ti'~, _n._ French, LA BOUTEILLE. _A bottle._

~La-ca-lat'~, _n._ French, LA CAROTTE. _A carrot._

~La-ca-set'~, _n._ French, LA CASETTE. _A box, trunk, or chest._

~La-clo-a~, _n._ French, LA CROIX. _A cross._

~Lagh~, _v._ Chinook, LAKH. _To lean; to tip, as a boat; to stoop; to bend
over, as a tree._ Wake mika lagh kopa okook house, _don't lean against
that house._

~La-gome~, _n._ French, LA GOMME. _Pitch; glue._ La gome stick,
_light-wood; the pitch-pine._
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