Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
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~O'-pit-sah~, _n._ Chinook, ÓPTSAKH. _A knife._ Opitsah yakka sikhs _(the knife's friend), a fork._ The word is also used to denote _a sweetheart._ ~O'-poots~, or ~O'-pootsh~, _n._ Chinook, OBÉPUTSH, _the fundament._ _The posterior; the fundament; the tail of an animal._ Boat opoots, _the rudder;_ opoots-sill, _a breech clout._ ~Óte-lagh, _n._ (Hale.) Chinook, OÖTLAKH. _The sun._ Not properly a Jargon word. ~Ow~, _n._ Chinook, AU. _A brother younger than the speaker._ ~P.~ ~Pahtl~, _adj._ Chinook, PÁTL. _Full._ Pahtl lum _or_ paht-lum, _drunk;_ pahtl chuck, _wet;_ pahtl illahie, _dirty;_ mamook pahtl, _to fill._ ~Paint~, or ~Pent~, _n., adj._ English, PAINT. Mamook pent, _to paint._ ~Papa~, _n._ English, idem. _A father._ ~Pa'see-sie~, _n._ Chinook, PASÍSI. _A blanket; woollen cloth._ ~Pa-si'-ooks~, _n., adj._ Chinook, PASÍSIUKS. _French; a Frenchman._ Mr. Hale supposed this to be a corruption of the French word _Français._ It is, however, really derived from the foregoing word, PASISI, with the terminal UKS, which is a plural form applied to living beings. Lewis and |
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