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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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