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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
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cook; to burn;_ piah-ship, _a steamer;_ piah olillie, _ripe berries;_ piah
sapolill, _baked bread;_ piah sick, _the venereal disease;_ saghillie
piah, _lightning._

~Pil~, _adj._ Chinook, TLPELPEL. Father Pandosy gives PILPILP, as
signifying _red,_ in the Nez Percé or Sahaptin, also. _Red; of a reddish
color._ Pil illahie, _red clay or vermilion;_ pil dolla, _gold;_ pil
chickamin, _copper;_ pil kiuatan, _a bay or chestnut horse._

~Pil'-pil~, _n._ Jargon. _Blood._ Mahsh pilpil, _to bleed; to menstruate._
Derived from the foregoing.

~Pish~, _n._ English. _Fish._

~Pit-lilh'~, or ~Pit-hlil'~, _adj._ Quære u. d. _Thick in consistence,_ as
molasses.

~Piu-piu~, _n._ French, PUER, _to stink._ Or from the sound often uttered
expressive of disgust at a bad smell. _A skunk._

~Poh~, _v._ Chinook, idem. By onoma. Mamook poh, _to blow out or
extinguish,_ as a candle.

~Po'-lak-lie~, _n., adj._ Chinook, POLAKLI. _Night; darkness; dark._
Tenas polaklie, _evening;_ hyas polaklie, _late at night; very dark;_
sit-kum polaklie, _midnight_ (literally, _the half night_).

~Po'-lal-lie~, _n._ Quære French, POUDRE. _Gunpowder; dust; sand._
Polallie illahie, _sandy ground._ The word is certainly neither Chinook
nor Chihalis.
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