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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