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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
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~Stock'-en~, _n._ English. _Stockings or socks._

~Stoh~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Loose._ Mamook stoh, _to untie; unloose;
undo._ Metaphorically, _to absolve._

~Stone~, _n._ English, idem. _A rock or stone; bone; horn; the testicles._
Stone kiuatan, _a stallion;_ mahsh stone, _to castrate._

~Stote'-kin~, _adj._ Chinook, STOKTKIN. _Eight._

~Stutch'-un~, _n._ English, STURGEON. _The sturgeon._

~Suk-wal'-al~, _n._ Chinook (Hale); Clatsop, SHUKWALÁLA, _a gun or
musket._ No longer used in Jargon.

~Sun~, _n._ English, idem. _The sun; a day._ Tenas sun, _early;_ sitkum
sun, _noon;_ klip sun, _sunset._

~Sun'-day~, _n._ English, idem. _Sunday._ Icht Sunday, _a week;_ hyas
sunday, _a holiday._ A flag hoisted on a particular occasion is sometimes
also called Sunday. The other days of the week are usually counted from
this; as, icht, mokst, klone sun kopet Sunday, _one, two, or three days
after Sunday._ Saturday used to be called at the Hudson's Bay Company's
posts "muckamuck sun," _food day,_ as the one on which the rations were
issued.


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~Tagh'-um~, ~To'-hum~, or ~Tugh'-um~, _adj._ Chinook, TAKHUM; Cowlitz,
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