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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
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~To-toosh'~, or ~Ta-toosh'~, _n._ Chippeway, TOTOSH. (Schoolcraft.) _The
breasts of a female; milk._ Totoosh lakles, _butter._

~To-wagh'~, _adj._ Chinook, TOWAKH. _Bright; shining; light._

~Tsee~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Sweet._

~Tsee'-pie~, _v._ Kalapuya. _To miss a mark; to mistake one's road; to
make a blunder in speaking; to err or blunder._ Tseepie wayhut, _to take
the wrong road._

~Tshi'-ke~, _adv._ (Hale.) Quære u. d. _Directly; soon._ Not Jargon.

~Tshis~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Cold._ Not in common use.

~Tsi-át-ko~, _n._ Chihalis, Nisqually, &c., idem; Clatsop, ÉCHIATKU. _A
nocturnal demon,_ much feared by the Indians. The Skagits give this name
to the "Couteaux," a tribe of Indians on Frazer River, of whom they stand
in like awe.

~Tsik'-tsik~, or ~Tchik'-tchik~, _n._ By onoma. _A wagon; a cart; a
wheel._ Tsiktsik wayhut, _a wagon-road._

~Tsil'-tsil~, or ~Chil'-chil~, _n._ Chinook, ECHILCHIL. (Anderson.)
_Buttons; the stars._

~Tsish~, _v._ By onoma., in imitation of the sound of a grindstone.
(Shaw.) Mamook tsish, _to sharpen._ Of local use.

~Tsóle-pat~, _n._ Klikatat. _A shot-pouch._ Of local use only.
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