Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
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the country from which they blow; as, for instance, on the Columbia, an
easterly is a Walla-walla wind; at the mouth of the river, a southerly is a Tilamooks wind, &c. _Breath._ Ex. Halo wind, _out of breath; dead._ Y. ~Yah'-hul~, _n._ Chinook, YAKHUL; EUEKHOL. _A name._ Not in general use. ~Yáh-ka~, or ~Yok'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, YÁKA. _He; his; him; she; it, &c._ ~Yah'-kis-ilt'h~, _adj._ Chinook, YAKISILT'H. _Sharp._ Mr. Anderson gives as the original, "_cutting._" ~Yah'-wa~, _adv._ Chinook, YAWÁKH. _There; thither; thence; beyond._ ~Yah'-whul~. See AYÁHWHUL. ~Yak'-so~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _The hair of the head; hair generally._ ~Ya-kwah'-tin~, or ~Kwah'-tin~, _n._ Chinook and Clatsop, YAKWATIN. _The belly; the entrails._ ~Yaub~. See LEJAUB. ~Yel'-a-kwat~. See KALAKWAHTIE. ~Yi'-em~, _v., n._ Chihalis, YAIEM. _To relate; to tell a story; to confess to a priest; a story or tale._ |
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