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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
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_English._ _Chinook._ _Chihalis._ _Nisqually._
deep, kellippe, kluputl, klep
glad, kwan, kwal (_tame_)
proud, eyútl, júil.
demon, ichiatku, tsiatko, tsiatko.
black bear, eitchhut, chetwut.
crow, skaka, skaka.
oyster, klokhklokh, chetlókh, klokhklokh.
game of "hands," itlokum, setlokum.


_English._ _Chinook._ _Yakama and Klikatat._
certainly, nawitka, n'witka.
always, kwanisum, kwálisim.
younger sister, ats, atse.
road, wehut, wiet (_far_).
barrel, tamtúlitsh, tamolitsh.
buffalo, emúsmus, músmus.
coyote, itálipus, talipa (_gray fox_).
mouse, kholkhol, khóilkhoil.
bread, tsapelil, saplil.
needle, okwépowa, kapus (_a pin_).

The Clatsop (Klátsop) is merely a dialect of the Chinook (Tchinúk); the
Cowlitz (Káualitsk), Kwantlen, Chihalis (Tsihélis), and Nisqually
(N'skwáli), are severally languages belonging to the Sélish family. The
Yakama and Klikatat are dialects of one of the Sahaptin languages; and the
Tokwaht (Tokwát), Nittinat, and Makah (Maká), quoted in the dictionary,
are dialects of the Nootka (Nútka), of which the Hailtzuk or Belbella
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