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VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE 



Nootka. 



English. 



Nootka. 



English. 



Luksheet, or 



luksheetl, 

 Soochis, 

 Haieeaipt, 



To drink. 

 A tree, a wood. 

 A broad leaf, shrub, 

 or underwood. 

 Tohumbeet, Variegated pine; sil- 

 ver pine. 

 Atlieu, The depending pine, 



or cypress. 

 Koeeklipt, The Canadian pine. 



Cho, Go. 



Sateu, A pine top. 



Kleeteenck, The little cloak that 



they wear. 

 Kleethak, A beards skin. 



Klochimme, Muscles. 

 Ohkullik, A wooden box they 



hold things in. 

 H'slaiakasl, or 



slaikalszth, Coarse mats of bark. 

 Eesee, Aninstrumentofbone 



to beat bark. 

 Chapitz koole, The model of a 



canoe. 

 Klapatuketeel, A bag made of mat. 

 Tahmis, To spit ; spittle. 



Wasuksheet, To cough. 

 Poop, Common moss. 



Okumha, The wind. 



Chutzquabeelsl, A bag made of seal 



skin. 

 Konneeemis, A kind of sea weed. 

 Quaookl, or 



tookpeetl, To sit down. 

 Klukeeszthl, or 



quoeelszthl, To rise up. 

 Tsookeeats, To walk. 



Kummutch- 



chutl, To run. 



Klutsklaee, To strike or beat. 



Teeshcheetl, To throw a stone. 

 Teelszthtee, To rub, or sharpen 



metal. 

 Tsook, To cleave, or strike 



hard. 

 Mahkatte, A small liliaceous 



root ivhich they eat. 

 Eumahtam^ Fur of a sea otter. 

 Cheemaine, Their largest fishing 



hooks. 

 Moostatte, A bow. 



Heshcheene, 

 Koohminne, 

 Akeeuk, 



Kaheita, 



Kahsheetl, Dead. 



Kleeshshcetl, To shoot with a bow. 

 Tseehatte, An arrow. 



Katshak, A flaxen garment, 



worn as their com- 

 mon dress. 

 A plain Venus shell. 

 A bag rattle. 

 A plain bone point 

 for striking seals 

 ivith. 

 A barbed bone point 

 for ditto. 

 Cheetakulhei- Bracelets of ivhile 



wha, bugle beads. 



Mittemulszsth, Thongs of skin worn 

 about the turist and 

 neck. 

 Iaiopox, Pieces of copper 



ivorn in the ear. 

 Neesksheetl, To sneeze. 

 Suchkas, A comb. 



Seehl, Small feathers which 



theystreiv on their 

 heads. 

 Wamuhte, Twisted thongs and 



sineivs, worn about 

 their ankles. 

 Kutseeoataia, Veins under the skin. 

 Tookquuk, The skin. 



Muszthsle, Pain. 



Waeetch, To sleep. 



Siksaimaha, To breathe, or pant, 



Tuhsheetl, To weep. 



Matskoot, A fly. 



Matook, Tofly. 



Kooees, or 



quoees, Snow, or hail. 



Aopk, To ivhistle. 



Asheeaiksheetl, To yawn. 

 Elsthltleek, Aninstrument of two 



sticks standing 

 from each other 

 with barbs. 

 Cheeeeakis, A scar of a wound. 

 Tchoo, Throw it down, or 



to me. 

 Cheetkoohekai, A woodeninsirument 

 or Cheetkoaik, with many bone 

 teeth, to catch 

 small fish with. 



