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Le-gley, »., m^j. French, Lk oris, or English Gray, with French 



article, A graij horse ; gray. 

 Le-jaub'. See Diaub. 

 Le-kleh, n, French, Le clef. A key. Mamook le kleh, lock the 



(lour. 

 Le-kloo', n. French, Le clou. A nail; nails. 

 Le-koo', n. French, Le cou. The neck. 

 Le-ky'e, v., adj. Mr. Anderson derives this from a Canadian word 



raille, meaning ?i piebald horse. In its jargon use, it means, also, a. 



spot, spotted, or sptckhd ; as, lekye salmon, the spotted or winter 



salmon [salmo canis, Suckley). 

 Le-lo'-ba, n. French, Le rubax. A ribbon. 

 Le-loo', n. French, Le loup. A ivolf (the large wolf). 

 Le-mah, or Leh-ma, n. Fr<jnch, La main. The hand ; the arm. 



Kloshe lemah, the right (literally, the good hand) ; potlatch lemah, 



shake hands. 

 Le-mah-to, n. French, Le marteau. A hammer. 

 Le-mel', n. French, Le mulet. A male. 

 Le-mo'-lo, ??., adj. French Canadian, Le moron ; undoubtedly a 



corruption of marron, a runaxuay negro. Wild; untamed. It ap- 

 plies to men as well as animals, as, for instance, to the tribes which 



have had no intercourse with the settlements. 

 Le-moo'-to, or Lam'-mu-to, n. French, Les moutoxs. Sheep. 

 Le-pan', n. French, Le pain. Brecul ; raised or light bread. 

 Le-pee', n. French, Le pied. The feet. 

 Le-pish'-e-mo, n. Qua?re u. d. The saddle-blanket and housings 



of a horse. 

 Le-plet, n. French, Le pretre. A priest. 

 Le-pwau', n. French, Les pois. Peas. 

 Le-sak', n. ■ French, Le sac. A bag; a pocket. 

 Le-sap', or Le-zep', n. French, Les ceufs. An egg ; eggs. 

 Le-see-blo, n. French, Les eperons. Sp)urs. 

 Le-see-ZO, n. French, Le ciseau. Scissors. 

 Le-sook, n. French, Le sucre. Sugar. 

 Le-tah, 71. French, Le dent. The teeth. 

 Le-whet', n. French, Le fouet. A whip. Maraook lewhet, to 



tch Ip. 

 Lice, n. English. Hice. 

 Lik-pu'-hu, or Lik'-po, n. (Hale.) An elder sister. Mr. Hale 



gives this as a Chinook word. If so, it is probably a corruption 01 



Kip'ho. It is not used in Jaro-on. 



