id DICTIONARY OF THE CHINOOK JARGON. 



Lip -lip, V. By onoma. (Hale). To boil. Mamook liplip, to make^ 



or cause to boil. 

 XjO-Io, v. Chinook, idem. Originally, to carry a cLild on the back. 



In Jargon, used in a more extended sense. To carry ; to loaJ. 



Lolo kopa tsiktsik, to carry in a cart. Mamook lulo kopa canini, 



to load into a canoe. 

 LiO-lo', adj. Chinook, Lowullo. Round ; ivIloU ; the entire of any 



tiling. Lolo sapeleel, whole wheat ; mamook lolo, to roll up (Shaw). 

 Lope, n. English, Rope. A rope. Tenas lope, a cord ; skin lope, 



a raw hide, riata, or thong. 

 Luk'-ut-chee, or La-k"wit-cliee, n. French, La coquille. (?) 



Cluins. Used chiefly on J^^g■et Sound. 

 LuiU, n. English, Rum. Spirits of any sort. 



M. 



Mah-kook, ^^, n. Nootka, ISIakuk ; Nittinat and Tokwaht, idem ; 

 Makah, Bakwatl. To buy or sell ; trade or exchange; a bargain. 

 As their buying and selling was merely barter, the same w'ord always 

 answered for both operations. Kah mika mahkouk okook calipeen ? 

 where did you buy that rifle? hyas mahkpok, dear ; tenas mahkook, 

 cheap. 



Mah-kook-house. A trading-house or a store. 



Mah-lie, «>. Nisqually. To forget. Of local use on Puget Sound. 



IVCahsh, V. a. French, Marcher. To leave ; to turn out ; to throw 

 avHiy ; to part with; remove. Ex, Mahsh chuck kopa boat, bail 

 the boat out' mahsh okook salmon, throw away that fish ; mahsh 

 maika capo, take off your coat; mahsh! (to a dog) get out! mahsh 

 tenas, to have a child ; to be delivered ; yakka mahsh tum-tum kopa 

 nika, he has given me his orders, or told me his ivishes ; mahsh kow, 

 to untie ; mahsh stone, to castrate. 



lYEah-sie, v. French, Mercie. Thank you. 



Maht-lin-nie, ac^t'. Chinook, MAtlini. Offshore. (In boating), 

 ktrp off! (if on land), towards the water. 



Maht-'Wil-lie, adv. Chinook, Mathw-ili. In shore; shoreward. 

 (xVs a command), kcej) in; (on land), towards the woods, or the 

 interior. 



IVEa-lah, n. Chinook, Malagh. Tinware; crockery; earthenware. 



Mal-i eh, v. French, Marier. To m.arry. 



IVEa'-ina, ». English, Mamma. A mother. 



Mam'-ook, 2'. a, Nootka, Mamuk. To make ; to do ; to work. It 



