20 DICTIUKAKY OF THE CHINUUK JAKGoN. 



Ote-lagh, ". (Hale.) Chinook, OOtlakh. The sun. Not prop- 

 erly a Jargon word. 

 Ow, n. Chinook, Au. A brother younger than the speaker. 



P. 



'Pahtl, adj. Chinook, Patl. Full. Pahtl lum or paht-lnm, (?n(?^^^; 

 • pahtl chuck, wet; pahtl illahie, dirt;/ ; mamook pahtl, to Jill. 



Paint, or Pent, ?^., adj. English, Paint. Mamook pent, to 2')ai)it. 



Papa, n. English, idem. A father. 



Pa'see-sie, ». Chinook, PAsisi. A blanket ; woollen cloth. 



Pa-si'-OOks, «., adj. Chinook, PasIsiuks. French; a French- 

 man. Mr. Hale supposed this to be a corruption of the French 

 word Francais. It is, however, really derived from the foregoing 

 word, Pasisi, with the terminal uks, which is a plural form ap- 

 plied to living beings. Lewis and Clarke (vol. ii., p. 413) give 

 Fashinheooks, clothmen, as the Chinook name for the whites, and 

 this explanation was also furnished me by people of that tribe. It 

 has since been generally restricted to the French Canadians, though 

 among some of the tribes east of the Cascade Pvange, it is applied 

 indiscriminately to all the Hudson's Bay people. 



Pchih, or Pit-chih, adj. Quaere u. d. Thin in dimension, as of a 

 board. (Shaw.) Not in common use, 



Pe-chugh, adj. Chinook, Ptsekh. Green. 



"Pee, conj. French, Puis. (Anderson.) Then; besides; and; or; 

 but. Pee weght, and also; besides which ; pee nika wauwau wake, 

 but I say, No. 



Peh'-pah, n. English, Paper. Paper; a letter; any writing. 

 Mamook pehpah, to write. 



Pel'-ton, n.. Of//. Jargon. A fool ; foolish ; crazy. Kahkwa pel- 

 ton, like a fool ; hyas pelton mika, you are very silly. 



The Indians adopted this word from the name of a derangxjd 

 person, Archibald Pelton, or pei'haps Felton, whom Mr. Wilson P. 



*■ Hunt found on his journey to Astoria, and carried there with him. 

 The circumstance is mentioned by Franchere, in his "Narrative," 

 trans, p. 149. 

 Pe-shak', or Pe-shuk', adj. Nootka, Pkshuk; Nittinat, idem. 



Bad. 

 Pe-what'-tie, adj. Chinook, PiHWATV Thin, like paper, &c. 

 Pi'-ah, n., adj. English, Fire. Fire; ripe ; cooked. Mamook piah, 

 to cook ; to burn; piah-ship, a steamer; piah olillie, ripe berries j 



