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usually counted from this; as, icbt, mokst, klone sun kopet Sun- 

 day, one, two, or three days after Sunday. Saturday used to be 

 called at the Hudson's Bay Company's posts " muckarauck sun," 

 food day, as the one on which the rations were issued. 



T. 



Tagh'-um, To'-hum, or Tugh'-um, adj. Chinook, Takhum; 



Cowlitz, TuKHUM ; Kwantlen, Tukhum' ; Selish, Takkan, Six. 

 Tahl-kie, or Tahnl-kie, adv. Chinook, Taxlki. Yesterday. 



Icht tahlkie, day before yesterday. 

 Tah-nim, v. Chihalis, idem. To vieasure. Of only local use, and 



not strictly Jargon. 

 Taht'-le-lum, or Tot'-le-lum, adj. Chinook, Tatlelum. Ten. 



The combinations from this are simple. Moxt, klone, (fee, tahtle- 



lum, signifying twenty, thirty, &c. ; tahtlelum pe icht, &c., eleven, 



twelve, &c. 

 Tal-a-pus, n. Chinook, Italipas ; Yakama, Telipa. (Pandosy.) 



The coyote or prairie ivolf. A sort of deity or supernatural being, 



prominent in Indian mythology. A sneaTc. 

 Ta-mah-no-us, n. Chinook, Itamanawas. A sort of guardian or 



familiar sj^irit ; magic,' luck; fortune; any thing supernatural. 



One's particular forte is said to be his tamahnous. Mamook ta- 



mahnous, to conjure; '•'■make medecinef masahchie tamahnous, 



wilcJicraft or necromancy. Mr. Anderson restricts the true meaning 



of the word to conjuring. 

 Ta-mo'-litsh, or Ta-mow'-litsh, n. Chinook, Tamulitsh (An- 

 derson) ; Yakama, Tamolitsh (Pandosy). A tub ; barrel; bucket 



Iclit tamolitsh, a bushel measure. 

 Tanse, v., n. English, Daxce. To dance. 

 T'chuk'-in, or Tsugh'-ken. See Chuckin. 

 Tea, n. English, idem. Tea. 

 Te-ah-wit, n. Chinook, TrAwt; Clatsop, Klaawit. The leg; 



the foot. Klatawa tealiwit, tc gc on foot; to walk ; klook teahwit, 



lame. 

 Teh-teh, v. Clatsop, Tetehaha. To trot, as a horse. Of local 



use only. 

 Ten'-as, or Tan'-as, n., adj. Nootka, Tanas ; Tokwaht, Tenes. 



Snidll ; feiv ; little; a child; the young of any animal. Mokst 



nika tenas, I have tu<o children; tenas hyiu, a few ; tenas sun, early. 



Jewitt gives Tan'assis for a child in Ngotka. 



