2S DICTIONARY OF THE CRIXOOK JAKGON. 



Tup-so, or Tip' SO, n. Chinook. Tepso, a leaf. Grass ; leaves , 



fringe; feathers; fur. Often but incorrectly employed for Yakso, 



lialr; tipso illahie, prome; dely tipso, hay. 

 Ty'-ee, n., adj. Nootka, Taivi; Tyee (Jewitt). A chief. Any 



thing of superior order. Saghalie tyee, the Deity ; tyee salmon, 



the spring salmon. Toyon is given by some of the northwestern 



voyagers as the Eskimo appellation for chief. 

 Tzum, ?;., odj. Chinook, idem. Mixed colors ; sjyots or stripes; a 



■mark or figure ; writing ; paint ; painted. Tzum sill, printed calico; 



tzum pehpa, writing ; mamook tzum, to lurite ; tzum illahie, blazed 



or surveyed land. 



AY. 



Wagh, V. Chinook, Wakh. To poiir ; to spill; to vomit. !Mamook 



wagh chuck, p)our out some water. 

 Wake, odv. Nootka, Wik (Jewitt) ; Tokwaht, Wek. No ; not. 

 Wa'-ki, adv. (Hale.) Chinook, Waki. To~morroxo. Not Jargon. 

 Wap'-pa-tOO, ". Quaere u. d. The root of the Sagitaria sayitti- 

 folia, which forms an article of food ; the potato. The word is 



neither Chinook nor Chihalis, but is everywhere in common use. 

 "Wash, V. English, idem. Mamook wash, to wash. 

 Waum, adj. English, Warm. Hyas waum, hot; waum illahie, 



suniiner ; mamook waum, to heat; waum-sick-cole-sick, /ewe/- and 



ague. 

 Wau'-wau, ^'., n. Nootka; Nittinat, Waave. To talk; speak; 



call; ask; tell; ansirer ; talk or conversation. Cultus wauwau, 



idle talk ; stuff; nonsense; hyas wauwau, to shout. 

 Way '-hut, Hweh'-kut, or Wee '-hut, n. Chinook, Wehut, a 



road ; Yakama, Wiet, far. A road or trail. Tsik-tsik w^ayhut, a 



wagon-road. About Vancouver, on the Columbia, it is pronounced 



HwEHKUT ; on Puget Sound, Weehut. 

 Weght, corij. Chinook, idem. Again; also; ynorc. Pe nika weght, 



and I too; pahtlatsh weght, give me some more ; tenas weght, a 



little more yet. 

 Whim,?'. Wasco. (Shaw.) To fell, Vshm sUok, a fallen tree ; 



niainook whim okook stick, /c// that tree. Also, to throw., in wrest 



ling. Of local use only. 

 Win'-a-pie, adv. Nootka; Niitinat, Wilapi. By-and-bye ; pres- 

 ently; wait. Of local use; the Chinook Alki being more com 



mon. 



