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Sagh-a-lie. Up; above; high.
Saghalie Tyee, (literally the chief above) God. Sail. A sail; any cotton or linen goods.
Mamook sail, to make sail.
Mamook keekwillie sail, to take in sail.
Tzum sail, printed cloth or calico. Sa-kol-eks. Leggings; trowsers; pantaloons.
Keekwillie sakoleks, drawers. Sal-lal. The sallal berry. Salmon. The salmon.
Tyee salmon, i.e. chief salmon, the spring salmon. Salt. Salt or salt taste.
Salt chuck, the sea. San-de-lie. Ash colored; a roan horse; roan colored. Sap-o-lill. Wheat; flour or meal.
Pish sapolill, baked bread.
Lolo sapolill, whole wheat. Se-ah-host. The face; the eyes.
Halo seahhost, blind.
Icht seahhost, one-eyed.
Lakit seahhost, (four eyes) spectacles. Se-ah-po. A hat or cap.
Seahpo olillie, the raspberry. Shame or shem. Shame.
Halo shem mika? arn't [sic] you ashamed of yourself? Shan-tie. To sing. She-lok-um. A looking-glass; glass. Ship. Ship or vessel.
Stick ship, a sailing vessel.
Piah ship, a steamer.
Ship man, a sailor. Shoes. Shoes.
Stick shoes, boots and shoes made of leather. Shot. Shot; lead.
Shot olillie, huckleberries. Shugah. Sugar. Shugh. A rattle.
Shugh opoots, a rattlesnake. Shut. A shirt. Shwah-kuk. A frog. Si-ah. Far; far off.
Comparative distance is expressed by intonation or repetition;
as siah-siah, very far.
Wake siah, near; not far. Si-am. The grizzly bear. Sick. Sick.
Cole sick, the ague.
Sick tumtum, grieved; sorry; jealous; unhappy. Sikhs. A friend. Sin-a-moxt. Seven. Si-pah. Straight, like a ramrod. Sis-ki-you. A bob-tailed horse. Sit-kum. A half; a part.
Sitkum dolla, half a dollar.
Sitkum sun, noon.
Tenas sitkum, a quarter or small part. Sit-lay. Stirrups. Sit-shum. To swim. Si-wash. An Indian. Skin. Skin.
Skin shoes, moccasins.
Stick skin, the bark of a tree. Skoo-kum. Strong; strength;
a ghost; an evil spirit or demon.
Skookum tumtum, brave.
Skookum chuck, a rapid. Skwak-wal. A lamprey eel. Skwis-kwis. A squirrel. Sla-hal. A game played with eight small disks, one of which is marked. Smoke. Smoke; clouds; fog; steam. Snass. Rain.
Cole snass, snow. Snow. Snow. Soap. Soap. So-le-mie. The cranberry. Sol-leks. Anger; angry.
Mamook solleks, to fight.
Tikegh solleks, to be hostile.
Kumtuks solleks, to be passionate. So-pe-na. To jump; to leap. Spo-oh. Faded;
any light color, as pale blue; drab &c.
Chahko spooh, to fade. Spoon. A spoon. Spose. Suppose; if; supposing; provided that; in order that.
Spose mika nanitsh nika canim, if you see my canoe.
Spose nika klatawa kopa Victoria, if or when I go to Victoria.
Kahkwa spose, as if. Stick. A stick; a tree; wood; wooden.
Stick skin, bark.
Ship stick, a mast.
Mitwhit stick, a standing tree.
Icht stick, a yard measure.
Stick shoes, leather shoes or boots.
Isick stick, the ash. Stock-en. Stockings or socks. Stoh. Loose.
Mamook stoh, to untie; unloose. Stone. A rock or stone; bone; horn;
the testicles.
Stone kinatan, a stallion.
Mahsh stone, to castrate. Stote-kin. Eight. Stutchun. The sturgeon. Suk-wal-al. A gun or musket. Sun. The sun; a day.
Tenas sun, early.
Sitkum sun, noon.
Klip sun, sunset. Sunday. Sunday.
Icht Sunday, a week.
Hyas Sunday, a holiday.
Ex. Icht, mokst, klone sun kopet Sunday, one, two or three days after Sunday.