Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon

by George Gibbs

~Le-sée-zo~, n. French, LE CISEAU. Scissors.

~Le-sóok~, n. French, LE SUCRE. Sugar.

~Le-táh~, n. French, LE DENT. The teeth.

~Le-whet'~, n. French, LE FOUET. A whip. Mamook lewhet, to whip.

~Lice~, n. English. Rice.

~Lik-pu'-hu~, or ~Lik'-po~, n. (Hale.) An elder sister. Mr. Hale gives this as a Chinook word. If so, it is probably a corruption of KUP'HO. It is not used in Jargon.

~Lip'-lip~, v. By onoma. (Hale). To boil Mamook liplip, to make, or cause to boil.

~Ló-lo~, v. Chinook, idem. Originally, to carry a child on the back. In Jargon, used in a more extended sense. To carry; to load. Lolo kopa tsiktsik, to carry in a cart. Mamook lolo kopa canim, to load into a canoe.

~Lo-lo'~, adj. Chinook, LOWULLO. Round; whole; the entire of any thing. 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.