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

by George Gibbs

~To-wagh'~, adj. Chinook, TOWAKH. Bright; shining; light.

~Tsee~, adj. Chinook, idem. Sweet.

~Tsee'-pie~, v. Kalapuya. To miss a mark; to mistake one's road; to make a blunder in speaking; to err or blunder. Tseepie wayhut, to take the wrong road.

~Tshi'-ke~, adv. (Hale.) Quære u. d. Directly; soon. Not Jargon.

~Tshis~, adj. Chinook, idem. Cold. Not in common use.

~Tsi-át-ko~, n. Chihalis, Nisqually, &c., idem; Clatsop, ÉCHIATKU. A nocturnal demon, much feared by the Indians. The Skagits give this name to the "Couteaux," a tribe of Indians on Frazer River, of whom they stand in like awe.

~Tsik'-tsik~, or ~Tchik'-tchik~, n. By onoma. A wagon; a cart; a wheel. Tsiktsik wayhut, a wagon-road.

~Tsil'-tsil~, or ~Chil'-chil~, n. Chinook, ECHILCHIL. (Anderson.) Buttons; the stars.

~Tsish~, v. By onoma., in imitation of the sound of a grindstone.
(Shaw.) Mamook tsish, to sharpen. Of local use.

~Tsóle-pat~, n. Klikatat. A shot-pouch. Of local use only.