C.

Cal-li-peen, _n._

A rifle.

Ca-nim, _n._

A canoe.

Canim stick, the cedar, or wood from which canoes are usually made.

Ca-po.

A coat.

Chah-ko.

To come; to become.

Ex. Kanish mika chahko? when did you come?

Chahko kloshe, to get well.

Chack-chack.

The bald eagle.

Chee.

Lately; just now; new.

Chee nika ko, I have just arrived.

Hyas chee, entirely new.

Chet-lo or Jet-lo, _n._

An oyster.

Chet-woot.

A black bear.

Chick-a-min, _n._, _adj._

Iron; metal; metallic.

T'kope chikamin, silver; pil chickamin, gold or copper.

Chickamin lope, wire; a chain.

Chik-chik.

A wagon or cart.

Chil-chil.

Buttons.

Chitsh, _n._

A grandmother.

Chope, _n._

A grandfather.

Cho-tub, _n._

A flea.

Chuck, _n._

Water; a river or stream.

Salt chuck, the sea.

Skookum chuck, a rapid.

Solleks chuck, a rough sea.

Chuck chahko or kalipi, the tide rises or falls;

saghilli and keekwillie chuck, high and low tide.

Chuck-kiu.

To kick.

Close.

See Kloshe.

Cly, _v._

To cry.

Cole, _adj._

Cold.

Cole illahie, winter.

Icht cole, a year.

Cole sick waum sick, the fever and ague.

Comb.

A comb.

Mamook comb, to comb.

Mamook comb illahie, to harrow.

Coo-ley.

To run.

Cooley kiuatan, a race-horse.

Yahka hyas kumtuks cooley, he can _i.e._ knows how to run well.

Coop-coop, _n._

Shell money.

See Hykwa.

Co-sho, _n._

A hog; pork.

Siwash cosho, a seal.

Cultus, _adj._

Worthless; good for nothing; without purpose.

Ex. Cultus man, a worthless fellow;

cultus potlatch, a present or free gift;

cultus heehee, a jest; merely laughing;

cultus nannitsh, to look around;

cultus mitlite, to sit idle;

cultus klatawa, to stroll.

_Ques._ What do you want? _Ans._ Cultus, _i.e._ nothing.

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