S.

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.

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