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

Оглавление

George Gibbs. Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon

PREFACE

~PART I.~ CHINOOK-ENGLISH

A DICTIONARY OF THE CHINOOK JARGON

~PART II.~ ENGLISH-CHINOOK

PART II. ENGLISH-CHINOOK

THE LORD'S PRAYER IN JARGON

Отрывок из книги

NOTE.—The references, "Hale," "Cook," "Jewitt," are respectively to Hale's "Ethnology of the United States Exploring Expedition," "Cook's Voyages," and "Jewitt's Narrative." The others, as "Anderson," "Pandosy," "Shaw," "Tolmie," are from manuscript notes of those gentlemen in possession of the writer.

~Ah-ha~, adv. Common to various tribes. Yes. Expression of simple assent. On Puget Sound, E-ÉH.

.....

~Chah'-ko~, v. Nootka, Clayoquot, CHAKO; Tokwaht, TCHOKWA. To come; to become. Ex. Kansik mika chahko? when did you come? Chahko kloshe, to get well.

~Chák chak~, n. Chinook, idem. The bald eagle (by onoma.), from its scream. Of only local use on the lower Columbia.

.....