untamed._ It applies to
men as well as animals, as, for instance, to the tribes which have had no
intercourse with the settlements.
~Le-moo'-to~, or ~Lam'-mu-to~, _n._ French, LES MOUTONS. _Sheep._
~Le-pan'~, _n._ French, LE PAIN. _Bread; raised or light bread._
~Le-pee'~, _n._ French, LE PIED. _The feet._
~Le-pish'-e-mo~, _n._ Quaere u. d. _The saddle-blanket and housings of a
horse._
~Le-plet~, _n._ French, LE PRETRE. _A priest._
~Le-pwau'~, _n._ French, LES POIS. _Peas._
~Le-sak'~, _n._ French, LE SAC. _A bag; a pocket._
~Le-sap'~, or ~Le-zep'~, _n._ French, LES OEUFS. _An egg; eggs._
~Le-see-blo~, _n._ French, LES EPERONS. _Spurs._
~Le-see-zo~, _n._ French, LE CISEAU. _Scissors._
~Le-sook~, _n._ French, LE SUCRE. _Sugar._
~Le-tah~, _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._
~Lo-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._
~Luk'-ut-chee~, or ~La-kwit-chee~, _n._ French, LA COQUILLE. (?) _Clams._
Used chiefly on Puget Sound.
~Lum~, _n._ English, RUM. _Spirits of any sort._
~M.~
~Mah-kook~, _v., n._ Nootka, MAKUK; Nittinat and Tokwaht, idem; Makah,
BAKWATL. _To buy or sell; trade or exchange; a bargain._ As their buying
and selling was merely barter, the same word always answered for both
operations. Kah mika mahkook okook calipeen? _where did you buy that
rifle?_ hyas mahkook, _dear;_ tenas mahkook, _cheap._
~Mah-kook-house.~ _A trading-house or a store._
~Mah-lie~, _v._ Nisqually. _To forget._ Of local use on Puget Sound.
~Mahsh~, _v. a._ French, MARCHER. _To leave; to turn out; to throw away;
to part with; remove._ Ex. Mahsh chuck kopa boat, _bail the boat out;_
mahsh okook salmon, _throw away that f
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