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yee salmon, i.e., _chief salmon, the spring salmon (salmo kwinnat,_ Rich.); masahchie salmon, _a winter species (salmo canis,_ Suckley); tzum salmon, _salmon trout._ ~Salt~, _n., adj._ English, idem. _Salt, or a salt taste._ Salt chuck, _the sea._ ~San-de-lie~, _n., adj._ French, CENDRE. _Ash-colored._ (Anderson.) _A roan horse; roan-colored._ ~Sap'-o-lill~, _n._ Chinook, TSAPELEL. _Wheat, flour, or meal._ Piah sapolill, _baked bread;_ lolo sapolill, _whole wheat._ The word has been erroneously supposed to come from the French _la farine._ It is, however, a true Indian word, and seems common to various Columbia river tribes. Pandosy gives SAPLIL as Yakama for _bread;_ Lewis and Clarke write it CHAPELELL. ~Se-ah-host~, or ~Se-agh'-ost~, _n._ Chinook, SIAKHOST, _the face._ _The face; the eyes._ Halo seahhost, _blind;_ icht seahhost, _one-eyed;_ lakit seahhost (_four eyes_), or dolla seahhost, _spectacles_. ~Se-ah-po~, or ~Se-ah-pult~, ~n.~ French, CHAPEAU. _A hat or cap._ Seahpult olillie, _the raspberry._ ~Shame~, or ~Shem~, _n._ English, idem. _Shame._ Halo shem mika? _arn't you ashamed of yourself?_ ~Shan-tie~, _v._ French, CHANTER. _To sing._ ~She-lok'-um~, _n._ Chinook, TSHAILAKUMIT. (Anderson.) _A looking-glass; glass._ ~Ship~, _n._ English, idem. _A ship or vessel._ Stick ship, _a sailing vessel;_ piah ship, _a steamer;_ ship-man, _a sailor._ ~Shoes~, _n._ English, idem. _Shoes; skin shoes; moccasins._ Stick shoes, _boots or shoes made of leather._ ~Shot~, _n._ English, idem. _Shot; lead._ Shot olillie, _huckleberries._ ~Shu'-gah~, or ~Shu'-kwa~, _n._ English. _Sugar._ ~Shugh~, _n._ Chinook, SHUKHSHUKH. _A rattle._ An imitation doubtless of the sound. (Anderson.) Shugh-opoots, _a rattlesnake._ ~Shut~, _n._ English, SHIRT. _A shirt._ ~Shwah-kuk~, _n._ Chihalis, SHWAKEUK. _A frog._ ~Si-ah~, _adj._ Nootka, SAIA. _Far; far off._ Comparative distance is expressed by intonation or repetition; as, siah-siah, _very far;_ wake siah, _near, not far._ Jewitt gives SIEYAH as the _sky_ in Nootka, which was perhaps the true meaning, or, more probably, they called the sky "the afar." ~Si-am~, _n._ Chinook, ISHAIEM. _The grizzly bear._ ~Sick~, _adj._ English, idem. _Sick._ Cole sick, _the ague;_ sick tum-tum, _grieved; sorry; jealous; unhappy._ ~Sikhs~, or ~Shikhs~, _n._ Chinook, SKASIKS; Sahaptin, SHIKSTUA. (Pandosy.) _A friend._ Used only towards men. ~Sin'-a-moxt~, _adj._ Chinook, S
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