pit._ A manufactured word.
~Toke-tie~, _adj._ Kalapuya. _Pretty._ Not in common use.
~To'-lo~, _v._ Kalapuya. _To earn; to win at a game; to gain._ Kansih
dolla nika tolo spose mamook? _how many dollars will I earn if I work?_
~To'-luks~, _n._ Clallam, TOYUK. _The mussel._ Used on Puget Sound only.
~To-mol-la~, _adv._ English, TO-MORROW. Ikt tomolla, _or_ copet tomolla,
_the day after._
~Tot~, _n._ Chihalis, TOT, or TAT. _An uncle._
~To'-to~, _v._ By onoma. Chinook, TOKH-TOKH. _To shake; sift any thing;
winnow._
~To-toosh'~, or ~Ta-toosh'~, _n._ Chippeway, TOTOSH. (Schoolcraft.) _The
breasts of a female; milk._ Totoosh lakles, _butter._
~To-wagh'~, _adj._ Chinook, TOWAKH. _Bright; shining; light._
~Tsee~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Sweet._
~Tsee'-pie~, _v._ Kalapuya. _To miss a mark; to mistake one's road; to
make a blunder in speaking; to err or blunder._ Tseepie wayhut, _to take
the wrong road._
~Tshi'-ke~, _adv._ (Hale.) Quaere u. d. _Directly; soon._ Not Jargon.
~Tshis~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Cold._ Not in common use.
~Tsi-at-ko~, _n._ Chihalis, Nisqually, &c., idem; Clatsop, ECHIATKU. _A
nocturnal demon,_ much feared by the Indians. The Skagits give this name
to the "Couteaux," a tribe of Indians on Frazer River, of whom they stand
in like awe.
~Tsik'-tsik~, or ~Tchik'-tchik~, _n._ By onoma. _A wagon; a cart; a
wheel._ Tsiktsik wayhut, _a wagon-road._
~Tsil'-tsil~, or ~Chil'-chil~, _n._ Chinook, ECHILCHIL. (Anderson.)
_Buttons; the stars._
~Tsish~, _v._ By onoma., in imitation of the sound of a grindstone.
(Shaw.) Mamook tsish, _to sharpen._ Of local use.
~Tsole-pat~, _n._ Klikatat. _A shot-pouch._ Of local use only.
~Tso'-lo~, _n._ Kalapuya. (Shaw.) _To wander in the dark; to lose one's
way._ Used in the Willamette valley.
~Tsugh~, _n., v._ Chinook, idem. _A crack or split._ Mamook tsugh, _to
split;_ chahko tsugh, _to become split or cracked,_ as by the heat of the
sun; mamook tsugh illahie, is by some used instead of klugh, for _to
plough._
~Tsuk~. See CHUCK.
~Tuk-a-mo'-nuk~, or ~Tak-a-mo'-nak~, _adj._ Chinook, ITAKAMONAK. _A
hundred._ It is, like ten, combined with the digits; as, icht, moxt, klone
takamonak, _one hundred, two hundred, three hundred,_ &c. Hyas takamonak,
_or_ tahtlelum takamonak, _a thousand._
~Tuk'-wil-la~, or ~To'-kwil-la~, _n._ Kalapuya. _The hazel-nut; nuts
generally._
~Tum'-tum~, _n._ By onoma., from the pulsations of the heart. (Anderson.)
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