_The heart; the will; opinion._ Mahsh tumtum, _to give orders,_ mamook
tumtum, _to make up one's mind;_ mamook closhe tumtum, _to make friends or
peace;_ sick tumtum, _grief; jealousy;_ moxt tumtum nika, _I am
undecided,_ i.e., _I have two wills. Q._ Kah nesika klatawa? _where shall
we go? A._ Mika tumtum, _wherever you please; as you will._ Ikta mika
tumtum? _what do you think?_ Halo tumtum, _without a will of one's own,_
as a child. The heart seems to be generally regarded as the seat of the
mind or will.
~Tum-wa'-ta~, _n._ TUM, by onoma.; English, WATER. _A waterfall, cascade,
or cataract._ Lewis and Clarke give TIMM as used by the Indians above the
Dalles of the Columbia in directing them to the falls.
~Tup'-shin~, or ~Tip'-sin~, _v._ Chihalis, TUPSHIN. _A needle._ Mamook
tipsin, _to sew; to mend; to patch._
~Tup-so~, or ~Tip'-so~, _n._ Chinook, TEPSO, _a leaf._ _Grass; leaves,
fringe; feathers; fur._ Often but incorrectly employed for YAKSO, _hair;_
tipso illahie, _prairie;_ dely tipso, _hay._
~Ty'-ee~, _n., adj._ Nootka, TAIYI; TYEE (Jewitt). _A chief._ Any thing of
superior order. Saghalie tyee, _the Deity;_ tyee salmon, _the spring
salmon._ TOYON is given by some of the northwestern voyagers as the Eskimo
appellation for _chief._
~Tzum~, _n., adj._ Chinook, idem. _Mixed colors; spots or stripes; a mark
or figure; writing; paint; painted._ Tzum sill, _printed calico;_ tzum
pehpa, _writing;_ mamook tzum, _to write;_ tzum illahie, _blazed or
surveyed land._
~W.~
~Wagh~, _v._ Chinook, WAKH, _To pour; to spill; to vomit._ Mamook wagh
chuck, _pour out some water._
~Wake~, _adv._ Nootka, WIK (Jewitt); Tokwaht, WEK. _No; not._
~Wa'-ki~, _adv._ (Hale.) Chinook, WAKI. _To-morrow._ Not Jargon.
~Wap'-pa-too~, _n._ Quaere u. d. _The root of the Sagitaria sagittifolia,_
which forms an article of food; _the potato._ The word is neither Chinook
nor Chihalis, but is everywhere in common use.
~Wash~, _v._ English, idem. Mamook wash, _to wash._
~Waum~, _adj._ English, WARM. Hyas waum, _hot;_ waum illahie, _summer;_
mamook waum, _to heat;_ waum-sick-cole-sick, _fever and ague._
~Wau'-wau~, _v., n._ Nootka; Nittinat, WAWE. _To talk; speak; call; ask;
tell; answer; talk or conversation._ Cultus wauwau, _idle talk; stuff;
nonsense;_ hyas wauwau, _to shout._
~Way'-hut~, ~Hweh'-kut~, or ~Wee'-hut~, _n._ Chinook, WEHUT, _a road;_
Yakama, WIET, _far._ _A road or trail._ Tsik-tsik wayhut, _a wagon-road._
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