Chapter C
CANOE (_generic_), skwalkh;
_Chinook and Makah pattern_, uet-hues, [=o]t-hues;
_small do._, kuek-ho'uetl;
_large Kawitchen canoe_, shwa-atl;
_small fishing canoe_, sno'wh'tl;
_shovel-nosed or burden canoe_, klai.
CARRY, _to_, sueng-at';
_to carry on the back_, sueng-ang;
_on the shoulder_, ang-ut-tuen;
_in the hand_, wi-kwo-nat'.
CEDAR, (_Thuja_), h'pai.
CERTAINLY, _of course_, ho'wues.
CHALK (_properly a white diatomaceous earth used for cleaning skins_),
stau'okw.
CHIEF, si-am.
CHISEL, _of stone_, sh-we'uekh.
CHOP WOOD, _to_, kuem'muet.
CLEAR SKY, shu-ewk'h-hu.
CLEAR OFF, _to_, (_of the weather_), s'ai-yuet-tung;
_it is clearing off_, ta-chil shu-auk-hu (_clear it comes_).
CLOTH, _calico_, as-halkh (_i.e. "figured"_);
_domestics_, puek'h; (_white_);
_baize_, tsats'a-whuen;
_flannel_, tsuel'whuem.
CLOUDS, spa'hu;
_it is clouding over_, ta'chil nuekh-no'-wues.
COALS _of fire_, chtist.
COAL, _stone coal_, pe'chit.
COAT, snu-eks.
COLORS:
White, puek'h.
Black, nuek-kikh.
Red, n'suek'h, n'suekw.
Blue, chi-a-lis;
pale do., ni-hwekw.
Yellow, n's-kwuel-la-wuen, nuek-wai.
Green, ni-tlut'h, nuek-wai.
COME, _to_, n'a, e-na;
_I come from Simiamoo_, si-tue-sin Si-mi-a-mu;
_come with me_, nuek-wa-shin-nus;
_come into the house_, an-a-la we-lueng, _or_ an-ush-ta no e-lueng (a-lueng,
_a house_);
_come near_ (_imp._), n'at'la.
COOK, _to cook on hot stones_, k'k'pak.
COOKED, _it is cooked_ ("_done_"), kwuel.
COPULATE, _to_, suen-nokh.
COUGH, _to_, ta'kwuen.
CRADLE, pat'suets.
CRUSTACEANS:
Crab, bes-kwu, ae-chuekh.
Spider Crab, ku-kwatl-shin.
Stone Crab, ku-kwin-no-wa.
CRY, _I_, ho-ang'suen.
COVER, _to_, kle-hwes-tueng.
CUP, mem'tuek'h.
CUT _with a knife_, _to_, shipt.
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