A Dictionary of the Hudson's-Bay Indian Language

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DICTIONARY

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The Hudson's-Bay Indian Language.

The Personal Notes are as follow, viz.

I, or Me: Netha
Thee, or Thou: Kethea
He, or Him: Wetha
We: Ne thaun
You: Ke tha woa

Your Party and ours included: Ke thawn noe
They, or them of a Company: We thaw woa

NOTE, When you wou'd speak of any thing concerning your self, or, That it is mine, observe always to put the word Ne, or at least pronounce the N to begin the word with; as for Example, to say, it is my awl, Noos ka jick, it is yours, or thine, Koos ka jick. To say it is theirs or his, Woos ka jick; and in the plural Cases you must use those Words at length, as are inserted in the personal Notes, as for Example, to say it belongs to us, Ne thaun Noos ka jick coom. To say it belongs to they or them, We thaw woa oos ka jick coom. To say it belongs to your Party, Ke tha woa koos ka jick coom, &c.

Words beginning Alphabetically.

A

ALL: ca kith tha
awls: oos kau jick
always: kess cutt
arrive with Canoe, or Ship: Mish sha gau
ases or Powder: Peh co
ax or hatchet: Chick ka higgen
assist or help us: Nee shoo ca mou wee
arrived by Land: Ta coosh in
ask a question: Cau quea che ma
ask or desire, him or them, to give you such a thing: Na tut ta mow
an able Man: Cau thau wau pai
a Company of able Men: Cau thau wau pai wee uck
above: is spim mihk
abandon, to forsake or leave: Na cut taw
arrows: at tuss
arrow-heads: at tuss au bisk
angry: This kau tai see
air: Ke shick
abaft, or hinder part of a Vessel: Oo tachk a ta kuk
afore, or the fore-part of a Vessel: Neesh taum e ta kuk
ashamed: Ne pai wissue
abhor or loath: Pa qua tau
advise, or instruct: Kiss ke mau
afraid: Gooss ta chee
aged Man: Ke shay noa pai
aged Woman: Ke shay e squea
arm of a Man: Spitt tone
almost: Ke gat
ancle-bone: Thu thu me cun
another: Co tuck
apparel: ock co ho winn
arm, or branch of a River: Puss ca yoau
assault: Moos kish tou
augment, or put more to it: Ah shit tin na
aukward, or unhandy: Ny eh tau wissee
avoid, or run from Danger: Oosh she moe
allarum: A mut tiss soo
alone: Ne shick cut
asleep: Ne paou
athirst: Ne pau quea
abundance, or many: Me chaytee
a ground with a Vessel: Miss sis Caih tinn
alike: Shin nau guone
alive: Ith thith the wee
anon: Esh quoa
apart: Pah caun
appear: No quos see
archer: Na haw shoo way
Arse: Chisk

B

Brains: We the tihp
beard: Me this to wan
back: Spis quon
belly: Tye
back-bone: Wau we cun
broken-back'd: Cuss cau we cun na
broken-leg'd: Cuss ke cott tau
broken-arm'd: Cuss ke pit tone na
bad or nought: Mau thau tun
bag or sack: Miss ca moot (or) Me wot
bear black: Miss squa
bear white: Wau pusk
bait for Fish: Coos cai yauo
beads: Me kiss
brass: Saw weh co man
black: Cuss ke tai see
baggonets: Tah cutch e gun
brandy: Squil tay wau boe
blankets: Wau pe wy an
beaver, the Creature: Am misk
beaver-skin, parchment: Ah tye (or) cauth cah tye
beaver-coat: Match che wy an
beat: Tom ma hoe
bend: Wau kin nau
bay: Waw shaw
blind: Na ma ke nut ta wa be
blood: Mith co
bread: A thoo ka nau
book, or writing: Miss en a higgen
bough, or knot of a Tree: Wot tihk quon
blew: Ass ke toh co
break: Cuss cut tin nau
broak: Boas cuss cau
burnt: Mesh te tau
broath: Moosh ca mee
bow to shoot with: Ah cha pee
build a House or Tent: Man noo cau
build a Ship or Cannoe: Ash to thee
Boy: Nau pai ish
barefooted: Sha sha ke sit tai
berries in general: Mee nish
bitter: We so gun
body: We ou
brittle: Woh ca won
broiled: Mess ca tai puoy
boil: Pah kauh tau
bundle: Me wush
burden: Nay ah teh che gan
boyl, sore: See kihp
bells: Shee way hoo tau gun
beautiful: Ke shish shoo
beguile: Wy esh e ca moe
behold: Cun nau wau bum
believe: Taw puy tum
bewail: Mih taut tum
bloody: Mith co wee
brethren: We che shauto wuck
born: Nih tau wig gee

C

Catcht in a trap: To soos soo
catch Fish in a Net: Pit tau hum
catch a Beaver in a Net: Pet tau hoth tha
call: Nutt tum
change: Miss cutch
cheek: Won nuoy
chaw: Maw quohtch e gay
chide: Ke tote taou
child: A washish (or) appe thotch is
choaked: At to hoo
corps: Me no ca now
couch or stoop: Oo tiht appe
creek: Se be ish
candle: Wash tan a maw gun
captive: Wau kaun
castle: Wass cau higgen
cedar: Maush a keesk
challenge: Mow we nai hoo
channel: Tim me may gun (or) Tim m pay yaou
children: A wash ish uck
cloudy: Woss co wee
copper: Saw wih co man (or) Mith co co man
creep: Muss coh tay
cripple: Mass kiss sue
crying: Mau tow
current of a River: Pim itch che won
cut: Mau tish sha
cannoe: Oatte (or) Che man
combs: Shick cau hone
cap: Ash tut tin
coat: Oc cohpe
cat, English: Cau shuck keesh
cat wild: Pish shoo
castorum: Wee shee naw
climb: Ke chay guss see
carry: Nay yah tau
cold: Kiss sin
calm: Ath thwash tin
complain: Mau she mush towe
cover: Ock quaun nau
covetous: Ass poon niss see
chin: Quos coon nay
cowardly: Shoak coo ta hay
consider: We shoo beth the tum
crooked: Wau caou

D

Dance: Nim mee
dawn: Pett nau bun
dead: Ne pew (or) Che pye
deaf: Nau mah nau heh tum
deer: Ah tihk
dirt or mud: Ash shish kee
dish: Ooth au gun
door: Squah tem
draw: Oo tap pay
dream: Pow wau mew
drink: Min ne queah
drunk: Kees squea bea
dung of a Man: Mai yea
dung of Beast: Mai chee
dust: Ath thake caw
dark: Won ne tau biss cau
daughter: Taw niss
deny: Cau taou
depart: Ke way
despair: Ke wosh eth the tum
destroy: Peek co bitt tau
dispatch: Kith the pee
day: Ke shick cau
dreamer: Pow waum ish ke
dreadful: Guss tas sin nau gus see
drowned: Nish tau paw way
don't: He cau
defie: Maw theath im may
displease: Keesh sheim mau
dispute: Ke kih queaw
dried: Pass saw gun a wee
duffils Piss sway wy an
ducks: She ship

E

Ear: Tow wog guy
earth: Ass kee
eat: Metch chis sue
eggs: Wau wee
eight: I yea nau nay
eagle: Mai kiss sue
empty: Nau mah ass soo wot tay
eye: Skeesh ick
elbow: Tose quon
equal: Tab biss cootch
exchanger: Miss cootch (or) Miss coo tun nay mow wee
ermins: See cooss

F

Fear: Gush tain
fool: Miss sitt
few: Che cau wash ish
fire: Ish squit tao
first: Nish tum
fish: Nau mace
five: Ne ath thaw
flame: Pass see tay
flank: Oo chais ta tye
flesh: We ash
flying: Pim mith thay
flints: Mash tau twa bisk
flood: Pa peth thea
foolish: Na mau ith the boak caw
fowl in general: Pith thais see
found: Miss cum
four: Nay wee
fresh: Osh kee
friends: Ne tow tem
frogs: Ath theek
frost: Ock qua tim
flints for Guns: Cha kish a higgen (or) pass ca siggen appit
fire steels: Ap piht
files: Keesh ke mun
fish-hooks: Mith kih quon (or) she quatch che gun
father: Noh tau
feathers: Oo pee wye
finished: Ke she tane ne wee
forehead: Scoh tihk
food: Meetch im
forty: Nay we mit ten nau
fifty: Ne ath tha Mit ten nau
firebrand: Es squas cu shai
feeble: Ne thaw Miss see
fragments: Es quoth che gun
further: A woss see tay
fat: Weeth in no
fat dried: Pim me
foxes: Mau keesh shoo

G

Give: Me thee
glad: We noch co maw
gone: Shaw shy
good: Mith wash shee
grain in general: Muss cush shee min
grass: Muss cush shee
groan: May tway moe
great: Mish shegg gee tee
giant: Mish tau pay
girdle: Pah quah tay hone
greedy: Caw shuck
guns: Pass ca siggen
go: Pim mooh tay
goods: I o win ish
gravel: Ath ake caw
geese: Gray niss ka
gaul: We so be

H

Head: Ish tea quon
hair of a Man's Head: Esh tug guy.
haft: Ne kih twaun
hate: Pah quao taw
heel: Woh quon
hear: Peh ten
hearth: Coot tau wan ihk
heat: Up poy aou
helve: Ah tihk
hide or skin: Woss shug guy
hire or engage: At tut taow
hold: Tuh coon
hole in the Ground: Wau tew
hole in cloath or skin: Puck quon nye aou
hoofs or clawes: Oos kush shee
heart: Oo tai he
hatchetts: Chich ca higgen
horns: Esh cun
horns for Powder: Pitch che pe quan
half: Au biht taw
hangs: Ock cu taw
hungry: Thee won niss see
hunter: Mawtch chis key
hemp: Shaish tuck
hail: Say say gun
hand: Tihtch che

I

Jesting: We yeah tway
jealous: Cau queath the tum
ice: Muss quom mee
iceicles: Assissoo
iron: Pe wau bisk

K

Keep: Cun nau weth the tau
kick: Tohk kiss caw
knee: Chick quon
kiss: Toh kee
kneel: Chick quon appee
knife: Mo co man
knit a net: Ath thappe cai
knit snow shoos: Ash kin may
kindred: Woh co maw
know: Kiss keth the taine
kidneys: Oo titht tee coos see
kindness: Tit te maw geth the im maw
kettle: Ass keehk
kill: Ne pau haow

L

Lake: Saw cau higgen
launce: Shim maw gun
large: Mish sheggy tee
laugh: Pah pee
leafs: Ne pih
lean: Puss ca way
leave: Na cut taw
lice: Eh quah
lick: Nooth quatt tah
lie: Kith thaus kee
lift: Oh pin na
like: Shin nau guon
light: Thaw cush in
long: kin wooss quon
lost: Won nih taun
low: Tau bosh ish
linnen: Pa pack ke wy an
little: Pish ash shee
lodging: Ne pay win
lyar: Kith thass kish scew
looking-glass: Wau bum moe win
leather: Kee shin ne gun
loins: Took cun
liver: Oos coon
lights: Uth pun

M

Make: Woss she tau
maw: Piss quot tye
meet: Nuck kish cow
mice: Ab ba co sish
milk: To tosh au boe
moist: Neesh cau
moon: Ta bisk au peace im
more: Min na
mouth: Mitt tone
mountain: Wot chee
martin: Wau bish stan
morning: ke shape paou
man: Nau pay
mine: Ne thaun
mittens: As stiss

N

Naked: Moo shes cut tai

name: Weeth thoo win
nought: Muh che cau
neck: o qui ah
near: Pay sutch
night: Ta bis cau
nine: Shoak
noon: Ab biht tau keesh she cau
nose: Skee won
needy: Way wan nis see
nimble: Cha chas tau pee
nostrils: Teth the com may
nothing: Noth thau wosh
nets: Ath thap pee
net-lines: Shin noo taw gun
needles: Shob boon ny cun
new: Osh caw
navel: Oo tis i aub be
narrow: Shaw shaw co wau

O

One: Pai yoag
oyl: Mish tick o pim me
oar or paddle: Up pouy
owl: Ho ho miss soo
outside: Woss kitch
oatmeal: Au thoo min
otters: Ne kick

P

Porcupine: Kauk quoh
paunch: We naush tugguy
pheasant: Assis co
path: Mess cun
peep: Pass paub be
pinch: Chees tin
pipe: Oo spo gun
piss: Sick cue
play: Mett tau way
pull: O chib bih ta
pluck a Fowl: Puss coon ny thai
poles: A push shoo
pool: Pih tau paig
proud: Mah taug gus see
paint: Woth thom man
paleness: Wau pih queau
parents: Nee ke higg
people: E thith thee
perish with cold: Sea cutch chee
pillow: Ass pish e mone
pleasant: Mith waou
plenty: Way thote tis soo
powder: Peh co
pidgeon: Oo Mew mew
partner: Wee che haw gun
pricking: Ke shish in
partridges: Wau pe thay

Q

Quaking: Wau we putch che
quarrel: Ke cau wit tum
quiet: Ke aum a wiss see
quench Fire: Ash tau wain nao
quickly: Kith ip

R

Rain: Kim me wan
rise from sleep: Won nis cau
root: Wot tap pee
round: Wau we ass soo
row or paddle: Pim miss cau
rump: Oo shoo cun
river: Sea bee
rings: Ah tun (or) Tab bi tetch a biss soon
rib: O spig gai gun
red: Mith co sue
railing: Ath the moe wit tum
rather: Te au quotch
refresh: E the co hossoo
remains: Ash tay
repeat: Nuss pe to tau
report: E tih tau quon (or) atche maun ne wee
retain in memory: Kiss kiss sin
rifle: Muss cum
rusty: Ock quoa bis cau
reasons: Shoo min uck
rabbit: Wau pash
run: Chitch e bah tau

S

Sailing: Pim maush she
scabby: Me gew
scrape a Skin: Mau tau hau
scum: Peesh
sea: Ween ny paig
seal, or sea Dog: Ath kick
seek: Na tun nau
sew Cloth, or Leather: Kish tai quot tau
shame: Ne pai wiss soo
sharp: Cau shis in (or) keen ny cau
sheath, or case: Spick in nau gun
shooes: Muss kis in
shoot with Bow: Pim moo tohk quea
shoot with Gun: Pass ke siggay
short: Chim mass co shin
shout: Tay puoy
sick: No chee moe
sore, or pain: Ohk qua see
side: Ose spig guy
sunk: Coo sab bai
six: Ne coot twau shick
skin: Wy an
sky: Kee shick
skirt of a beast: Kee pau ho win
skull: Oos te quan ni cun
sleep: Ne pan
slow: Pai kis cau tis see
smart: We so kiss see
smell: Mith thaum
smiths: Wiss co john
smoak: Pash tay
snow: Cone
soft: Thoos kis sue
some: Pose co
sowre: She wis see
speech: Ath the me taug gus see
spew: Pau co moe
stink: Weh chai gun
stand: Ne pow we
stay: Pai he
steal: Kin moot tee
stiff: Muss cow wis see
stone: As sin ne
stoop: Nau wuck ke cau pow wee
straight: Quy ass quon
stream that runs: Pim mitch e won
string: Pe shag gay nai pe
suck: Noon nau tau
sing: Ne cum moe
swan: Waw piss soo
sweat: Up puoy see
sweet: Weh co tish she (or) we co shin
swelled: Pau kish tin
swim: Tha thaun nau
stockings: Mit tass
scrapers: Man ni tow aske
scissars: Moo shoo to win
sharpen: Kee ny put tau
softly: Nish sheehk
stomach: Naus ke cun
stony: Ass sin ny wis cau
shelter: Tau bin nau wohk
snake: Kin nai pick
shot: Assinnee
spoon: Em me quohn
scunck: Shee kauk quoh
squirril: Nick co chi
stars: Woh tohk
sun: Pee sim
summer: Nee pin

T

Thirsty: Ne paw quai
tail: Oo soo
tremble: We pe beth thee
talk: I yoam me
tired: Ty es co se
tast: Cohtch e puoy
teeth: Me pitt
that: An nim mau
ten: Me tah taw
there: Heck coo tay
these: Oo coo
they: We thau
thigh: Puoym
think: Mit tone eth the tum
through: Shob boe beth the
those: An nick ke
three: Nish toe
thread: Kish te quotch che gun
throw: Web bin nau
throat: Coh taw gun
thrust: Thuhck in nau
tye: Tohk co bit nau
toe or hoofs: Oo thus sit
tongue: Tea thin ney
torn: Tau too beth the
trapp: Wan ne higgen
tread: Tohk cus cau
try: Cau quay
two: Ne shoo
twins: Ne shoo tay wis see
tobacco: Shtem mau
tobacco-tongs: Moak quotch e gai ap peht
tender: Pick ish cau shee
thunder: Naimis ke (or) Pe thay see
traffick: at taw way
tin: Wau pih co man
turtle: Miss ke noahk
twenty: Ne shoo mit tenna
thirty: Nish toe Mit tenna
traveller: Pim moo hoo tai hone
tother: Co tuck
this: Oo maw

V

Veins: Mith co wy au pee
vex: Kiss sheim
veiw: Cun nau wau bah tum
use: Au wee
under: It taum ihk

W

Walk: Pim mooth tay
warm: Ke she puoi
warpt: Wau cauo
wash: Chis staw paou wot taw
waste: We yeah ge taw
watch: A shoo weth the tum
weak: Ne thau mis se
whelp: at tim oo sish
whither: Taun tay
where: Taun nee
white: Wau paou
whole: Miss se way aou
wink: Pass a gua bee
wipe or wring: See nau
wish: Pit taun ny mau
wolf: Maw heh cun
womb: Oos py aou
wood: Mish tick
words: Tit tway win
wrong: Me yat taw
water: Nee pe
weighty: Cuss se quon
woman: E squeaw
wounded: Mish wau gun
who: A wain nau
worms: Ket ta higgen (or) wih co tai he pe quoan
when: Taw ne spee
wise: Ke shay wat tis see
wanton: ith the wau wiss see
wind: Tho tin
winter: Pee poon

Y

You: Ke thau
yonder: Nai tay

FINIS.

This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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