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VOCABULARY.—Continued.
| Bug | Seeay-booee. |
| Buy | Boy. |
| By and by | Khoon-kesah; kay-khoon. |
| C. | |
| Cabin (sleeping) | Bah-lee. |
| Cake | Mee-sek. |
| Calico | Po. |
| Call, to | Hahm; keeay. |
| Can do | Dzaw tit. |
| Candareen | Hoon. |
| Candle | Dzek; lah-dzek. |
| Cap | Baw. |
| Capsize | Teem-teeow, |
| Captain | Dzoon-dzoo. |
| Care, take | Dzer-soy. |
| Cargo | Hooay-mooey. |
| Carpenter | Si-pay. |
| Carpet | Dzee. |
| Carry, to (a child) | P'aw. |
| Carry,„ to„ (a chair) | Kung. |
| Cart | Ta'eeah, |
| Cash | Dzee. |
| Cat | Negow. |
| Catty | Kern (=German kön). |
| Certainly | Teeah-teeay. |
| Chair | Kow-ee. |
| Chair„ (sedan) | Keeay. |
| Chair-bearer | Keezy-hoo. |
| Change, to | Hoy; koy. |
| Charcoal | T'wah or T'ooah, |