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VOCABULARY.—Continued.
| Opposite | Tooee-meen. |
| Or | Hok-tjeeah. |
| Orange | Kah. |
| Ounce | Neeay. |
| Ought | Eng-gi. |
| Outside | Gwah-poy. |
| P. | |
| Painter | Hooay kahng. |
| Paper | Tooah, |
| Partner | Hooay-kee. |
| Partnership, to dissolve | T'eeah-hooay. |
| Partnership, to enter into | Hah-hooay. |
| Paste | Mee-ko, |
| Pattern | Yeeay. |
| Pay, to | Poon dzee; hoy dzee. |
| Pecul, one | Dzek tah. |
| Peking | Pak-keeah. |
| Pen | Pit. |
| Pencil | Een-pit. |
| Pepper | Ho-tjeeay-hoon. |
| People, the | Peh-sang (lit, the 100 names). |
| Petition, a | Peen. |
| Pewter | Seeah. |
| Please, as you | Sooee-peeyen, |
| Pick up, to | Kheeay-khee-li. |
| Piece, a | Kaw. |
| Pigeon | Hoon-tjecow. |
| Pig | Ter. |
| Pillow | Cheem-tow. |
| Pilot | Ts'wah-dzooee-nahng. |