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VOCABULARY.—Continued.
| Warm | Seeay. |
| Wash, to | Soy. |
| Washerman | Soy-sah-nahng. |
| Wash-hand (lit. face) basin | Meen-p'oon. |
| Waste, to | Dzow-t'aht. |
| Waste time, to | Sit-law see-how. |
| Watch, a | See-peeay. |
| Water | Dzooee. |
| Waves | Eng. |
| Weak | Nahm. |
| We | Ooahn or wahn. |
| Week | Loy-pi. |
| Weigh, to | P'eng-kooay. |
| Well, a | Dzang. |
| Well (in health) | Haw. |
| West | Si. |
| What? | Simmy? Dzawnee? |
| When? | Tee-teeang-see? |
| Where? | Tee-kaw? |
| Whip | Pee. |
| White | Peh. |
| Who? | Tee-teeang? |
| Whole | Tjeeah-kaw; tjeeah-gi. |
| Why? | Dzawnee? Een-ooee simmy? |
| Wide | K'wah. |
| Wife | Bo. |
| Wind | Hwong. |
| Window | Paw-lee-mung; t'eng. |
| Wine | Dzeeoo. |
| Wine-glass | Dzeeoo-pooay. |
| Winter | Dahng-t'ee. |
| Wish, to | I. |