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Wagh, v. Chinook, WAKH, To pour; to spill; to vomit. Mamook wagh chuck, pour out some water.

Wake, adv. Nootka, WIK (Jewitt); Tokwaht, WEK. No; not.

Wa’-ki, adv. (Hale.) Chinook, WAKI. To-morrow. Not Jargon.

Wap’-pa-too, n. Quaere u. d. The root of the Sagitaria sagittifolia, which forms an article of food; the potato. The word is neither Chinook nor Chihalis, but is everywhere in common use.

Wash, v. English, idem.  Mamook wash, to wash.

Waum, adj. English, WARM.  Hyas waum, hot; waum illahie, summer; mamook waum, to heat; waum-sick-cole-sick, fever and ague.

Wau’-wau, v., n. Nootka; Nittinat, WAWE. To talk; speak; call; ask; tell; answer; talk or conversation. Cultus wauwau, idle talk; stuff; nonsense; hyas wauwau, to shout.

Way’-hut, Hweh’-kut, or Wee’-hut, n. Chinook, WEHUT, a road; Yakama, WIET, far. A road or trail. Tsik-tsik wayhut, a wagon-road. About Vancouver, on the Columbia, it is pronounced HWEHKUT; on Puget Sound, WEEHUT.

Weght, conj. Chinook, idem. Again; also; more. Pe nika weght, and I too; pahtlatsh weght, give me some more; tenas weght, a little more yet.

Whim, v. Wasco. (Shaw.) To fell. Whim stick, a fallen tree; mamook whim okook stick, fell that tree. Also, to throw, in wrestling.  Of local use only.

Win’-a-pie, adv. Nootka; Nittinat, WILAPI. By-and-bye; presently; wait. Of local use; the Chinook ALKI being more common.

Wind, or Win, n. English, idem. Wind. The winds are often known by the country from which they blow; as, for instance, on the Columbia, an easterly is a Walla-walla wind; at the mouth of the river, a southerly is a Tilamooks wind, &c. Breath. Ex.  Halo wind, out of breath; dead.

Y.

Yah’-hul, n. Chinook, YAKHUL; EUEKHOL. A name. Not in general use.

Yah-ka, or Yok’-ka, pron. Chinook, YAKA. He; his; him; she; it, &c.

Yah’-kis-ilt’h, adj. Chinook, YAKISILT’H. Sharp. Mr. Anderson gives as the original, “cutting.”

Yah’-wa, adv. Chinook, YAWAKH. There; thither; thence; beyond.

Yah’-whul.  See AYAHWHUL.

Yak’-so, n. Chinook, idem. The hair of the head; hair generally.

Ya-kwah’-tin, or Kwah’-tin, n. Chinook and Clatsop, YAKWATIN. The belly; the entrails.

Yaub.  See LEJAUB.