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C.

Cal-li-peen, _n._ A rifle.

Ca-nim, _n._ A canoe. Canim stick, the cedar, or wood from which canoes are usually made.

Ca-po. A coat.

Chah-ko. To come; to become. Ex. Kanish mika chahko? when did you come? Chahko kloshe, to get well.

Chack-chack. The bald eagle.

Chee. Lately; just now; new. Chee nika ko, I have just arrived. Hyas chee, entirely new.

Chet-lo or Jet-lo, _n._ An oyster.

Chet-woot. A black bear.

Chick-a-min, _n._, _adj._ Iron; metal; metallic. T'kope chikamin, silver; pil chickamin, gold or copper. Chickamin lope, wire; a chain.

Chik-chik. A wagon or cart.

Chil-chil. Buttons.

Chitsh, _n._ A grandmother.

Chope, _n._ A grandfather.

Cho-tub, _n._ A flea.

Chuck, _n._ Water; a river or stream. Salt chuck, the sea. Skookum chuck, a rapid. Solleks chuck, a rough sea. Chuck chahko or kalipi, the tide rises or falls; saghilli and keekwillie chuck, high and low tide.

Chuck-kiu. To kick.

Close. See Kloshe.

Cly, _v._ To cry.

Cole, _adj._ Cold. Cole illahie, winter. Icht cole, a year. Cole sick waum sick, the fever and ague.

Comb. A comb. Mamook comb, to comb. Mamook comb illahie, to harrow.

Coo-ley. To run. Cooley kiuatan, a race-horse. Yahka hyas kumtuks cooley, he can _i.e._ knows how to run well.

Coop-coop, _n._ Shell money. See Hykwa.

Co-sho, _n._ A hog; pork. Siwash cosho, a seal.

Cultus, _adj._ Worthless; good for nothing; without purpose. Ex. Cultus man, a worthless fellow; cultus potlatch, a present or free gift; cultus heehee, a jest; merely laughing; cultus nannitsh, to look around; cultus mitlite, to sit idle; cultus klatawa, to stroll. _Ques._ What do you want? _Ans._ Cultus, _i.e._ nothing.