Rain, slum´mōkh.
Raise up, to, sa-at.
Rake, for taking herring and other small fish, tlet´ha-men.
Rapid, in a river, kwet´chum.
Raw, hets.
Red, n'suk'h, n'sukw.
Relationships:
Father, man.
Mother, tan.
Husband, my, n'stá-lush.
Wife, idem.
Son or daughter, ng'un´na.
Brother, if older than the speaker, shí-itlh;
if younger, sái-tchin.
Elder sister, á-lish;
younger do., sái-tchin.
Grandfather, cha-mok.
Grandmother, sé-la.
Uncle, latl, hai'tch; (as the nephew grows older, the uncle becomes an elder brother.)
Aunt, shé-ilsh.
Father-in-law, slatl.
Mother-in-law, idem.
Brother-in-law, idem (?).
Sister-in-law, s'ng-at´hwun.
Sister's husband, idem.
Step father, n's-gna-un.
Step mother, idem.
Daughter-in-law, skwá-lo-wis.
Husband's other wives, sái-ya.
River, stá-lo;
small stream, stá-ta-lo.
Road, satl.
Roast, to, in ashes, tul-lák;
on a stick, s'kwul´lung.
Rock, sng-ánt.
Rope, hwé-lum.
Run, to, kwâ-nung-ut, kwá-nung-it.
Chil-tun-num. Point Roberts.
No-ku-me´khil. A creek running into the bay.
Pi-kalps. The Indian village of Camp Simiamoo.
Sim-i-a´mu. The name of the band.
Kul-la´han. "Stockade," the site of the old village.
A´la-la. Creek at the head of Drayton harbor.
Se´litsh. The site on the sand spit of ditto. The name Tsi-he´lis has the same signification.
Kwūd-shad. Mount Baker.
Hōl-hōl-ok'h. Site between Drayton harbor and Birch bay.
Tsáu-wukh. Site on Birch bay.
Tut-si-nuts. Slái-ek-sen. Sandy point.
Cháu-uks. North end Lummi island.
St'kwap. A site on eastern side of do.
Ska´lek-shun. Fishing on west side of do.
Mam-e´uk or S'mum-mé-uk. The mountain on south end of do.
Klé-kwa-ni. A rock off S. W. end of ditto. It is a s'hui-yáb or demon.
To-whutsh. Eliza island.
Ku-kwa-né-ung. Viti rocks.
Chá-chu-sen. Part of the Delta of Lummi river.
Skul-há-netl, Sla-yuks. Mouths of the river on Hale's passage.
Tom-whik-sen. The winter village on the passage.
Ta´la-pi. Another neighboring site.
Swūl-é-sen or S'hūl-e-sen. The Portage.
N-ūs-ká-la-hum. The neck of Point Francis.
Sé-liss. Point Francis. (Vide Sé-litsh, supra.)
Klik-a-té-nus. The small prairie at the military station, Fort Bellingham.
Kwal-lu-hūm (Squallicum). The small creek above Whatcom.
What-com. The outlet of the lake. The name refers to the noise of its waters.
Si-hōm. The site of the Bellingham Bay Coal Mine.
Ma-mó-si. Pattle's claim.
Sis´lit-chum. Thomas's claim.
Tai-chá-mish. The cove at Cullum's claim.
Tchuk-a-nuts. The inner bight of Bellingham bay.
S'huts-kus. Point William, or Samish point.
As-é-a-kun. Samish village behind the island.
Pen-ūkh-hu. Vendovi island. The name is derived from that of a bulbous root growing there.
T'châ-kwil-la. N. W. point of Gueymes island.
T'kwâ-wa-tchin. N. E. side of do.
Kwil-shants. S. E. point of do.
Nūkh-whai-i-mikhl. Samish village S. W. side of do.
Tál-la-lokh, Nu-kwut-lá-al. Localities on Fidalgo island.
Muk-kuk'hs. N. E. point of do.
Skut-lus. Sinclair island.
Tut-sékh. Cypress island.
Tutl-ki-té-nus. Strawberry harbor on do.
Shé-ung-tl'h. The peak on the N. end of do. It is the nest of the thunder bird.
S'nūk-nokh-hw'tl. Site on western side of Blakely island.
Nūs-kwi-chen´num. James's island.
Chis-si-ná-a. Bird rocks off Decatur island.
Hut-tát-ch'l. Site of Indian village on S. E. end of Orcas island.
Ko-pé-tun. S. E. point of eastern bay in Orcas island.
Mūk-kwūl-nitch. Small lake and cascade emptying into the eastern bay.
I-ukh´kan. The cove at Mūk-kwūl-nitch.
Chin-chin-tsé-lūng. A rock on the eastern shore of the bay. It was another demon—a woman who committed adultery with every one. She was turned into stone by Ha-áls, but her spirit remains. She used to live at that place in summer, but went up the bay in the winter.
Nūkh-whái-yūm. Deadman's rock in the eastern bay. An old cemetery of the Lummi Indians.
Tsul-whé-sun. A site at the head of the bay.
Swá-lakh. Mount Constitution, on Orcas island. The name is also given to the eastern bay itself, or rather to the country upon it.
S'ko-ma-ang. A mountain on the peninsula between the eastern and middle bays. The name refers to a berry called t'kwa´ma, and means "like that berry."
A´la-la, "like a house," from a´lung, "a house." Another hill on Orcas island. The name also applies to the land bordering on the middle bay.
Nūs-kul-ling-us. The point at the entrance of the middle or A´la-la bay.
Skwék-sen. A rock on the eastern side of do. This was another demon.
I´ye-hun. The bald hill at the head of A´la-la bay.
T'kai-yetsh. The extreme S. W. point of Orcas island.
Nukh-ló-kwoi. A site on the W. side of do.
Kwi-nus. N. point of Lopez island.
Sklél-nip. Sand point N. end of do.
Nu-chad-kwun. E. point of do.
S'whul-lutsh. The lagoon on the W. side of do. (Its Clallam name, Pal-pi-yu.)
Kūt-ul´la. E. point of Shaw's island.
Hus-sáltsh, Hwi-chá-sen. Localities on the S. side of do.
Kl-chang. Point on N. side do.
Nūk-pá-katsh. Rocky islet N. side do.
Kla-lá-ka-mish. Former inhabitants of the E. side of San Juan island; a band of Lummis now extinct.
Si-a´lung-hu. Hudson's Bay farm, San Juan island.
Wa-hul-a-nun. Hudson's Bay salmon house, San Juan do.
Kl-whái-ten. Patos island.
Klakhw-kum (mussels). Patos island.
Pen-ōkh. Matia group. The name has the same signification as that of Vendovi island.
Chu-shé-nung. Sucia group.
Si-lá-ka-mish. Spiedur island.
Kwun-nus. Stuart island.
S'Hun-ne. Waldron island.
Le-mal-tcha, Sta-shum. Former villages on Waldron island.
El-t'nlh. Point Disney, do.
Pl-hunk'-'sun. W. point, do.