Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon…
“ 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. ”
