Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A chief; a person of wealth or distinction.
- n. Same as quinnat.
Examples
“However, they vowed to take several "tyee" heads with them.”
“If you do a search over at tyee.ca you can read a series of exceprts.”
“Should vee go to da tyee buutikk for drinksies an dansies?”
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“Posted in Bill Tieleman, The tyee, gordon campbell.”
“I come here by the orders of the _tyee_ -- the president.”
“Lamson angry and caused him to lose this money to Kitsap, who serves the great white _tyee_.”
“Show the white _tyee_ who lives in the magic treasure-house that you can play your games fairly.”
“The vault itself, with its store of gold and currency, and its cabinet of mysterious treaties, which the _tyee_ made with the busy white men, filled him with awe.”
“But the great white _tyee_ said: 'Behold, the Great”
“Columbia River salmon, Sacramento salmon, tyee salmon, Monterey salmon, deep-water salmon, spring salmon, ek-ul-ba ( "ekewan") (fall run).”
Lists
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fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
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Canadianisms
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British Columbian terms
BC Specific terms.
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Awesome words
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perhapsolutely's Words
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"Ty ee adj Nootka Taiyi Tyke Jewitt A chief Any thing of superior order Saghalie tyee the Deity tyee salmon the spring salmon Toyon is given by some of the northwestern voyagers as the Eskimo appellation for chief "
Feb 4, 2013