iktas

[< Chinook Jargon]

Pacific Coast

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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ectas, ictas, ictus, iktahs, iktus, etc.

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goods; belongings; things.

1870

Some little "iktas" were disposed of by lottery when the good Dane's back was turned.

1892

They chiefly took their pay in blankets and provisions and other ectas--the balance in coin.

1951

We got eighteen horses, a summer's grub and all the ictus we need for the time being.

1957

We had not gone far before the ground was covered with our various "iktus."