tillicum

/ ˈtɪlɪkəm /

noun

1. informal.
   (in the Pacific Northwest) a friend

Word History and Origins

Origin of tillicum¹

from Chinook Jargon, from Chinook tlxam kin, esp as distinguished from chiefs

Example Sentences

Later in the season, huckleberries abound at Tillicum Campground near Mount Adams.

From Seattle Times

When David’s family came to cook and perform at Tillicum Village on Blake Island during the World’s Fair in 1962, he met Holm, who was then teaching Northwest Coast art at the UW.

From Seattle Times

You could spend your whole visit exploring the jetty area that includes a Tillicum longhouse, a long shoreline and basic campsites.

From Seattle Times

Cookie, a onetime baker’s assistant, cooks “oily cakes,” and entrepreneurial King-Lu sells them to the trappers and soldiers at Fort Tillicum for piles of silver pieces, company scrip, and beads.

From Slate

Their “oily cakes” — nuggets of fried dough garnished with honey and a bit of cinnamon — become the Cronuts of Fort Tillicum, drawing lines of eager patrons willing to spend hard-won wealth on a morsel of fried dough.

From New York Times