“Jib boom” and another Indigenous metaphor
Does mokison nos mean “jib boom” in Chinuk Wawa?
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Another new Northern Chinook Jargon song by Chief William Wasden
Folks have recommended Waxqwidi William Wasden to me for years; here’s a sample of why.
“Multnomah” as another part-Salish word?
I’ve been pondering the well-known word Multnomah, as in the Multnomah Chinookan people, Multnomah Falls, and Multnomah County, Oregon.
Actively wrinkling Southern Dialect full-word reduplication
Time to update a post I wrote years ago, adding an insightful wrinkle.
Noticing another linguistic-archaeological layer in the history of Chinook Jargon’s reduplication
Let’s see how briefly I can state this revamp of my research findings:
Hey, buddy! “Siks” is only a term of address (not a noun) in the Northern Dialect
Something made me launch this laptop-internal search utility that I use, to look for siks.
Also a horse word?
I venture to claim that limulo ‘wild’ in Chinuk Wawa is just another horse word.
Chinook Jargon sighting: “The War on Illahee” book (and a linguistic urban legend)
Naika wawa masi kopa Tiyaha (I say thanks to T.) for pointing this recently published book out to me1
I just really enjoyed finding this phrase
— from the Edwardsville (IL) Intelligencer of March 19, 1897, page 6, column 5 𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙𛰃𛱄𛰙? qʰáta mayka tə́mtəm? kata maika tumtum? Que penses-tu? What do you think? And can you say it… Continue reading
1914: LBDB’s “Chinook-English Songs”, part 12 of 15 “Mamook, Polakely Chaco”
Good news, we’re near the end! 😊