In the 1893 book “La sténographie en France“, which is mostly in French shorthand, the inventor thereof, Émile Duployé, reports years of contact with Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune, who is famous to us as… Continue reading
Does mokison nos mean “jib boom” in Chinuk Wawa?
Folks have recommended Waxqwidi William Wasden to me for years; here’s a sample of why.
I’ve been pondering the well-known word Multnomah, as in the Multnomah Chinookan people, Multnomah Falls, and Multnomah County, Oregon.
Time to update a post I wrote years ago, adding an insightful wrinkle.
Let’s see how briefly I can state this revamp of my research findings:
Something made me launch this laptop-internal search utility that I use, to look for siks.
I venture to claim that limulo ‘wild’ in Chinuk Wawa is just another horse word.
Naika wawa masi kopa Tiyaha (I say thanks to T.) for pointing this recently published book out to me1
— 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
