mamuk-hayu- in BC CW, and the history of Reduplication
There are real grammar differences between the newer/northern and older/southern dialects, as I call them, of Chinuk Wawa…
Monthly Archive: November, 2020
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tq’iẋ = q’at?
Here’s a new etymological thought…
Cheechako and Nuuchahnulth?
Another mysterious word of Nuučaan’uł (Southern branch of Wakashan family) that’s reported to us by G.M. Sproat (1868:128)…
My vacation photos, part 5
Part 5 of 5! Seen in Langley, Whidbey Island, Washington…
Lukameen, a Thanksgiving dish as American as apple pie
A tip of the hat to Jack George for this seasonal find…
El Comancho’s Washington, DC newspaper column on Chinook Jargon (1 of 6)
El Comancho (1867-1940) is said to have renamed himself thus, after supposedly being named “The Comanche” by a Sioux chief.
1893-1897: Sweet “BetseyAnnSpikes” :) (Part 2 of 7)
Next in our mini-series…
CW keeps ‘wanting’ to ‘try’ ‘to do it in order to’
From earliest times, the “Jargon” has a track record of trying.
Red Men Greet Their Big Chiefs
The Red Men were a Settler fraternal organization that we’ve seen was quite attached to the “Jargon”…
“Can”
Working my way through the Chinook Book of Devotions (1902) from British Columbia, I notice several ways of expressing ‘can; able’.