McArthur’s “Oregon Geographic Names” (part 3 of 8)
It’s Part 3 of our mini-series exploring Chinuk Wawa’s impact on Oregon Geographic Names…
Daily Archive: April 12, 2021
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Is qʰə́nchix̣ ‘when’ from Chinookan ‘how much (time span)’ ?
When I look at questions about future ‘when’ (that is, ‘when will…?’) in Lower Chinookan, I wonder if I’m seeing useful clues…
Wík-QUESTIONWORD is a traditional Chinookan phrase, half-disguised
It’s true that I have touched on elements of this before, but today I think I can prove a strong Lower Chinookan pattern behind some common CW phrases…