wík-íkta mákuk as a clue…a time capsule, even
Chinuk Wawa’s terminology for value in trade has puzzled me for a long time…
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‘Full’ + Noun = ‘full of Noun’, from Lower Chinookan
The Chinuk Wawa way of saying ‘full of X’ is another structure that we can trace back to Chinookan.
2 generations apart, in 2 dialects
The summary first today: there are special words for that, but only in creolized Chinuk Wawa.