A couple reasons for “kopa yawaa” in northern CW
I was writing a post about Kamloops-area soldiers writing home in Jargon during World War 1, and George M. Cohan’s 1917 patriotic song “Over There” came into my mind…
Monthly Archive: June, 2021
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1853-56: Two brothers’ diaries (Part 2 of 2)
Picking up partway through 1854 today…
‘Berries’ and Salish, too?
Super briefly…
2 kinds of ‘about’
I’ve been telling folks that the way to say ‘about’ in CW is the adverbial qʰáta (literal meaning: ‘how; how it is’).
CW ‘because’ is related to ‘thus’
Another short, sweet note.
1849-1852: The Nisqually journals and a PNW source of kabréys
There’s one major discovery that leaps out at me from this extensive, sometimes overlooked document of fur-trade days…
Ai vs. siahush in northern CW, or, the grass vs. the prairie
The northern dialect of Chinuk Wawa happened later.
‘How’ for ‘why’ is from Chinookan
Saying qʰáta ‘how’ to express ‘why’ in CW looks to be modeled on Chinookan languages’ patterns.
1859-1864: Macfie on Vancouver Island
In the middle of BC frontier times, Matthew Macfie wrote “Vancouver Island and British Columbia: Their History, Resources, and Prospects” (London: published by the delightful and Oxford-becommaed Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green,… Continue reading
Adding a wrinkle to French blankets
We’ve discussed blankets plenty in this space…