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A phrase in Jargon from Grand Ronde that I’ve been meaning to point out has real deep roots…
A phrase in Jargon from Grand Ronde that I’ve been meaning to point out has real deep roots…
nayka wáwa drét háyú mási kʰapa David Gene Lewis, PhD.
There’s an obscure & obsolete Chinook Jargon word for ‘lend; borrow’ that came from “Chihalis” (Lower Chehalis Salish), said George Gibbs in 1863.
More good stuff from Myron Eells’ memoir:
What memories do you have of Chinook Jargon? Here’s a great one from reader Hugh Ryder:
In Kamloops Wawa #132 (September 1895), page [132], at the top of the page, is this prominent image.
Often, I write about some old Chinuk Wawa find or other, publish it here, and then forget about it for a while.
Let’s get right into our 3rd installment of the mini-series on Franz Boas’s 1892 article in Science, “The Chinook Jargon“.
Are you familiar with the North American tradition of “Chautauqua”?
Let’s be clear: George Gibbs’s highly influential 1863 dictionary of Fort Vancouver-area early-creolized Chinuk Wawa doesn’t so much present us with didactic dialogues as fluent phrases…