Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost linguistic legacy (Part 5)
The 5th pair of pages in this overlooked gem!
There’s at least one discovery here. Maybe it’ll be you that helps unravel the mystery of “capot double”!
- hopitsah̃ – couteau (‘knife’)
- La fourchette – fourchette (‘fork’)
- Lépla – plat (‘dish’)
- l’assiette – assiette (‘plate’)
- Spoun – cueillère [sic? for cuillère] (‘spoon’)
- Lémain, main, bras, manche d’habit(,) d’outil (‘hand, arm, sleeve of garment (or handle of) tool’)
A lovely illustration of the many extended uses of a single word in Jargon. - Sapelel – blé (‘wheat’)
- Tlimin tlimin sapelel, farine (‘flour’)
Literally ‘all mashed up wheat’. - Lépoa – pois (‘peas’)
- issalh – maïs (‘corn’)
- Wāpto ⌉ patate(,) pomme de terre (‘(sweet) potato, potato’)
- Lapatak ⌋
- ploum – balai (‘broom’)
- Héketshem, mouchoir (‘handkerchief’)
- sél – voile(,) coton, toile (‘sail, cotton, cloth’)
- Lépie ⌉ pieds (‘feet’)
- tiawit ⌋
- Siapoulh – chapeau (‘hat’)
- Tèpesso – poil, feuille, cuir, foin(,) Laine(,) barbe (‘fur, leaf, leather, hay, wool, beard’)
I don’t think we’ve seen this word used for ‘leather’ before; see also below.
- pépa – papier, livre, lettre (‘paper, book, letter’)
- shŏt – chemise(,) plomb (‘shirt, lead (shot)’)
We consider these to be 2 separate Chinuk Wawa words, (li)shát ‘shirt’ with optional Métis French definite article, and shát ‘lead; shot’ used in guns. - kapó – capot (‘coat’)
In this and the next entry, RV Grant 1946 has capotte. - Lahălăl* – Capot double (‘double[-layered?] coat’?)
I haven’t found the Jargon word or the French translation’s phrasing anywhere else besides these manuscripts (“Anonymous 1849 and Lempfrit). It’s not in any published dictionary. RV Grant 1946 transcribes as lahălăt. No similar word in Lower Chinookan or SW WA Salish found for ‘coat; jacket; cloak; robe; mantle’. Could this word somehow be from French? - Lawest – Veste (‘jacket’ according to Google Translate)
- tshakit – gilet (‘vest’ or ‘waistcoat’ according to Google Translate)
- Sakalouks – pantalons (‘pants’)
- Stokin – bas (‘stocking(s)’)
- Shous – Souliers (‘shoes’)
- tékittipa* – id. (‘idem’ i.e. ‘same’ as the preceding)
RV Grant 1946 transcribes as tékislipa. - passissi – couverture, drap (‘blanket, sheet’)
- Skin – peau, cuir (‘skin, leather’)
This is the usual word for ‘leather’, sometimes expressed as dlay skin, a ‘dried skin’. - Tayé – chef (‘chief’)
- Sh̃élakmit – fenêtre, vitre, miroir (‘window, windowpane, mirror’)
- Sh̃éleham – id. (‘idem’ i.e. ‘same’ as the preceding)
Two spellings of the same Chinookan word. - Samon passissi – couverture(,) drap rouge (‘red blanket or sheet’)
Literally a ‘salmon[-colored] blanket’. - itsh̃rout passissi – gros drap (‘big sheet’)
Literally a ‘black-bear blanket’. - Tayé passissi, drap fin(,) drap du chef (‘broadcloth, chief’s cloth’)
Literally a ‘chief-blanket’; compare Lewis & Clark 1805-1806 telling of ‘chief beads’. - Kaïnoult – tabac (‘tobacco’)
- Ship – vaisseau (‘vessel’)
- Ship-man – matelot (‘sailor’)
“Capote” became a michif word early on and travelled west with the Trade, and the “double” may refer to the eastern style of double-breasted and buttoned type that was eventually replaced by the belted wrap-style blanket coats.
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Hi Judy, I like your thinking here, thank you. Do you know of any pictures, by chance, that would illustrate the difference?
Dave R.
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Hi Dave,
Lemme scrounge around and see what I have that can help clarify. J.
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Hi Dave,
Not that I think Wikipedia has all the answers, it does manage to find some good archival images. Have a look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capote_%28garment%29#Habitant_capote
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