“Less familiar words” in the Northern Dialect (Part 1E: Shaw 1909, end)
A consistently brilliant guide to vocabulary differences between the Southern and Northern Dialects of Chinuk Wawa!
Here’s our last installment from this particular source — which is one of several that pointed out differences between Northern CW and the older Southern dialect.
PART 1E
Page 36
Tot, (S), uncle.
To’-to, (onoma, C), to shake, sift, winnow.
To-wagh’, (C), bright; shining; light.
Tshi’-ke, (?), directly, soon.
Tshis, (C), cold.
Tsish, (onoma.), in imitation of the sound of a grindstone.
Tsole-pat, (Klickitat), a shot-pouch.
Tso’-lo, (Kalapuya), to wander, to lose the way.
Tuk’-wil-la, (Kalapuya), nuts; the hazel nut.
W
Wa’-ki, (C), to-morrow.
Whim, (Wasco), to fell; to throw, in wrestling.
Y
Yah’-hul, (C), a name.
Yah-kis-ilt’h, (C), sharp, cutting.
