Ahoy from the M/V Tokitae!

Imagine my pleasure when my parking spot on the ferry was next to one of these signs:

M/V Tokitae (image credit: Instagram)

Washington State Ferries is keeping their Chinook Jargon tradition alive.

This is Southern Dialect CJ t’ukti ‘beautiful’.

𛰅𛱁‌𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆‌𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙‌𛰃𛱄𛰙?
qʰáta mayka tə́mtəm?
kata maika tumtum? 
Que penses-tu? 
What do you think?
And can you say it in Chinuk Wawa?