‘Not working’, ‘out of order’, ‘down’ = KAKSHIT

The word that also means ‘to be broken’ comes in handy in our modern tech age…

Telegraph line repairman (image credit: True West)

Sõdi <10> Shun. <X> Kakshit tiligraf.
Sunday 10 June               be.broken     telegraph

‘Sunday June 10. The telegraph lines were down.’

— Kamloops Wawa #198 (September 1901), “Besieged in Pekin by the Boxers”, page 82

I hereby inform you that when your phone or computer aren’t working, they’re kakshit!

The real-people English translation of this is obviously ‘broken’, ‘busted’, ‘out of order’ (hang a kakshit sign on that clogged toilet)…

PS: please pretend the Sõdi above is Sondi 🙂 

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

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