McArthur’s “Oregon Geographic Names” (part 3 of 8)
It’s Part 3 of our mini-series exploring Chinuk Wawa’s impact on Oregon Geographic Names…
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Is qʰə́nchix̣ ‘when’ from Chinookan ‘how much (time span)’ ?
When I look at questions about future ‘when’ (that is, ‘when will…?’) in Lower Chinookan, I wonder if I’m seeing useful clues…
Wík-QUESTIONWORD is a traditional Chinookan phrase, half-disguised
It’s true that I have touched on elements of this before, but today I think I can prove a strong Lower Chinookan pattern behind some common CW phrases…
1887: Willoughby on “Quinaielt” life
The first thing to say about C[harles L.] Willoughby’s [1832-1888] brief ethnography, “Indians of the Quinaielt Agency, Washington Territory” is…
A.N. Armstrong’s 1857 lexicon
One of the earliest published vocabularies of Chinuk Wawa is a frustrating mess…
1899: Retirement of police chief means a new expense
As well as advocating for a pension for a longtime police chief, the Victoria paper stressed that a new Chinuk Wawa interpreter would need to be hired to replace him.
1895: “The Siwash” (part 2 of 2)
Continuing to the end of this surprisingly interesting book…
Is “Kehloken” Chinuk Wawa?
I want to direct you to a good read over at MYNorthwest…
1861: Humitshoot’s letter to the editor
Many thanks to Leon Lyell of Australia, who sent to my attention the following frontier-era letter in Chinuk Wawa.
How to say ‘a plant’s roots’ in CW
The question has been much dug at, many a time…