Why it’s hard to tell if míɬayt is also a noun
I have long wrestled with the question of whether Chinuk Wawa míɬayt is a noun…
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Hootchy-kootchy
Let’s make this quick.
A Northwest Native American Nazi
Hat tip to Dr. David Lewis for sharing this article on Facebook.
‘Away’ with words
Here’s a formation that I wager is English-inspired in CW.
1903: Nuučaan’uɬ sealers plan a party, until…
It’s not made clear whether any of the Chinuk Wawa words below were spoken on the scene…
sáʔ-formations in SW WA Salish…do they have something to do with Chinuk Wawa?
A root for ‘make’ that occurs mostly in compounds naturally makes me think of Chinuk Wawa’s mamuk- / munk- Causative prefix.
1888: A sermon by Myron Eells (Part 1)
There’s an entire genre of overlooked Chinuk Wawa texts in plain sight…
1867: A memaloose illahee is lost to racist arson
Victoria, middle of the frontier era: an apparently racist arson attack destroys a sacred cultural site on what’s now called Halkett Island.
Pre-1917: Ka-mi-akin, Last Hero of the Yakamas, part 2 of 2
Returning to A.J. Splawn’s excellent 1917 book now…
Some needed followup on ‘knock’
In my article “Hard hardwood, creolization, deviltree, and pissed-off voyageurs“, I realized (among other fun realizations; go read them) that ‘woodpecker’ in CW is really French-Canadian…