A Salish etymology for ‘aphrodisiac’
A word you might like to know in Chinuk Wawa is płə́x̣ ‘medicine, aphrodisiac’.
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-ni/-li?
In honor of the Northwest Indian Language Institute (NILI) and all of the good work it’s done for Chinuk Wawa, let me talk about -ni/-li 🙂
Is berdache a naughty Canadian word?
George Gibbs’s 1863 dictionary tells us that < bur-dash > is a Chinuk Wawa word….
Not all Chinuk Wawa adverbs are created equal
Proceeding from my post on Laura Belle Downey-Bartlett’s “Last Rose of Summer” translation…
I’m cuckoo for ko-ko!
Shimmy shimmy ko-ko pop! Fun fun thoughts about reduplication today.
Digging into púlali
The origins of Chinuk Wawa púlali ‘dust; powder’ have been argued over for quite some time.
Stress on French words in Jargon
Word stress in Chinuk Wawa is pretty predictable…with a big exception.
Calling dogs & calling someone a dog
In honor of our poor dogs, who have to put up with us being home all the time nowadays!
Lower Chehalis ‘beads’ & Chinuk Wawa?
Stringing together a couple of speculations here…
Still more about Pickett & Jargon discoveries
First, you have Archie Binns.