More early Chinuk Wawa grammaticalization: chaku-
One of the early and omnipresent grammatical formations in the Jargon seems Native in its inspiration, while it may reflect universal tendencies coming together also.
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“Chinoos” for “tobacco”
I have questions, dear readers.
Cultus cod
You learn a lot when you think about who borrowed what…
Influence going the other way: Salish lexical suffixes FROM Chinuk Wawa
I think at least one lexical suffix each in Lower & Upper Chehalis comes from Chinuk Wawa.
Linguistic archaeology: half-dimes, Chinuk Wawa, and covert evidence
In Klallam Salish (north end of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, opposite Canada’s Vancouver Island), the word ɬčəx̣-mít means ‘nickel’.
Antedating “Chinook wind”…back to Chinuk Wawa?
One of those “I thought I’d already written about this” moments…
“Savash soap” & valuable new old phrases
A little-known manuscript by early Chinook Jargon expert George Gibbs opens our eyes to some actual usages…
Bound for Yachats, with the Anti-Fats, etc.
Western US English slang in 1905: “anti-dry” = “wet” = booze 🙂 My other comments follow the news clipping. BOUND FOR YACHATS. To Move in Three Divisions — Memaloose Mowitch Copa Skookum Chuck. It… Continue reading
Salish lexical suffixes as a source of Chinuk Wawa compounds’ heads
The other day, I concluded that Chinuk Wawa compound-word formation must date quite far back. So let’s pursue this thought…
Lush life: a Chinookan idea
Lest you conclude that I think everything in Chinuk Wawa is “secretly Salish”…