April 23, 2022: Experience 1850s life at Fort Nisqually
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laklés vs. klís, and Métis
Another of those words that have been in Chinuk Wawa for so long that they have both French & English roots…
Steering through possible etymolgies of ʔaptsit ‘stern, rudder’
In my article “Etymologies or ‘Oops’,” I suggested that Chinook Jargon nouns starting in /up/ preserve a sort of Chinookan ‘Instrument’ prefix.
“Another Tomorrow”
In one of his more English-influenced spellings, Chinook Jargon expert George Gibbs reports (1863:26) a word “tomolla”.
“Hapi” in BC
First things first — go download the Chinuk Pipa font!
1899: Quotation of Chief Qualicum
The body of the post-frontier news article only implicitly translates this leader’s Chinuk Wawa.
1850: Spokane tribal man finds gold
“George Gibbs’ Pacific Northwest Letters”…
1889: Upside down in the salt chuck
Who was the “celebrity” on board the canoe?
1893: (April Fools?) Tug-of-war
A sub-type of the “invitations in Chinook genre”: challenges to sporting matches.
“They speak like birds”: An Indigenous metaphor, as reflected in CW
I’m guessing it means “they speak like idiots”?