Category Archive: Chinuk Wawa

BC: “Tyhee Conomody, Atkiso, and Kwikwetlem First Nation” (land disputes in Chinook, etc)

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In British Columbia History magazine 52:2 (Summer 2019), pages 26-31, we get some insight into the role of Chinook Jargon in the early frontier era of BC.

Clackamas ‘(railroad) train’ is no co-inky-dink!

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“Calque” is the word to know… In “Clackamas Chinook Texts”, page 562, wátuɬ čúkčan (‘fire wagon’) is the Clackamas-language term for a ‘railroad train’. Image credit: Progressive Rail This is clearly borrowed from Chinuk Wawa’s páya-t’síkt’sik!… Continue reading →

‘Gun dirt’: A partly Nootka Jargon etymology for púlali?

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How about this new idea about a real old Chinuk Wawa word?

What do other people call you behind your back? Exonyms in Chinuk Wawa

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Lately I’ve been doing a good deal of research deep into the Chinookan languages, but it’s leading me right back out to the names of foreign tribes!

Hold on tight! Here’s an earlier Lower Chinookan etymology for t’úʔan

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ɬúsh-nánich (tloosh-nanich)! 

MYSTERY: Lionnet’s 1853 Chinuk Wawa vocabulary, with translations in an unknown Indigenous language

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Thanks to a certain archive, I’ve stumbled onto this mystery and wonder if we can crowdsource an answer to it…

Could this be an overlooked Métis/Canadian French word in Chinook Jargon?

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Additions to our knowledge of Métis/Canadian French input to Chinuk Wawa keep showing up.

1952 Chinook audio: Myrtle Woodcock

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There’s never enough multimedia material in Chinuk Wawa for learners to use; here’s a nice recording that’s been uploaded.

1893?: An “ol rawn” awesome li’l book

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Quadrilingual and full of awesome info about BC Chinuk Wawa!

“In the sticks” and back to Chinuk Wawa

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My friend muskwatch posted a question on this blog: Does anyone know if the phrase “in the sticks” comes from Chinook Jargon?