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A suffix -təmtəm?
I’ve pointed out various words of Chinuk Wawa that mutated away from their original, literal, meanings towards having abstract or even grammatical functions. Let’s take on a related puzzle.
Okook Tacoma, Chemawa, and speculative Chinook Jargon
An old piece of folklore about “Chemawa”:
Dictionary briefed for Forest Service officers
Of historical value:
Edwin Eells
Another no-comment post, from one column to the right of yesterday’s. Fun stuff 🙂
Nica Ancutta Tilicum
Oldtimers getting sentimental in Jargon.
Nootka Jargon verb+verb compounds => Chinuk Wawa?
Quite a number of basic, very old Chinuk Wawa words that we know came from “Nootka Jargon” nonetheless have remained hard to find exact etymologies for.
Did you know? Another early prefix
Implicit in the Grand Ronde tribes’ 2012 dictionary, proved by historical data, contrary to expectations of pidgins: another early prefix in Chinuk Wawa.
ná ‘here, take this’ is from Vancouver Island
Maybe it’s a worldwide tendency, like how words for ‘mother’ often have “M” in them…but Chinuk Wawa’s interjection ná ‘here; take this’ etc. is an Aboriginal word from the Vancouver Island, Canada, area.
=na “Yes/No Question” from Proto-Salish *nə
A new etymological discovery: