Definite article was also early in Chinuk Wawa…from Salish
Yet another grammatical operator that crystallized early in Chinuk Wawa: the definite article.
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Reduplication also grammaticalized early in Chinuk Wawa — from Salish
It’s often been remarked that Chinook Jargon has lots of repetition, which has seemed strange to English- and French-speakers.
An embarrassing question to crowdsource!
File this one under “I dreamed it, but it didn’t come true” ๐ย
Big, tall, Salish?
Short and sweet ๐ย
A suffix -tษmtษm?
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 ๐
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.