The etymology of mitás ‘leggings’
I thought I had pointed this out previously in this space.
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Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost legacy (Part 26B: the Credo end)
Yes, more good stuff for us to learn from. Here’s the finale of the Credo.
Does Métis/Canadian French “moucher” bust another Chinook Jargon myth?
My French-speaking friends are already laughing.
Thank you Chris Willmore!
Chris, an economist at UVic, indexed the TN Hibben dictionary a couple of years back.
Lost ‘fingers’
Words for ‘finger’ differ, and vary in their reach, from dialect to dialect in Chinook Jargon.
Nice proof of “kinnikinnick” in Chinook Jargon: kilikinik
I know I’m not alone in having doubted the presence of some “Indian” (sorry) words in Chinuk Wawa that we know originated from far-away Eastern Algonquian languages, and that we know could only… Continue reading
Mother-in-law (et al.) in Central Chinuk Wawa
Under naika ‘I; mine’ in Louis-Napoléon St Onge’s handwritten Chinuk Wawa dictionary that’s about 150 years old, there comes a string of Central Dialect entries that express what I’ll call non-core kin. (No offense to… Continue reading
Suttles, “Musqueam Reference Grammar”, Part 3
Naika wawa masi kopa Paisley pi Mokwst Alex, for reminding me of a great book by a great anthropological linguist!
“The Mule’s Song” from 1892 helps you practice the Chinuk Pipa vowel letters
I found this gem in an issue of the Kamloops Phonographer “introductory number” (June 1892), page 2:
1914: LBDB’s “Chinook-English Songs”, part 9 of 15 “Tenas Bed Sante” / “Cradle Hymn”
Here’s another fascinatingly flawed song translation by Laura Belle Downey-Bartlett.