Of tumtums and tom-toms, and 2 kinds of Indians
Hayu masi to reader Heath Daniel Billingsley, who sent me a link to a really great article…
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The worst insult in Chinuk Wawa?
Some of you are muttering “dog”, but hear me out…
Nipo T. Strongheart, Hollywood Indian adviser
Nipo T. Strongheart (1894-1966) deserves an article of his own on this website.
A tribute to the Online Etymology Dictionary
The best user-friendly source of information online for word origins is the Online Etymology Dictionary.
Count and mass nouns in Chinuk Wawa
There are two kinds of nouns, in every human language I know of. They can be distinguished as items (what linguists call “count nouns”) vs. substances (“mass nouns”).
R.I.P. to a Seattle fella known for his “Klahowya!”
In the Pacific Northwest, there are folks known for their love of Chinuk Wawa…
Idioms/compounds headed by íkta
I often note the rule that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in Chinuk Wawa.
‘Chehalis’ is Chinookan — and therefore CW?
The Natítanui language, as spoken by Q’lti, and preserved in the 1894 “Chinook Texts”, gives us clues about Chinuk Wawa’s history.
‘Going to the chief’s house’ in Kamloops slang
We keep on finding Chinuk Wawa speakers expressing a lot of humour, back in the day…
1904: Riot at Nootka, and echoes of Sir James Douglas!
Settler readers understood the Chinuk Wawa argument reported below without translation…