Patl kopa is bad, mamuk patl kopa is good
“Full of”, in Chinuk Wawa, is just plain “full”.
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1905: “Silver chickimun” in Alaska
When I checked whether an 1897 German book’s “chicamin silver” was real Alaska Jargon, I got excited for a second by the article under a racist headline… Cannery, Haines, AK (image credit: Haines Sheldon… Continue reading
BC craziness
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My CW vacation photos, part 3
There’s a nice collection of “8 authentic Native American dugout canoes” on display in front of the Island County Historical Museum, in Coupeville, Washington. I noticed some of them have Indigenous names painted… Continue reading
1872 fictional Montana CW from Grand Ronde (!) : “A Gold-Hunt on the Yellowstone”
I always incline to get excited when a possible find of Chinuk Wawa in Montana pops up…
Early creole kapshwála(-), later creole ípsət(-), and CW grammar change
A quite early metaphor in lower Columbia River creolized Chinuk Wawa seems to have been replaced by Grand Ronde creole speakers…
“Auf nach Alaska” part 2: translation
Thanks to Norbert Franz for transcribing, translating, and commenting on the 1897 German description of Chinuk Wawa that I recently showed here!
Words for ‘White people’ in BC Chinook Wawa
The adjective < Hwait > came into British Columbia CW relatively late from English…
For GRINs: Making sensible choices
Sometimes you have to figure out which thing you know about Chinuk Wawa is relevant at the moment…
My CW vacation photos, part 2
On board the Washington State ferry “Salish” this summer, I snapped this…