ca. 1880: Grand Ronde discovery: Schoolkids’ letter in Chinuk Wawa (Henry Zenk guest post)
Today’s post was kindly contributed by Henry Zenk (Grand Ronde Tribes language program)…
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húyhuy ‘trade’ as a Canadian French word
A word you wouldn’t think of as French…
French-C.W. domestic animals without articles: A modest proposal
On the subject of which French-Canadian words came into Chinuk Wawa with & without definite articles le/la/les…
ísik-stík is ash, not elm, and it’s creole CW
Just to clarify something an old admired source once wrote:
Myron Eells speaks, Part 3 of 3
Reverend Eells checks in again, and the news is that he’s used Chinuk Wawa as a bridge…
1901: Martha Douglas Harris’s “Chee-chee-ka” (Part 4)
Today we conclude our look into a fascinating Jargon story from one of “Father of BC” James Douglas’s human children.
Chinuk Wawa in a Stó:lō hymn book (Part 4)
WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY STAIN. 1 Ikta kumtux mash siah íkta kə́mtəks másh sayá [1] what know throw far ‘What knows how to throw away’ Konaway nesika masat-chie, kʰánawi nsáyka masáchi, [2]… Continue reading
How many commandments is this, total? :) (10 Commandments, Part 3)
Dr. Willis E. Everette, M.D.’s 1895 translation is the longest, quirkiest, and most full of s*** in this mini-series.
1885 Sacramento CPE: The glorious uncertainty
Two tie-ins to Chinuk Wawa here…
1895: Everette’s dedication/insult to Powell
To our collection of the curiosities of Chinook, we can add this inscription made at the start of a vocabulary sent in to the Smithsonian…