Laksta kEmtEks?: This week's quiz

David Robertson drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG
Sat Jun 26 05:31:56 UTC 1999


1)  Ikta chInUk wa chaku khapa uk nuu-cha-nuL lalang "ch!a7ak" pi
kikwEli-chInUk "L-chuq"?

2)  Ikta bastEn pish-nem chaku khapa uk kikwEli-chInUk "c!Em"?

3)  mayka kEmtEks Ikta anqEti sandi Laska t!u7wan khapa Seattle, ilEp
khapa uk "Seafair"?

...pi alta nayka munk-kuli khapa Xluwima lalang/and now the translation...

1)  Which Chinook Jargon word comes from the Nootka "ch!a7ak" and/or Lower
Chinook "L-chuq"?

2)  Which English name of a fish comes from Lower Chinook "c!Em"?

3)  Do you know what celebration they used to have in Seattle, before
there was a Seafair?

Laksta kEmtEks?  Anybody know?
Dave



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