ukuk chandi ya "kwIz"

peter webster peterweb at TELEPORT.COM
Tue Sep 7 17:21:48 UTC 1999


At 8:31 PM -0700 9/7/99, David Robertson wrote:
>This week's quiz, that is, as it's a little late for Sunday :-)   :
>Laksta kEmtEks ukuk?...

>ixt:  pus-Ikta uk 'Wasco' lalang ya wawa "bushtn" pus "whiteman"?

--ixt: "bushtn" kahkwa boston. Wasco tillicums klaska chInUk-lalang tillcums.
	("bushtn" same as boston. Wasco people they are chinook language
people.)

>makwst:  qha mILayt uk "Pelton Dam" (dreht Lush nim ukuk, wigna?!)

--makwst: DesChutes Cooley Chuk mILayt kopa Warm Springs shawash illahi.
SkUkUm 		Lush nim, nawitka!
	(DesChutes Running Water {River} at Warm Springs Indian Country
{Reservation}. Very right-on name, no lie!}

>Lun:  Laksta ukuk "Tinainu" / Tenino shawash tIlIxam?

--Lun: Tenino shawash tIlIxam klaska "Warm Springs Indians." Wawa
Sahaptin-lalang. mILayt khapu Warm Springs shawash lllahi.
	(Tenino Indian People are "Warm Springs Indians." They talk
Sahaptin language. They live at Warm Springs Indian Country {Reservation}.)


Lush nanitch

peter



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