Chinook Jargon word for Donkey?

[Tony Johnson]

Lush chxi-san.  Writing quickly, I was meaning "but my son and I, we say
(together) ' yuLqat-qw'Elan-khiyutan..."  A comma might have helped.
alta mayka kEmtEks?  

aLqi ntsayka wawa--Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: Leanne Riding [mailto:riding at timetemple.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:22 PM
To: Tony Johnson
Cc: Leanne Riding; CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: Chinook Jargon word for Donkey?


On Tuesday, February 8, 2005, at 09:58 , Tony Johnson wrote:

> LaXayEm--alaxti wik dret ukuk, bEt nayka tEnas pi nayka ntsayka
> khanamakwst wawa  "yuLqat-qw'Elan-khiyutan" pus bastEn "donkey." - -
> Tony J.
>

I am struggling with "bEt nayka tEnas pi nayka ntsayka"
the words are familiar, but I can't figure out what they mean 
together ??

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