Seattle was called "New York Alki", wasn't it?

[Scott Tyler]

I will attempt to write it,

dzidza laa lich = seattle or ? place where canoes were carried ?

a = schwa and aa = long ah

Scott
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jordan Fink" <jordan at RISEUP.NET>
To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: Seattle was called "New York Alki", wasn't it?


>I just realized that I can't send lushootseed writing over e-mail!
> I'll just try to write it out:
> seattle is:
> dzidz(schwa)lali(ch)
>
> -jordan
>
>
>> okay, i found the correct info:
>>
>> according to my xʷəlsucid reader from when I took a class at 
>> The
>> Evergreen State College:
>>
>> the xʷəlsucid word for Seattle is dzidzəlalič
>> (i can't figure out out to make the z's above superscript)
>>
>>
>> as in "ʔəsɬaɬlil čəd ʔal tə
>> dzidzəlalič"
>> "I live at Seattle"
>>
>
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