Need help with translation

[Ros’ Haruo]

The subliminal suggestion that the Pendleton area is a little bit of heaven
is a neat touch, even if the connotation is a late missionary insert.

lilEnd

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Dave Robertson <ddr11 at uvic.ca> wrote:

> Hi Tanya,
>
> Of course I don't have an exact translation of "intertribal" for you, but
> I've come across a few phrases that are close to what you've suggested.  If
> you're looking for something short 'n' punchy, maybe a couple words like
> "shawash khanamakwst" would do it--"Natives together".
>
> For "upriver" I have something more definite.  In the CJ stuff written by
> Native people, I've noticed they say "kikwEli" for "downriver".  (Just that
> one word, not *kikwEli tsEqw or anything fancy.)  I'm not sure they ever
> *said* the opposite, but it seems like "saXali" for "upriver" would work.
> And you might not expect "saXali" to mean that unless you heard this from
> me, so I guess this kind of puts you into a secret society :)
>
> --Dave
>
>
>
> On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:55:49 -0700, Tanya Harrison <harristb at EOU.EDU>
> wrote:
>
> >Laxayem Chinook users,
> >
> >I'm trying to find Chinuk wawa translations for  'intertribal' and
> >'upriver'.
> >
> >A group of us in Pendleton are forming a canoe family, and the skipper
> wants
> >our family to have a Chinuk wawa name.  We're an intertribal group, so
> we've
> >been trying to translate the word intertribal into Chinuk wawa, ideas are
> >khanawi tilixam, khanawi Laskta, khanawi Laska, or hayu shawash tilixam.
> >
> >Another thought is to translate the word 'upriver' into Chinuk wawa, since
> >we are located up the Columbia.
> >
> >Any ideas or suggestions?
> >
> >Hayu mersi,
> >Tanya Harrison
> >Pendleton, Oregon
> >
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