<div>LaXayEm!</div> <div> </div> <div>Maybe this is nothing new for the member of the Chinook list, but I noticed this fact only now: the Chinook Wawa word inapu or inEpu "louse" (that, as far as I know, is of Chinookan origin) was considered by Le Jeune to be of French origin!</div> <div>In his "Chinook rudiments" (1924), under the heading "More French Words" (page 30) is listed, among others, the word "un pou" = "louse" (in French "un pou" means "a louse"). In shorthand it is written [inpo] or [inpu] (I can not distinguish it clearly).</div> <div>But the form "inpu" for "louse" appears also in Demers (page 15), and a form "enpooy" (also with the vowel between n and p dropped) appears in other dictionaries (Hutchings&Rosenfield-1860, Hibben&Carswell-1862, Macdonald-1863). Thus I thing that Demers' "un pou" is the same as CW inapu/inEpu, and this French form is due to it's apparent similarity (like in folk etymology).</div> <div> </div>
<div>Francisc</div> <div> </div><p>
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