[Athapbasckan-L] "Butterfly" in Athapascan languages

[Martina Volfova]

Hello,
Dene kʼéh (Kaska) the word for butterfly is belelį̄ge.

Martina

*Martina Volfova*
*Liard First Nation Language Department*
*Watson Lake, Yukon*
*The Unceded Territory of the Kaska Dene *

*PhD Candidate*
*Department of Anthropology*
*University of British Columbia*
*Vancouver, British Columbia*
*The Unceded Coast Salish Territories: xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam),*
*Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)*


On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 10:34 AM Erin Grace <erin.sutematsu at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I belong to the Chetco and Tututni tribes, which hail from southern Oregon
> and northern California. We call ourselves Dee-ni' and our language is
> Nuu-wee-ya' ("our words"). "Butterfly" in Nuu-wee-ya' is *ch'vsh-k'i* (a
> more southern pronunciation) or *ch'vs-k'i *(a more northern
> pronunciation).
>
> Erin Grace
> http://about.me/eringrace/bio
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 9:17 AM Lynda Minoose <lynda.minoose at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The term  "Athabaskan" languages was changed to "Dene '' languages at a
>> Dene Language Conference in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Athabaskan is an
>> Algonkian language word which refers to the Dene people. We refer to
>> ourselves as Dene which is made up of many distinct tribes and languages
>> throughout North America. I belong to the Denesųłiné group which is one of
>> languages of Dene Nation.  There are 19 Denesųłiné communities in Alberta,
>> Saskatchewan, Manitoba and NorthWest Territories, Canada.
>> Butterfly in Denesųłiné is "yagole." I’ve also heard some elders call
>> them "galamalas"
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 7:37 AM Kienpointner, Manfred <
>> Manfred.Kienpointner at uibk.ac.at> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>>
>>> I am a retired professor of general and applied linguistics (Univ. of
>>> Innsbruck, Austria). Among my main research areas are rhetoric and
>>> argumentation and contrastive linguistics (Latin-German, Turkish-German).
>>>
>>> Besides, I am writing a popular booklet about general names for
>>> "butterfly" in 200 languages. With this project, I would like to draw the
>>> attention of interested lay people to the endangered status of both these
>>> charming creatures and many small indigenous languages.
>>>
>>> Of course, I am not competent as far as the vast majority of these 200
>>> languages is concerned. That is why I ask native speakers and experts for
>>> help and to have a controlling look at my data, which I collected from
>>> dictionaries, grammars, articles, and available internet sources.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you could help me with butterfly words in four Athapascan languages
>>> (I have data from Carrier, Slavey, Navajo and Western Apache), I would send
>>> you my little texts (a few lines per language). I also have data from Haida
>>> (I am aware of the fact that Haida is considered to be a language isolate
>>> by the majority of experts, so Haida is not related to Athapascan
>>> languages, but I suppose that some of you might have expert knowledge of
>>> Haida, too).
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Manfred Kienpointner
>>>
>>>
>>>
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