Pishing (was) Re: Chinook for Birders

[David Robertson]

LhaXayEm, siXs,

Dret lhush kEmtEks Don ya-ts!Em-pipa.  Don ya-siXs ya-wawa:  "pish", ukuk
ixt wawa ya-chaku khapa ixt Puget Sound sawash lalang.  Nawitka, Don
kEmtEks lhush, "pishpish" khapa Selish lalang khapa salt-c!Eq ili'i, ukuk
wawa chaku khapa Chinuk pi BastEn <pusspuss>.

WEXt lhush pus na-munk-ts!Em ukuk:  Xluwima wawa khapa Chinuk lalang,
"pish", (wik "pishpish"), yaka chaku khapa Basten "fish".   Ukuk tawn
khapa Washington, wik saya khapa salt c!Eq, ya-nim "Pysht" pi wEXT ukuk
chaku khapa Chinuk!

(Pi alta khapa uk olman Chinuk ts!Em:)
(Pe alta kopa oke oleman Chinook tzum:)

Klahowya, sikhs!

Delate kloshe kumtux Don yaka tzum-pepah.  Don yaka sikhs yaka wawa:
"pish", okoke ikt wawa yaka chako kopa ikt Puget Sound siwash lalang.
Nawitka, Don kumtux kloshe, "pishpish" kopa Salish lalang kopa salt-chuck
illahee, okoke wawa chako kopa Chinook pe Boston <pusspuss>.

Weght kloshe spose nayka mamook tzum okoke:  Huloima wawa kopa Chinook
lalang, "pish" (wake "pishpish"!), yaka chako kopa Boston "fish".  Okoke
town kopa Washington, wake siah kopa salt chuck, yaka nem Pysht, pe weght
okoke chako kopa Chinook lalang.

Msayka kEmtEks?
Mesika kumtuks-nah?

Dret lhush san ... pulakli ... tL'unEs-Ikta!

Dave

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