Lee, D. and J.H. Frost. "Ten Years in Oregon."

David Robertson drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG
Wed Feb 10 07:32:59 UTC 1999


(New-York:  J. Collord, 1844.)

*page 101:  'One kind of shells in use among them are obtained on the
northwest coast, which is a small, white, spiral shell, called by them the
"Ta-co'pe-ta-co'pe," or "Hiaqua."'

That's from tkop 'white', enit?

Random question:  Can you think of any other examples of such doubling of
a full word in CJ?  (Stuff like XatXat, pushpush, hihi, and so on don't
count, let's say...But maybe pilpil does, because pil is a word.)

Best wishes,
Dave
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