Terms for chickens in NW indigenous languages (fwd)

[David Robertson]

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 16:53:25 -0500
From: Dell Hymes <dhh4d at virginia.edu>
To: David Robertson <drobert at tincan.tincan.org>
Subject: Re: Terms for chickens in NW indigenous languages

>Howdy,
>
>As Nootka sounds, so sounds the Interior.  Nl~e7kepmxcin / Thompson
>River Salish, nx7amxcin / Moses Columbian Salish, Secwepemctsin /
>Shushwap Salish, and the Chinook Jargon of _Kamlups Wawa_, have words on
>the order of [chIk at n(s)].
>
>The latter language also has [likok], but it's very rare there, and is
>termed in Father LeJeune's "Chinook Rudiments" a word used elsewhere than
>Kamloops.
>
>On the other hand, Npoqinis^cn / Spokane Salish has [likok]; many other
>Interior languages also took their words for "chicken" from standard CJ.
>
>Upper Chehalis Salish has [skwinm], which originally meant "ruffed
>grouse".  But it also has [lust@] for "rooster", interestingly.
>
>Best wishes,
>Dave
>
>
>In Wasco-Wishram Chinook, 'hen' is a-likuk and 'rooster' is i-likuk
(a- feminine, i-masculine)  Dell H
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