Swans in Hawaiian

[David Robertson]

Klahowya, Nadja,

It looks pretty sure that there's no connection between the words for
"swan" in the two languages.  In fact, someone happened to bring up the CJ
word "kehloke" etc. on this list about 4-5 months ago, and we had some
superbly interesting notes about it from pretty convincing folks.  (E.g.
Dell Hymes, who's one of the few living linguists to have studied the
Chinookan languages with the remaining speakers.)  The upshot was that
it's definitely a native Chinookan word.

Anyone on the list still have those posts?  That was before we began using
LISTSERV, so they're not in our archives on the Website.  My saved copies
were accidentally deleted as I tried to put 'em onto disks!

It is quite remarkable how few Hawaiian words entered the Jargon.  Does
this speak of the status of the Kanakas in the NW?  BTW, I'm tempted to
say that "Owyhee" / "Hawaii" entered the Jargon, or came into NW usage via
the Jargon.  Haven't I seen it in at least one dictionary?  (*Sigh*, gotta
go through all those xeroxes again!)  :-)

Best from
Dave

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