Oregon Gathering

Nadja Adolf nadolf at NAVITEL.COM
Mon Jun 21 14:46:36 UTC 1999


Have the dates moved? I thought it was earlier in the month.
Please advise.

nadja
-----Original Message-----
From: Nadja Adolf
Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 7:45 AM
To: 'David Robertson'; CHINOOK at LINGUIST.LDC.UPENN.EDU
Subject: RE: ukuk wam-IlI7i yaka chInUk lu7lu




-----Original Message-----
From: David Robertson [mailto:drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 9:27 PM
To: CHINOOK at LINGUIST.LDC.UPENN.EDU
Subject: ukuk wam-IlI7i yaka chInUk lu7lu


LaXayEm!

(ixt / 1 )  mEsayka tIki tEnas-wawa Ikta aLqi nEsayka munk khapa uk lu7lu
khapa Oregon?  /  Do you folks want to discuss what we'll be doing at the
gathering in Oregon, August 18-20?

Yes! Very much so.

(makwst / 2)  alta tIlIxam mILayt khapa ukuk 'lIst', wek Laska kEmtEks
qhata nEsayka munk-c!Em chInUk wawa.../There are some on this list now who
don't know how we write Chinook Jargon...
	c	kakwa/is like	ts
	ch	kakwa		ch (kakwa BastEn/English 'church')
	e	kakwa		ey (kakwa BastEn 'they')
	eh	kakwa		e  (kakwa BastEn 'pet')
	E	kakwa		...(kakwa BastEn 'uh')
	I	kakwa		i  (kakwa BastEn 'pit')
	i	kakwa		i  (kakwa BastEn 'tiki')
	L	kakwa		lh (kakwa shawash ... voiceless lateral
					sound)
	q	kakwa 		...(kakwa 'k' mILayt tL'Ep khapa uk
					lapush/like 'k' far back in the
mouth)
	sh	kakwa 		sh  (kakwa BastEn 'shush')
	x	kakwa		ch  (kakwa 'Bach', 'loch')
	X	kakwa		... (kakwa skukEm 'x'/like a strong 'x')
	kw, qw, xw, Xw..............(nEsayka lapush kakwa lEwulo pus
				     nEsayka wawa ukuk/we say these with a
				     rounded mouth)
	7	kakwa		... (kakwa kacEk khapa/like the middle
				     part of:  BastEn 'uh-oh!')
	?	wEXt kakwa nEsayka munk-c!Em '7'/this is another way of
				     writing '7'
	!	tIki wawa liku-noys ukuk/means a glottalized sound

Lush-pulakli/good evening,
Dave

	
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