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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