Hancock list words Part two (A-B-E)
Mike Cleven
ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM
Sat Mar 27 20:49:52 UTC 1999
Thanks to everyone for their responses concerning the last item on the
Hancock wordlist. Today's sending is the odd words in A and B and E sections:
abad - destination (Kalapuya?)
abc - wood (pron. ubsh, sort of; can't repro the IPA here)
ada - to wait for
sha - interj. yes
ak - nephew
apeta - salmon eggs
apola - spitroast. Lapellah?
ashak, ashuk (ashEk) - snow
atimin - dead
awolt - incapable
awuci (awutsi) - swan
bali, bEli, bili - striped, spotted
[no weird stuff in D]
ekon - already mentioned
eke - brother-in-law
ekskon - wooden
ekutotsh - a bad spirit
ekwonot, ekwEnEt - spring salmon
elake - sea otter
emay - chest, breast
emik - the back
emintepu - muskrat
emist, emits - nose, beak, prow
esal - come
esitsa - ill
etamana - prophet, seer
etsum - heart
eye (ayuh) - yes
Mike Cleven
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