"high muckamuck" (wEXt tEnEs Ikta)

[David Robertson]

WEXt tEnEs Ikta:

Na tEmtEm alaxti anqEti tIlIXEm lhas wawa /hayu' mEkmEk/ pus man ya
kEmtEks "potlatch", q'iwa dreht anqEti ChInuk Wawa ukuk...?

Kakwa na tEmtEm, lhaska wawa ukuk manak'i ilEp khapa uk tEnEs wawa
"potlatch" ya lhatEwa khapa BastEn wawa.  Pi kakwa, khEltEsh lhEs kEmtEks
wawa /ya t'u7wEn hayu' mEkmEk/ pus ukuk hayash man.  /palach man/ alaxti
kakwa "generous"!?

Dreht wek na kEmtEks.  KhEltEsh na tIki pus kanawi lhaksta lhas nanIch pi
wawa hayu ChInuk Wawa!

Alta na lhatEwa.
Dave



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