ukuk chandi ya "kwIz"
peter webster
peterweb at TELEPORT.COM
Tue Sep 7 17:21:48 UTC 1999
At 8:31 PM -0700 9/7/99, David Robertson wrote:
>This week's quiz, that is, as it's a little late for Sunday :-) :
>Laksta kEmtEks ukuk?...
>ixt: pus-Ikta uk 'Wasco' lalang ya wawa "bushtn" pus "whiteman"?
--ixt: "bushtn" kahkwa boston. Wasco tillicums klaska chInUk-lalang tillcums.
("bushtn" same as boston. Wasco people they are chinook language
people.)
>makwst: qha mILayt uk "Pelton Dam" (dreht Lush nim ukuk, wigna?!)
--makwst: DesChutes Cooley Chuk mILayt kopa Warm Springs shawash illahi.
SkUkUm Lush nim, nawitka!
(DesChutes Running Water {River} at Warm Springs Indian Country
{Reservation}. Very right-on name, no lie!}
>Lun: Laksta ukuk "Tinainu" / Tenino shawash tIlIxam?
--Lun: Tenino shawash tIlIxam klaska "Warm Springs Indians." Wawa
Sahaptin-lalang. mILayt khapu Warm Springs shawash lllahi.
(Tenino Indian People are "Warm Springs Indians." They talk
Sahaptin language. They live at Warm Springs Indian Country {Reservation}.)
Lush nanitch
peter
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