Kiksht
Alan H. Hartley
ahartley at D.UMN.EDU
Tue Feb 1 02:07:29 UTC 2000
Many thanks to Tony and Rob for all the help with this etymology, and
for a lesson in Chinookan linguistics!
There must be something in English (chronologically) between Sapir's
citation of kiksht as a native word in 1909 and its appearance in the
touristic _Mount Hood Guide_ in 1940. (The latter quot. is "This
language..is the Upper Chinookan or Kikct dialect." Looks like Sapir's
-c- as shacek again.) If anyone ever runs across a gap-filler, please
let me know.
Thanks again,
Alan
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