Additional loanwords => Tlingit

[Dave Robertson]

LhaXayam,

>From the "Tlingit Literacy Session" book mentioned yesterday, also these:

Tl     gishu` (Teslin & Atlin dialects)
       geshu` (Carcross dialect)
En     pig  [from Chinook Jargon]  (page 5)

Tl     da^na`
En     money  [from Chinook Jargon]  (page 10)

Tl     je^gi't
En     jacket

Tl     ch'a^k'  [similar to CJ chakchak]
En     eagle

Tl     ja'nwu  [could this be a loan, or = "mountain goat"?]
En     goat

Tl     ku^x  [native?]
En     rice

Tl     gu't  [native?]
En     dime

[note:  ` marks a long low vowel
' marks a short high vowel
^ marks a long high vowel
short low vowels are unmarked]

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