tL'mEn

George Lang george.lang at UALBERTA.CA
Sat Jan 19 17:34:54 UTC 2002


Sally's mention of Jargon _tL'mEn_ reminds me of a derivative of its
etymon in Lower Chinook, _ige'L!mEnL!mEn_ , here in Boas's
spelling for 'syphilis' (1911:616).

Does anyone recall having seen some instance of its use in a Jargon
context, maybe without the pronominal _i-ge_ rather simply repeated
to denote the disease which causes mush, and not something
mashed?

George



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