"ikta kata" in _Kamloops Wawa_

[Jim Holton]

Collin, The only attestation that comes to mind, which is along the
lines that you suggest, is from an exercise that we read at a prevous
lulu and is on the associated CD.  I believe it is based on an actual
conversation that took place.


1st person: Ikta kata?   (What's the problem?)
2nd person: Wik ikta kata.  (There is no problem.)

Klahauyem, Jim




cbruce at smartline.com.au wrote:

>if ikta can mean...
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>   What
>   Something
>   I don't know what
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>does that mean ikta kata can mean...
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>   What's the problem
>   A problem
>   I don't know what the problem is
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>?????
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>Can I say
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>   Nayka tumtum klonas ikta kata yakwa
>   I think there may be a problem here.
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>Dave, doesn't "ikta-qhata" sort of indicate there's a problem?  I am
>kind of interested in the translation of "wik kata" as "could not."  I
>am more interesting in what people where doing speaking CJ in China.
> Maybe you could give us the background? Hayash masi, Jim
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>David D. Robertson wrote:
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>>This was kind of interesting to find in _Kamloops Wawa_.
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>>>>From a page titled "Besieged in Pekin by the Boxers [page] 83", we have
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>>"Alta nsaika drit skukum haws:  wik kata nsaika wiht komtaks ikta kata
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>kopa
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>>klahani."
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>>("Now ours was really a prison house:  We could no longer know what was
>>going on outside.")
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>>If my interpretation of this sentence is appropriate, <ikta kata> here is
>>the equivalent of the characteristic Grand Ronde Jargon /ikta qhata/
>>meaning "what's up?".
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