CJ loan in Haida [from Haida language list]

Sat Apr 5 00:39:43 UTC 2003

[Jordan Lachler wrote:]

Well, as Chuck Natkong taught us in his class in Hydaburg, TlaXÃ¡awya is
Haida for "aloha" :)  But yeah, it's definitely a Chinook loan word and not
a Hawaiian one! :)

Jordan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Robertson [mailto:TuktiWawa at NETSCAPE.NET]
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 3:19 PM
> To: HAIDA_LANGUAGE-L at LIST.UNM.EDU
> Subject: Re: [HAIDA_LANGUAGE-L] even more Haida audio online
>
> Hi, Jordan,
>
> You gotta be kiddin' me -- is tlaXaawya a Haida greeting?!
> ...  --Dave R.