Chinook Jargon and environmental hazards
Scott E Tyler
s.tylermd at COMCAST.NET
Sat Jun 26 17:00:09 UTC 2004
Nice question.
Seems like forest fire might be expressed several ways:
hiyu stik yaka miLayt skookum paya
OR
skookum paya okok hiyu stik
OR
hayas paya koopa hiyu stik
OR
skookum paya koopa hiyu stik
Another interesting term could be 'fire season'
paya illahee
Another one for wild fire:
mesachi paya
OR
skookum paya kakwa lemolo
Or
paya kakwa mesachi win' (fire storm)
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leanne Riding" <riding at TIMETEMPLE.COM>
To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:20 PM
Subject: Chinook Jargon and environmental hazards
> Now that the fire season's begun again, I'm thinking about environmental
> and weather words in the old Chinook Jargon. However I know no words
> that express 'forest fire,' or other natural hazard, other than
> lightning, snow, rain, or wind. Any thoughts on how they expressed those
> things?
>
> Here's a list of a few 19th century weather-related words:
>
> Clear up, chahko klah. (Hale)
> Cole, E., cold, winter, year. (Hale)
> Cole snass (cold rain), snow. (Hale)
> Kol, winter, cold. (Demers,Blanchet,St.Onge)
> Ppes or win, soul, breath, life. (Demers,Blanchet,St.Onge)
> Sa[gh]ali pa[i]a, lightening. (Demers,Blanchet,St.Onge)
> Snas, rain. (Demers,Blanchet,St.Onge)
> Snass, J., rain. (Hale)
> Sno or t[l'k]op snas, snow. (Demers,Blanchet,St.Onge)
> Win, wind. (Demers,Blanchet,St.Onge)
> Wind, or win, E., wind, breath, life. (Hale)
>
> (PS. how are you doing, Bernard?)
>
> -- Leanne
>
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