tulit: another word deciphered

[Scott Tyler]

nice wawa!
tLooS nayka tLataawa
nika hiyu tulit,
scott/uuStaqii
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Robertson" <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:13 PM
Subject: tulit: another word deciphered


> 'Tulit' is a word I've come across in a number of places in the Kamloops
> Wawa.  From something I was reading today, where Father Le Jeune was
> apologizing to his readers for a long delay between issues of the
> newspaper, it became clear to me that 'tulit' is from English.  "Too
> late".  Meaning "late" in KW Chinook.
>
> I learn every day.
>
> --Dave R.
>
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