Sahaptin words in CW

[Alan H. Hartley]

David Robertson wrote:

> There are a number of words that may come from an unclear source.  I seem 
> to recall k'wayts "nine" being possibly from Sahaptin or Chinookan.  And 
> Jacobs' sketch of NW Sahaptin grammar (page 285 note 40) has ats "sister", 
> which I had suspected was Chinookan.

cf. Nez Perce k'uyc 'nine' (Haruo Aoki, Nez Perce Dictionary).

> I'd be interested in looking through a comprehensive Sahaptin dictionary, 
> if there is one.

I don't think there is one. Aoki makes occasional mention of Sahaptin 
cognates. For Sahaptin natural history and social terms, there is Gene 
Hunn's Nch'i-Wana. Bruce Rigsby and Noel Rude have a Sahaptin sketch in 
vol. 17 of the Hdbk. of N. Amer. Indians, with a brief "selected 
vocabulary".

Alan

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