Pandosy, Grammar and dictionary of the Yakama language

[David Robertson]

I copied these items out of Pandosy's book.  Most are Chinook Jargon loans, 
some are from Interior Salish.  Some might not be loans.



Pandosy, Marie-Charles.  1970 [1860].  Grammar and dictionary of the Yakama 
 language.  New York: AMS [Cramoisy].  [Translated by George Gibbs 
and J.G.  Shea.]  (Shea’s Library of American Linguistics, VI.)  


Dictionary: pp. 37-59
Ah!  alalá

Barge,  
pot
Barrel,   ta-mo-lish
Barrier, kra-lar
Beaver, i-ra

Birds, the, ka-ki-a-ma
Biscuit, sa-plil
Boat,   
pot
Bread,   sa-plil
Cat,  pish-pish, pwsh
Chapel, ta-la-pw-sha-pa-ma-nit
Cock,  Le-coq
Cow,  mws-mw-sin

Duck,  rat-rat

Enclosure, kra-lar
Fence,  kra-lar
Fox,  
grey, té-li-pa
Game bag, kla-kam
Gold,  tā-lă
Heart,   tem-na
Hell,  
en-per
Hen,  le-kok
Hogshead, ta-mw-litsch
Inclose, to, kra-la-ré-sha

Iron,  sti
Law,  ta-ma-nw-it
Love,  at-ker-sha

Mat,  skw-as

One,  nars

Order, an, ta-ma-nw-it
Ox,  mws-mus, mws-mws-in
Park,  kra-lar
Path,  i-chet
Pea,  lé-pois
Physician, tok-ter

Pin,  ka-pws
Pipe,  
cha-la-met
Pray, to, 
ta-la-pw-shak-sha
Prayer,  ta-la-pw-sha
Precept, ta-ma-nw-it
Priest,  
le prêtre
Rattlesnake, war-pw-she
Road,   i-chet
Route,  i-chét
Sack,  
le sac
Salmon,  large, t-kwi-nat

Salt,  sol
Salt, adj. so-lié
Salt, to, so-li-sa

Ship,   shep
Silver,  tā-lă
Six,  p-tar-nins

Snake,  p-w-shé
Soup,  la soup, la kamine
Steel,  sti

Sugar,  shw-ker
Sweet,  tsi
Tea,  le thé
Tent,  
sil-haws
Tortoise, a-la-shik
Wolf,   small, spi-li-é

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