Panties in Jargon

[Robert Kentta]

We always say "sokoluks" for undies at Siletz...at least in Chinook wawa.
Halo Sokoluks

R...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Robertson" <ddr11 at UVIC.CA>
To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 10:53 AM
Subject: Panties in Jargon


> Terry Klokeid's 1968 Salish Conference paper on "Linguistic Acculturation
> in Nitinat" mentions a word /walo/ "panties" which he says is borrowed
from
> Jargon.
>
> I have 3 little kids & a dissertation to write, so forgive my denseness:
Is
> this word documented in Jargon?
>
> Or was it maybe called "Chinook" by Nitinat speakers because it sounded
> foreign?
>
> --Dave R
>
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