Dave Robertson wrote: > <spakram> in the shorthand should stand for something like /sp(')at'm/ > or /sp(')et'm/. (And local Salish languages have an alternation of [t'] > with [tL'].) Seems to me I've seen "spatlam" somewhere. Alan To respond to the CHINOOK list, click 'REPLY ALL'. To respond privately to the sender of a message, click 'REPLY'. Hayu masi!