Blue Heron/robin

[Scott Tyler]

Hey Thanks!  A little spring wawa koopa Laska!

 anah !  koopa hiyu elip san

many-a-morning 

alta yakwa pil k'watin yaka koko ya lateyt koopa she-like-em
spoos ya 'ayak tlataawa taa
alta kullakulla ya hiloo miLayt

this robin knocking his head at his reflection
a fleeting spirit 
a bird that is naught

anah kakwa nayka koko na lateyt koopa yakwa kanawi qa !
spoos nayka tl'ap yakwa tlataawa ikta !
nayka lemah paL hiloo iktah alta 

painfully like me knocking my head against this world !
as if to catch this fleeting thing !
my hands full of nothing !

scott/ooshtaqi



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Francisc Czobor 
  To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG 
  Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:40 PM
  Subject: Re: Blue Heron


  Klahowya Ooshtaqi !

  as already discussed earlier in this list, the CJ name for "robin" is pil k'oaten (according to Boas, and after him Shaw), that is pil k'watin "red belly".

  Francisc

  Scott Tyler <s.tylermd at COMCAST.NET> wrote:
    LaXayam Laska,

    Just a little diversion but bird name related.

    ? Qata nem Laska wawa kupa pastad wawa "robin" ?

    ! alta yakwa kullakulla yaka koko yaka lateyt nayka window !

    scott/ooshtaqi
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Tony Johnson 
      To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG 
      Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:51 PM
      Subject: Re: Blue Heron


      ixt tEnEs ikta: nayka tilixam Laska munk yuLqat k'ipwat (pus munk Liskwis) khapa yuLqat thiya7wit yaka lima bon. 
       
      hayu masi (many thanks),
       
       
       
      Tony A. Johnson
      Cultural Education Coordinator
      Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
      9615 Grand Ronde Road
      Grand Ronde, OR 97347
      503-879-2084
       

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      From: The Chinook List [mailto:CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Leanne Riding
      Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:36 PM
      To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
      Subject: Re: Blue Heron
       
      I've never seen a specific word for this bird, either. Not sure why there is not one, but perhaps this bird lacked usefulness in a CJ context?

      Leanne


      Francisc Czobor wrote: 
      The only CJ expression referring (also) to the heron I found in "The Chinook Book" of W.S. Phillips ("El Comancho"), under the heading KULLAKULLA:
      "Siah lepee kullakulla mitlite copo chuck illahee," "A long legged bird that-lives-in the water-land (swamps)." (The crane, snipe or heron.)
      But I don't know about any specific denomination for the blue heron.
       
      Francisc

      "J. Barnes" <saghalie.illahee at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
        The Jargon seems to have developed words for specific animals.  Does anyone know if there's a word for a Blue Heron (also known as the Great Blue Heron)? 

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