Seattle was called "New York Alki", wasn't it?

[Jordan Fink]

i didn't realize that that's what it translated to!



> I will attempt to write it,
>
> dzidza laa lich = seattle or ? place where canoes were carried ?
>
> a = schwa and aa = long ah
>
> Scott
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jordan Fink" <jordan at RISEUP.NET>
> To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Seattle was called "New York Alki", wasn't it?
>
>
>>I just realized that I can't send lushootseed writing over e-mail!
>> I'll just try to write it out:
>> seattle is:
>> dzidz(schwa)lali(ch)
>>
>> -jordan
>>
>>
>>> okay, i found the correct info:
>>>
>>> according to my xʷəlsucid reader from when I took a class at
>>> The
>>> Evergreen State College:
>>>
>>> the xʷəlsucid word for Seattle is dzidzəlalič
>>> (i can't figure out out to make the z's above superscript)
>>>
>>>
>>> as in "ʔəsɬaɬlil čəd ʔal tə
>>> dzidzəlalič"
>>> "I live at Seattle"
>>>
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