still speakers?

[Yakima Belle]

LaXayam Scott!

Naika kopet kumtux wekt sitkum uk yiem; naika kumtux
cultus moxt munk puk-puk. Ikt yaka eena; klonas moxt
yaka solleks nenamooks (attempting to say "badger").

I've forgotten most of the story; all I remember is
that two animals were having a fight. One was beaver;
maybe the other was badger.

Anyhoo, anyone have the words for "badger" and
"dizzy"?

Does "tenino" mean valley?

And is there a central vocabulary list for all the
wonderful words that have been popping up here?

--- Scott Tyler <s.tylermd at COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> LaXayam Yakima tlooch!
> hyas ankatti hiloo maika kamtaks koopa kwolan
> Hello Yakima Belle!
> Long time no Hear!
> hiloo mayka kumtaks yiem koopa yakama illahi pi
> tenino
> tlaas chakoo yakwa
> I never heard the story about the creation of the
> Yakima Valley and Land.
> LaXayam mayka wawa yaka
> Please do tell.
> tlonas tloosh mayka wawa yaka yiem.
> Pehaps it would be good to hear a story.
> tloosh nanich, mayka siks scott
> take care, your friend scott
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Yakima Belle" <yakimabelle at YAHOO.COM>
> To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:46 PM
> Subject: Re: still speakers?
> 
> 
> > Naika chako klak Yakima pi kumtux tenas Tsinuk.
> Naika
> > papa yaka munk kwolan kopa Tyee Beaver kuhnsih
> yaka
> > wawa ekhanim kahta Yakima kloshe illahee chako
> mamook.
> >
> > (I come from Yakima and I know a little Chinook.
> My
> > father heard Chief Beaver tell the story of how
> the
> > Yakima Valley came to be created.)
> >
> > --- Dale McCreery <dr_mccreery at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey, this is Dale McCreery, from Hazelton, and I
> was
> >> under the impression
> >> that there were still some older people in town
> that
> >> knew cj, as the
> >> language was used between the Babine and Gitksan
> >> tribes, who both have
> >> reserves in the Hazeltons. I was reading an
> >> autobiography of a local doctor,
> >> and it stated that jargon was still very useful
> to
> >> him in the sixties, and
> >> although I haven't looked hard, I know at least
> one
> >> man who's father was a
> >> good speaker (father died a few years ago).
> >> I'm on in the area now, but plan on checking if
> >> there are any people who
> >> still speak when I get back.
> >> Dale
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> > I have a Home Economics degree and I am not afraid
> to use it.
> >
> >
> > 
> >
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