Need help with translation

[Dave Robertson]

Hi Tanya,

Of course I don't have an exact translation of "intertribal" for you, but
I've come across a few phrases that are close to what you've suggested.  If
you're looking for something short 'n' punchy, maybe a couple words like
"shawash khanamakwst" would do it--"Natives together".

For "upriver" I have something more definite.  In the CJ stuff written by
Native people, I've noticed they say "kikwEli" for "downriver".  (Just that
one word, not *kikwEli tsEqw or anything fancy.)  I'm not sure they ever
*said* the opposite, but it seems like "saXali" for "upriver" would work. 
And you might not expect "saXali" to mean that unless you heard this from
me, so I guess this kind of puts you into a secret society :)

--Dave



On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:55:49 -0700, Tanya Harrison <harristb at EOU.EDU> wrote:

>Laxayem Chinook users,
>
>I'm trying to find Chinuk wawa translations for  'intertribal' and
>'upriver'.
>
>A group of us in Pendleton are forming a canoe family, and the skipper wants
>our family to have a Chinuk wawa name.  We're an intertribal group, so we've
>been trying to translate the word intertribal into Chinuk wawa, ideas are
>khanawi tilixam, khanawi Laskta, khanawi Laska, or hayu shawash tilixam.
>
>Another thought is to translate the word 'upriver' into Chinuk wawa, since
>we are located up the Columbia.
>
>Any ideas or suggestions?
>
>Hayu mersi,
>Tanya Harrison
>Pendleton, Oregon
>
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