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What are some Words and Phrases and Jargon in the Chinook language?

June 12, 2020 by Karen Hill

tupso kopa latate meant hair
saghalie tyee yaka book meant the Bible
tupso , grass (Chinook)
kopa , on (Chinook)
saghalie , heaven (Chinook)
latate , the head (mispronunciation of the French words la tete)
tyee , chief (Nootka)
yaka , his (Chinook)
book , book (English)
cly tumtum meant to mourn
cly , cry (mispronunciation of English)
tumtum , heart (invented word mimicking the sound of a heartbeat)
kah cole chako meant the north kah , where (Chinook)
cole , cold (mispronunciation of English)
chako , is (Nootka)
man yaka delate kumtux potlatch wawa meant orator
man , man (English)
yaka , who (Chinook)
delate , definitely (mispronunciation of the English word straight)
kumtux , knows (Nootka)
potlatch , how to give (Nootka)
wawa , a speech (Chinook)

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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