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Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa or Chinook Wawa, also known simply as Chinook or Jargon) is a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest.It spread during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River, first to other areas in modern Oregon and Washington, then to British Columbia and parts of Alaska, Northern California, Idaho and Montana.
The following is a listing of placenames from the Chinook Jargon, generally from the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, the Canadian Yukon Territory and the American states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania, US – "Schuylkill" meaning "hidden river" in Dutch; Skookumchuck River and Pilchuck River, Washington, US – the suffix chuck in Chinook Jargon meaning "river" Talkeetna River located in Talkeetna, Alaska, meaning "river of plenty" Uruguay River, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina (River of the painted birds River ...
The term "Chinook" also has a wider meaning in reference to the Chinook Jargon, which is based on Chinookan languages, in part, and so the term "Chinookan" was coined by linguists to distinguish the older language from its offspring, Chinuk Wawa. There are several theories about where the name "Chinook" came from.
Skookum is a Chinook Jargon word that has been in widespread historical use in British Columbia and the Yukon, [1] as well as the Pacific Northwest. It has a range of meanings, commonly associated with an English translation of strong or monstrous. The word can mean strong, [2] greatest, powerful, ultimate, or brave.
Chinook (definition) from Lower Chehalis tsʼinúk, the name of a village, [178] [179] via Chinook Trade Jargon. Chuckwalla (definition) from Cahuilla čáxwal. [180] Coho (definition) from Halkomelem k̉ʷə́xʷəθ ([kʷʼəxʷəθ]). [38] [181] [182] Coontie (definition) from Creek conti hetaka. Coypu (definition) from Mapudungun coipu, via ...
Chinook Jargon place names (68 P) L. Linguists of Chinook Jargon (1 P) Pages in category "Chinook Jargon" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
It may have been his name in Chinook, don't forget; and Makah/Nuu-cha-nulth is one of the two main root-languages of CJ "as we know it"; tatoosh may be Nootkan in origin, in other words, and may have been part ofa chiefly name ("breasts" and "milk" being typically associated with wealth and prosperity - as well as femininity of course; Tatoosh ...