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VOCABULARY (§§ 57-60) 

 § 57. Onomatopoetic Terms 



The most important trait of the Chinook vocabulary is the abun- 

 dance of onomatopoetic terms. 



There are many nouns of onomatopoetic origin. All of these con- 

 tain the imitative group of sounds doubled. Since, in onomatopoetic 

 words when used as verbs, duplication of the stem signifies repetition, 

 the doubling of the stem in nouns may be interpreted as meaning that 

 the particular sound is uttered habitually by the object designated 

 by the onomatopoetic term. Some nouns contain other phcmetic 

 elements in addition to the doubled group of imitative sounds. 



This class of nouns includes particularly names of birds, of a few 

 other animals, and a miscellaneous group of terms among which are 

 found names of parts of the body and a few terms of relationship. 

 Some of these are not strictly onomatopoetic, but may be included in 

 the class of doubled stems for the sake of convenience. 



(1) Birds. 



From stem t!e is formed itle't'.e hawk 



qoel iqoe'lqoel owl 



'poe ipo'ejJoe (sp. ?) 



qes iqe'sqes, o^e'c^ec blue jay 



qods iqod'sqoas crane 



qone iqone'qone gull 



tSEU e'tSEUtSEn humming-bird 



goex ogoe'xgoex female mallard-duck 



tc.'dlc utc.'aJctdd'Jc eagle 



tsids otsid'stsias robin 



qui e'qulqul heron 



lot iqsd'tlotldt (sp.?) 



ts!ek omunts .'e'lcts lelc teal-duck 



Icoae otdl'nakoaekoae (sp.?) 



tcxEU tq.'e'ptcxETitcxEn sprigtail ducks 



qet CEuqetqe't hawk 



Icon iqstd'Tconkon woodpecker 



(2) Mammals. 



From stem pEU is formed o'pEnpEn skunk; I'pEupEn badger 

 nam (?) enamnd'muks otter 



Icdtc uko'tcJcotc porpoise 



tEp SE'ntsptEp shrew 



CElq e'cElqcElq porcupine 



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