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 CHAPTER TWO:

THINGS YOU MAY SAY TO A BABY

 

 

ččəkewi 
come


 

api
sit


 

wihkʷənemen
take it 


  

na
motion with hand towards someone to take "that"


 

kkatohpi
are you hungry


 

kətahčewelətamen na ná
do you want food(baby talk)


 

kətahčewelətamen mičəwakan 
do you want food


 

kkatohskí
are you sleepy


 

nαtəkʷasi
go to sleep


 

oow-oow
sleep(baby talk)


 

katawəssimi
are you thirsty


 

kətaləheye nihkʷap
play now


 

September 1, 1846

Author and Transendentalist Henry David Thoreau visits Indian Island for the first time.