KUKUTUX
Wild Word Friday! I continue to feature Aleut and Athabascan words on Wild Word Friday to celebrate the May 28 release of my 6 Alaska novels in Ebook format by Open Road Integrated Media. (Find them...
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I have heard experts and non-experts postulate that after acquiring language, humankind’s next huge step toward civilization was learning how to make and use fire. The Aleut word for fire is QUDAX....
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Wild Word Friday! When I hear the word SALMON, I don’t think of Latin. As a matter of fact, Latin doesn’t enter my mind, but our English word SALMON does come from the Latin word salire, to leap. At...
View ArticlePuppy Love/Great Dane!
I have never personally met a Great Dane, but I’ve seen pictures and video clips, and I’m always amazed at how huge these dogs can get. I’m told, however, that they are gentle giants indeed. Although...
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Wild Word Friday! I thought we might have a short lesson in the Ahtna Athabascan language today. Athna is the language of the Ahtna ethnic group in the southwestern area of mainland Alaska. The...
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Wild Word Friday! Linguists agree that the name ALASKA comes to us from a Native word. There’s some disagreement about which word and even which language. Generally, the consensus is that ALASKA means...
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Wild Word Friday! This past week has been wonderfully hectic for me. It included the release of my 6 Alaska books in Ebook format by Open Road Media. (Hooray!) We also had a houseful of company over...
View ArticleIGUUGUM TUGIDAA
Wild Word Friday! I thought it might be fun on the first Friday of each month to highlight the Aleut name – and translation – for that month. The Aleut word for June is IGUUGUM TUGIDAA. The second G in...
View ArticleGARAGE
Wild Word Friday! I’m up to my eyeballs in getting everything ready for a GARAGE sale, so I decided to visit the ancient roots of the word GARAGE. I absolutely love to find that one of our wild words...
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Wild Word Friday! Our word today is GREASE. When I think of the word GREASE, sensory images bombard: the yucky feel of cold bacon grease as I try to scrape it out of a pan, the taste of bear meat …...
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Wild Word Friday! ANIIDAM TUGIDAA is the Aleut designation for our month of July. ANIIDAM TUGIDAA means Month When Sea Mammal Pups are Born. When I work within a Native American language, I always love...
View ArticleLAP
Wild Word Friday! I’ve had an incredibly busy and productive week, but no time to write a blog post for Wild Word Friday, so this is a re-run. I hope it makes you smile! LAP is a very ancient word that...
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