fri., 30 nov., 2012: post-angstgiving dakota, navajo & yup´ik (inuit) sobriquets: give us This Day our Daily Curse

 

DAKOTA:   Wasicu   +

NAVAJO:   Belliganna   ++

YUP´IK (INUIT):   Qussak   +++

     + )  Lit., “[one who] takes the fat” —  i.e., selfish bastard; Dakota term for the invading whitey people;

  ++ )  Navajo term for the invading whitey people, possibly corruption of Spanish “Americano” ;

+++ )  Lit., “Cassock”  —  Yup´ik (Inuit) term for the Russian invaders...

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