Tuesday, November 27, 2012

tues. 27 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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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.

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