Wednesday, November 28, 2012

wed., 28 nov., 2012: post-angstgiving dakota & navajo & yup´ik 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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