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Chicken Standing by the Roadside

ʔe! waswásno Ɂiskítlaykin hiwséetu.
(Oh..chicken..beside the road..it is standing)
“Oh, a chicken is standing by the roadside!”

manámaax kaa...
What the...

When I posted this expression to my List, Sensei Haruo Aoki (Senior Linguist for Nez Perce at the time) replied with this response:

kíi waswásno hiwuuyt’ipéetswisa KFC-pkinix.
(this..chicken..it is desperate to flee/run away..from KFC)
This chicken is desperately fleeing from KFC!


Originally posted in October 2017.

We miss Sensei Haruo.