1897, BC: words for ‘breast(s)’, and Red River Métis

1897, BC: words for ‘breast(s)’, and Red River Métis

You may recall, I’ve previously written about the word tit in Northern Chinook Jargon. Now here’s quite an interesting spelling of an older word for the same thing — titush: Image credit: Instagram Tanas son, tanas man mamuk halak iaka ‘In the morning, the boy opened his’ siahus: iaka tanas ihi kopa iaka mama; ‘eyes; he giggled at his mother;’ iaka tiki titush: pus iaka kopit makmak, iaka ‘he wanted the breast; when he was done nursing, he’ tiki…