Are ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ ever Adjectives in Chinook Jargon?

Are ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ ever Adjectives in Chinook Jargon?

Are ‘fast’ & ‘slow’ ever Adjectives in Chinuk Wawa? Nope. The world’s best CW dictionary yet, published in 2012 by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, agrees that ayaq ‘fast’ is an adverb (also a verb), not an adjective. Image credit: slowboat.com And it offers just a single example for the idea that the antonym, ɬawa ‘slow’, might serve as an adjective: qʰanchi ɬawa mayka! ‘You’re so slow!’ But to this linguist’s mind, ɬawa there is a predi…