Is ‘purple’ in K’alapuyan from Métis/Canadian French?

Is ‘purple’ in K’alapuyan from Métis/Canadian French?

And, by implication, should we take it as a Chinuk Wawa word? There’s a precedent for that. Previously, French-derived words have been found in K’alapuyan of the Grand Ronde Reservation community, and been logically inferred to reflect local Chinook Jargon usage. This is the story of ubut, for instance. K’alapuya purple (image credit: Indianz.com) We find in Paul Stephen McCartney, Sr.’s “The Kalapuya Dictionary” an entry for ‘purple’ as K’alapu…