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YOUR CHINOOK WAWA WORD OF THE DAY: KWASS
KWASS
[kwas] โ Adjective, noun.
Meaning: Afraid, Awe; Distrust; Dread; Fear; Fearful; Shy; Tame; Timid
Origin: From a Chinookan particle kโwash โafraidโ
Expressing notions of fear and hesitancy, the word โkwassโ lends itself to an adequate description of a โkwass kalakalaโ (pigeon).
Scary movies are designed to โmamook kwassโ (scare, frighten, alarm), and experience โhyas kwassโ (horror) in order to โchako kwassโ (frighten) us, or at least make us โkwass pe shakeโ (shudder).
A โkwass manโ (coward) would be considered โkwass tumtumโ (cowardly; fearful), and would likely say “nika kwass” (I am afraid). But if one was โhalo kwassโ (fearless, bold, hopeful) and โhalo nika kwass kopa yakaโ (reliable), they would be expected to say โhalo nika kwassโ (I will risk it).