qəlx̌

Lushootseed

etymology: < Proto-Coast Salish *qəlx̌ ("fish roe")

noun

pastəducid

1. dried salmon eggs, dried salmon roe

   • ʔuqada tə dqəqsiʔ ʔə tə qelx̌.

   My favorite uncle stole the dried salmon eggs.

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sources

• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, p. 176
• 1995, Thom Hess and Vi [taqʷšəblu] Hilbert, Lushootseed: The language of the Skagit Nisqually, and other tribes of Puget Sound, an Introduction: Book I, Lushootseed Press, chapter 1
• 2002, Aert H. Kuipers, "Salish Etymological Dictionary", University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics, no. 16, ISBN 1-879763-16-8, p. 148