silver salmon

pastəducid

noun

Lushootseed

1. (Skokomish) sq̓əčqs, (Southern) kʷəxʷic, (Snohomish) skʷxʷic, skʷəxʷic, (Nisqually) skowic
   • Is that a silver salmon in the river?

   sq̓əčqs ʔu tiʔiɫ ʔal tə stuləkʷ.

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sources

• 1888, Major W. A. Jones, Corps of Engineers, "The Salmon Fisheries of the Columbia River" in The Executive Documents of the Senate of the United States for the First Session of the Fiftieth Congress, vol. 7, no. 123, p. 27 (Spelled as "Skowitz.")
• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, p. 126, 182
• 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, lesson 8