yubəč

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Northern


pronunciation: yo bəč

word analysis: Proto-Coast Salish *yumač ("king salmon")
noun
pastəducid
  1. king salmon, spring salmon, Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
    • yubəč tiʔiɫ.
    That is a king salmon.
    • ʔudᶻakʷakʷaləqidəb ʔə kʷi gʷ(ə)əsp̓əkʷaliqid gʷəyubəč.
    And by the likes of someone like King Salmon, who shakes (flaps) his head like someone with his head chopped off!

see also: (Southern) sac̓əb



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