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áama / amva- (king) salmon, "spring salmon"

ikvip / ikvírip- to run (used of salmon, as well as creatures with legs)

achvuun coho salmon, "hookbill salmon"

imváram plate basket, an openwork basket used for salmon; any plate (O'Neale, p. 33)

ishyâat King salmon, "spring salmon"

ihmar / ihmára- (plural) to run (used of salmon, as well as of creatures with legs)

áchpuus part of salmon identified as 'white stuff under the throat'

imafúnvaan salmon beggar, a person who begs salmon

ípun tail meat of salmon

pipúniich salmon tail

masúruk (a considerable distance) up a creek, up the Salmon River

tâatsur / tâatsuru- to cut off (salmon tail)

amvámaan salmon skin

amveeváxrah dried salmon

chiipich a type of salmon, redfish, a stunted variety of Oncorhynchus nerka (H), or possibly jack salmon (chk)

ikúuykirih to barbecue (salmon)

mâasukam (a short distance) up a creek, or up the Salmon River

páramvuram boiling basket, to cook venison or salmon

pimnaníh'aama summer salmon

yumaará'aama hookbill salmon; dog salmon

áat King Salmon, "Spring Salmon"

achip'óorayva a certain cut of salmon

amváathxiik salmon scale

amvapáramvuram boiling basket for cooking salmon

amvavákay salmon worm, larval stage of salmon beetle

ámveenishaparar whole salmon, before being cut up

amveeshvítvit pieces of salmon

apsun'íshvit placename, where the whirlpool is at the mouth of the Salmon River

asúf'iish salmon backbone meat

átay roe, salmon eggs

atáyxuun salmon roe baked with powdered manzanita berries

atay'ifápvaanich type of salmon, similar to nûurit.

átish back meat of salmon

atíshuuf back meat of salmon

átvaaf salmon liver

avatákan salmon glue, used for bows, made by chewing salmon skin

axvahíkiikvapuh broiled salmon head

axváh'iish cartilage inside salmon's head

chuskáakach chub salmon

fithihíkpak generative organs of the male salmon

ihmárakurih (salmon) to run into a creek

ihvíthkir / ihvíthkiri- to clean salmon on (something)

iinayâarihva salmon

ikíikva rack for salmon (for drying or for broiling)

ikikváram rack for broiling salmon

ikíkveevaxrah dried broiled salmon

iknakarav'athkúrit juice from joints of salmon backbone

ikôor to stick something through something, as a stick through a piece of salmon for cooking

ikúkirih to set up (salmon) to broil

ikxaniyákuunich sacred stones used in the ameekyaaraam salmon ceremony and in the Orleans world renewal (Kroeber & Gifford, 7, 37)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3177 | revised Feb 10 2015

ishyâat • N • King salmon, "spring salmon" Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (ITIS).

Literally: 'winter-salmon'

Derivation:	íshyaav áat
	winter salmon.sp.

Source: WB 744.1, p.352

Note: JPH ethno ?:??? and ani 06:595 say: Term used for áama before the ceremony at Yu'tim'iin.

• chéemyaach ík vúra ishâat imshíinaavish. The spring salmon must shine upriver early. [Reference: KT 131.6]
• vaa kumûuk kuníhviithtiheesh peeshyâat, peethívthaaneen takunpikyâahaak. They will clean the spring salmon with that, when they fix the world. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 060]

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