Ararahih'urípih
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áama / amva- (king) salmon, "spring salmon"

áat King Salmon, "Spring Salmon"

achip'óorayva a certain cut of salmon

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

achvuun coho salmon, "hookbill salmon"

amváathxiik salmon scale

amvámaan salmon skin

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

amveeváxrah dried 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

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

chuskáakach chub salmon

fithihíkpak generative organs of the male salmon

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

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

ikúuykirih to barbecue (salmon)

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

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

imafúnvaan salmon beggar, a person who begs salmon

imthátirih to clamp salmon between two sticks, to broil it over a fire

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

iphíruprav / iphírupram- to take salmon out (from water)

ípun tail meat of salmon

ípuniich spawned-out salmon, turning white

íruravahiv spring salmon ceremony

ishiráthuuf South Fork of the Salmon River

ishyâat King salmon, "spring salmon"

kahyúfish upriver salt, from near Captain's place, delicious in salmon soup

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

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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  1. ishyâat "spring salmon" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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