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ishyâat King salmon, "spring salmon"
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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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