Jim, I'm unsure whether that word for "turnip" is nonnative. It looks very Salish to me. Best, Dave *VISIT the archives of the CHINOOK jargon and the SALISHAN & neighboring* <=== languages lists, on the Web! ===> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/salishan.html http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/chinook.html