Can you identify these fish? (_Kamloops Wawa_) (fwd)

[David Robertson]

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:47:25 -0700
From: Deane Osterman <DOSTERMAN at knrd.org>
To: 'David Robertson' <drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG>
Subject: RE: Can you identify these fish?  (_Kamloops Wawa_)

the term mamet in Thompson is corresponds to either mountain whitefish
(Prospoium williamsoni) or Northern Pike Minnow "Squawfish"
(Ptychocheilus oregonensis).  The exact fish is not known.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Robertson [SMTP:drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG]
> Sent:	Tuesday, October 19, 1999 12:16 AM
> To:	CHINOOK at LINGUIST.LDC.UPENN.EDU
> Subject:	Can you identify these fish?  (_Kamloops Wawa_)
>
> Qhata mayka?
>
> Father J-M R LeJeune in his book "Chinook Rudiments" has (page 24):
>
> S[ahali] T[aye] mamook kanawe h'loima fish kopa chok; samon, statjen,
> kikne, mamet...
>
> and the English translation he provides is:
>
> God made all kinds of fish in the water:  salmon, sturgeons, kiknes[,]
> mamets...
>
> So, could "kikne" be "kokanee"?  What is a "mamet"?
>
> Dreht na tIki kEmtEks!
>
> Alta na lhadEwa.
>
> Dave
>
>
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