siwash cosho for "seal"

[Maria Pascua]

In Makah, we have several words for seal/sea lions depending on the type
seal; our word for what we call a hair seal or harbor seal is k'ash-ch'u
or also pronounced k'ash-ch'u-oo.
Maria

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Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 8:26 PM
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Subject: Re: siwash cosho for "seal"

LhaXayam,

"Siwash cosho" (sawash kushu) seems to me like it means "native pig", so I
share your understanding of what "siwash" means.  Supposedly seal meat is
like pork.

There's a different word that was used in Chinuk-Wawa farther south, which
comes from the Old Chinook language: "olehiyu" (ulXayu') also
meaning "seal".

Klahawiam naika,

--Dave R


On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 20:15:45 -0700, STEPHANIE FOGEL
<kalapuyakwealth at MSN.COM> wrote:

>I was interested in the origin of your definition for "siwash"...using it
to describe a seal, would that be "native seal?" ...because from what I've
been taught "siwash" was used to describe "native peoples" or of native
origin...just interested in what you would use this word for? Or how it
pertains to "seal"...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Stephani

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