Kamooks - dog

[Lee Shedden]

I'm not a linguist. Or a historian. Or much of anything, really. And if 
my knowledge of CJ is limited, my knowledge of Native languages is ... 
nonexistent.

But since first encountering the word, I always fancied — whether 
rightly or wrongly I don't know — that the "ooks" in "Kamooks" was 
related to the "ux" or "uxw" or "ook" or "uk" suffix  that seems to 
denote "person" or "people" in many Native languages.  Like 
"Nlaka'pamux" or "Inuk," or "Chinook." I like the idea: "dog-person" or 
"dog-being." Granting dogs a status greater than that of mere object.

Am I way off base? Anyone?

Lee Shedden

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