meaning of "chuckanut"

[David Robertson]

Well, I've already heard back from that linguist.  The meaning of Chuckanut 
is thought to be something like "the beach or the tide goes way out".  This 
would be in the Nooksack Salish language.  

Another linguist has suggested that it's from the neighbouring Northern 
Straits Salish language--I wonder if that would mean Samish?  In that case 
the meaning would involve the concept of burning, but I'm not told 
exactly.  "Burnt beach" maybe?

The word is not from Chinook Jargon, anyway.  Many thanks to Brent Galloway 
for generously sharing his knowledge.

--Dave R

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