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<DIV>As far as I know, the CJ word for orca whale (aka killer whale) is kakowan (from Nootka kakawun); in Puget Sound CJ the orca is called also kwanis (otherwise a generic term for whale, of Salishan origin).</DIV>
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<DIV>Francisc<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 7/6/09, Carol Banks <I><csb97448@GMAIL.COM></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Does anyone have a good CJ word for an Orca Whale, and also for an Orca Pod. I'm trying to translate a children's book. </DIV>
<DIV>Hayu masi.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Dave Robertson <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="http://us.mc524.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ddr11@uvic.ca" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:ddr11@uvic.ca">ddr11@uvic.ca</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>One of the words for "tobacco" that we've discussed here in the past 11 (!!)<BR>years is "snoose". So I was amused in an I-just-received-a-secret-message<BR>way, when I saw advertisements at the 7-11 store for Camel's latest product<BR>"Snus". Smokeless, spitless tobacco.<BR><BR>No relation to the CJ word k'aynuL. :)<BR><BR>--Dave<BR><BR>To respond to the CHINOOK list, click 'REPLY ALL'. To respond privately to the sender of a message, click 'REPLY'. Hayu masi!<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>To respond to the CHINOOK list, click 'REPLY ALL'. To respond privately to the sender of a message, click 'REPLY'. Hayu masi! </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>
To respond to the CHINOOK list, click 'REPLY ALL'. To respond privately to the sender of a message, click 'REPLY'. Hayu masi!