Can you identify these fish? (_Kamloops Wawa_)

David Robertson drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG
Wed Oct 20 05:24:31 UTC 1999


> The Shuswap word for 'kokanee' is kEknaexw (where E is schwa, ae is a-e
> digraph accented, and w is superscript; Random House Dict., 2d ed., s.v.
> kokanee), which (or some Salish cognate) would make a good etymon for CJ
> kikne.
...............Okay, very good in fact, when you consider that almost any
vowel in _Kamloops Wawa's_ shorthand writing system could stand for
'schwa'!....................Hayu masi, Alan.................Dave



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