The word for communion (fwd)

[David Lewis]

Is it possible that the eulachon fish  is named after the eucharist of 
French? The eulachon or ooligan is known as the "salvation fish" in the 
Tsimshian/ Tlingit region. Or is this a coincidence which is signified by 
the similar spelling of eu... from maybe the original oo...?

David



>Peter and Dave,
>
>I noticed the Squamish word for 'communion', mentioned by Peter Jacobs, and
>thought it might be worth noting the Halkomelem term and its origin which is
>shared with Squamish and other Salish languages with the same form.  The
>Upriver Halkomelem term is  lEkalE'stEl 'communion' (phonemically E = schwa,
>a = epsilon , ' = high tone)(with a change to -tEl on the end, perhaps
>folk-etymologizing it as having the lexical suffix -tel 'thing for, device,
>tool').  The word was borrowed from Chinook Jargon <la­ka­lis­ti>
>'Eucharist'  Johnson 1978:312,   itself from French <l'eucharistie> 'the
>eucharist'.  My Upriver Halkomelem dictionary also notes that I did not get
>the term used in a sentence and so cannot say whether it is nominal (if the
>final tel is perceived as the instrumental suffix it would be a nominal) or
>as an interansitive verb.  It was obtained at a meeting of the Coqualeetza
>Elders Group (6/8/77).
>
>Best Regards,   Brent


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