CJ in Samish Dialect of Straits Salish

[Jeffrey Kopp]

Well, to my untrained eye, I kind of see "illahee" in the second half
of "shxw?ilewE?" (turnip).  So could it be "[unknown something] in
the ground"?

Jeff

On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:09:14 -0800, "David Robertson"
<drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG> wrote:

>Jim,
>
>I'm unsure whether that word for "turnip" is nonnative.
>
>It looks very Salish to me.
>
>Best,
>Dave
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