origin of "quimnut", "quinnut" => Quinault?

Alan H. Hartley ahartley at D.UMN.EDU
Wed Feb 28 18:34:52 UTC 2001


"Quinault" is from Quinault kwinayl [barred ell], the name of the
group's largest village. (from Hdbk. N. Amer. Indians VII. (1990) 516)

Alan



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