Q's re origin of coho and chum

[Mike Cleven]

Liland Brajant Ros' wrote:
>
> >From: Jeffrey Kopp <jeffkopp at ATTBI.COM>
> >
> >On a tangential note, while searching for "coho" online I ran across
> >this page about the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River in New York
> >http://www.infotech-maine.com/CohoesNY/abcohoes/falls.html , which
> >includes this line:  "The Tribe mourned its loss and all Red Men
> >marked this place, for a princess...daughter of a warrior, died
> >there. All called the place Coho, the place of the Falling Canoe."
> >I presume it's coincidental, as it's a long way from Salishan
> >territory.
>
> It certainly sounds unlikely that there would be a connection; but I didn't
> notice any etymology or definition for the Halkomelem source word. Does it
> just mean "coho [salmon]" or does it have some underlying or analyzable
> meaning that could facilitate construction of a faux folk etymology to link
> it to the Upstate New York "place of the falling canoe"?

It's like Ojibway wawa=goose vs. CJ wawa=word, speech, talk.......and
Nadja's onetime comment about "stup"(stove)....

MC