Turnips, potatoes

[Bernard Schulmann]

Indian Potato in this part of the interior is the corm of certain
lillies.  I think it is the avavlanche lily.

Bernard

David Robertson wrote:

>
>Kuipers' Salish Etymological Dictionary has PS *s-qawc "(Indian) potato",
>quite widely attested in the family, and notes similar looking words
>(qa:wac) in Quileute and Nootka. Is there one particular species we should
>understand by "Indian potato"?
>
>Ross Clark
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