siwash cosho for "seal"

[Leanne Riding]

Oh yeah, I should clarify, that I'm referring to the expression
"siwash cosho," not the CJ word "kosho" itself, which originates
from french. The idea I fancy (for a fancy is all it can be for a
non-linguist like me) is that maybe k'ash ch'u entered CJ as cosho,
but "siwash" was added to distinguish the animal as being a
different kind.

On Thursday, September 16, 2004, at 01:56 , Leanne Riding wrote:

> I love the bit about the wolf!
>
> I'm not very familiar with makah food history, and only somewhat
> familiar with chinook. My impression was that chinook depended
> very heavily on the fishery and seal hunting was less important.
> With makah was there a greater reliance on marine mammals?
>
> I'm tickled with the idea that maybe makah contributed this word
> to CJ by way of sound-alike.
>

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