solemai etymology?

[hzenk at PDX.EDU]

> Is there an established etymology for the word "solemai" that shows up in
> some Jargon vocabularies?  It means "cranberry".
>

Harrington gives suulumix 'cranberries (wild or "store")' from Emma Luscier, his
Bay Center Jargon speaker.  The word was apparently shared with Lower Chehalis: 
Harrington also has (from the same speaker, I think) "Shw.B." (Shoalwater Bay, I
assume) 7asuulam'sh, "Cheh" (Chehalis) 7asuul'amish (m = glottalized "m", l' =
glottalized "l", sh = shibilant, "a" for Harrington's caret, "u" for his
upsilon) ("uu" in all cases is a long stressed upsilon).  Henry

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