Unusual loan into ?Cowlitz

[Alan H. Hartley]

David Robertson wrote:

> I've got a handwritten note I made of the NP form (<kelamut>).  
...
> Anyone have enough Nez Perce information to help unravel this puzzle?  

Aoki's dictionary (p. 205) has kele:met [long vowel stressed; the e's 
are pronounced like the 'a' in Eng. 'cat'] 'smoking pipe', from 'calumet'.

Alan

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