"Lhuuke Illahee"

[D Roy Mitchel IV]

Hi Dave,
I'm no Athabascanist, but I've started working recently with Dena'ina Athabascan, in which "fish" (prototypically "salmon") is Liq'a (L for voiceless ell).
Roy


--- On Fri, 6/27/08, David D Robertson <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU> wrote:

> From: David D Robertson <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
> Subject: "Lhuuke Illahee"
> To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 10:53 PM
> http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2008/06/22/news/local/1aaa02_coho.txt
> 
> "Lhuuke Illahee" is the name of a fish hatchery
> at Siletz reservation.  Said
> to be Chinook Jargon, but is Lhuuke from another
> language--Athabaskan?
> 
> --Dave
> 
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