Pharris and Thomason suggest a connection between the <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> term and Nez Perce poxpoxs (“ashes”) and pux (“dust”). As part of the undemonstrated...
(“mouse”) Interior <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Thompson: k'ʷetn'íʔ (“mouse”) Montana <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span>: k'ʷékʷt'neʔ (“mouse”) M.S. Fleisher; Clallam: A Study in Coast <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Ethnolinguistics...
*smɣaw a large, predatory canine or feline Coast <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Lushootseed: sbiaw (“coyote”) Interior <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Shuswap: smɣew' (“lynx”) Lillooet: šəmɣáw' (“lynx”)...
found in the Coast <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> group, with the Interior <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> languages using words derived from *t'am-. *t'aməxʷ gooseberry Coast <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Comox: t'ám'exʷ Halkomelem:...
*sčaliłtǝn fish, salmon Coast <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Sechelt: sčáliłtǝn (“fish, salmon”) Squamish: scháyilhen (“fish”) Halkomelem: scḗłtǝn (“salmon”) Ethan Pincott; Contact...
*mə̣c'ụl pus Coast <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Klallam: ŋə́c'ł (“pus”) Halkomelem: méθ'eł (“pus”) Squamish: mác'uł (“pus”) Interior <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Lillooet: mạ́c'ụł (“pus”) Jan Van...
Coast <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Squamish: qʷuláwa Klallam: qʷłúʔiʔ (“blue camas”) Saanich: qʷłáal (“camas (Camassia sp.)”), qʷłáʔəl (“blue camas”) Interior <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Shuswap:...
*qʷəłin birch Coast <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Squamish: qʷéłiʔn (“birch”) Interior <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Shuswap: qʷłín (“birch, birch bark”) Okanagan: qʷəqʷłín' (“birch”) Nancy Turner;...
*miχał black bear Coast <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Comox: mɛχaɬ (“black bear”) Squamish: míχał (“bear”) Interior <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Lillooet: míχał (“black bear”) Columbia-Wenatchi:...
*wənaʔχ huckleberry Coast <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Twana: wədʔaχ Interior <span class="searchmatch">Salish</span> Shuswap: wenéx Columbia-Wenatchi: sw'ə́naʔχ (“highbush blueberry”) Nancy Turner; Ancient...