Reconstruction:Proto-Salish/t'aməxʷ

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 This Proto-Salish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Salish

Etymology

This form is only found in the Coast Salish group, with the Interior Salish languages using words derived from *t'am-.

Noun

*t'aməxʷ

  1. gooseberry

Descendants

  • Coast Salish
    • Comox: t'ám'exʷ
    • Halkomelem: t'á:mxw
    • Sechelt: st'amxʷ
    • Squamish: t'em̓xw

References

  • Nancy Turner; Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America, 2014.
  • Brent D. Galloway; Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume I, 2009.
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