equan'nat

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinook ikʷanat.

Noun

equan'nat

  1. chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
    Hypernym: săm'-mon

Descendants

  • English: quinnat

References

  • Gill, John (1909), Gill's Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon[1] (overall work in English), page 30