Etymology

kokanee

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Today it means: A lacustrine (that is, land-locked, found in lakes and not in the ocean) sockeye. Full definition →

Shuswap kəknǽxʷ
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The story

  1. Shuswap · borrowed fromkəknǽxʷ
  2. English todaykokanee

Probably borrowed from Shuswap kəknǽxʷ.

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