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sθəqəy̓
Halkomelem · pre-1800s
"red salmon"
named the red-fleshed salmon species; the name means 'red fish'
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sockeye
English · 1870s
"a species of Pacific salmon prized for its deep red flesh"
borrowed and folk-etymologized by English-speaking fishers on the Pacific coast
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