Common name | Sockeye salmon |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Alaska |
Locality | |
Ref. | Morrow, J.E., 1980 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | other/n.a. |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Anadromous form. 'Sockeye', i.e., name adapted from a Canadian First Nation language; first printed as 'sukkai'; also adapted by the Sooke, Saanich, Snohomish, Comox, Musqueam and Chilliwack dialects of North American indigenous languages; 'salmon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979). |