Common name of Oncorhynchus nerka
 
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).
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