SOME DOWNRIVER HALKOMELEM NAMES REFERRING TO PLANTS AND ANIMALS

(qwumayus) 'dog face' from sqwumuy' 'dog'

Musqueam (xwmuthkwuy'um) 'place of the plant muthkwuy' muthkwuy' is an unidentified plant

(xwth'uxhth'uxhum) 'stinging nettle place' from th'uxhth'ux 'stinging nettle' Katzie Reserve No. 2 on Barnston Island

Katzie (q'ic'uy, q'uc'uy) 'moss' Katzie Reserve No. 1, near Pitt Meadows

(t'equ'um) 'a good place for salal berries' from t'eqe 'salal berry'

Whonnock (xwhoo:naqw) 'humpback salmon head' from hoo:n 'humpback salmon'

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