Reconstruction:Proto-Salish/smɣaw - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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*smɣaw

1. a large, predatory canine or feline

• Coast Salish
  • Lushootseed: sbiaw (“coyote”)
• Interior Salish
  • Shuswap: smɣew' (“lynx”)
  • Lillooet: šəmɣáw' (“lynx”)
  • Thompson: šmɣéw' (“lynx, bobcat”)
  • Coeur d'Alene: smiyíw (“coyote”)
  • Columbia-Wenatchi: šəmyáw (“coyote”)
  • Montana Salish: skʷtisəmiyé (“cougar”)

• Jan Van Eijk; Lillooet-English Dictionary, 2018.