sockeye

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Halkomelem sθəqəy̓, probably meaning red fish.

Noun

sockeye (countable and uncountable, plural sockeyes or sockeye)

1. A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
2. The edible flesh of this fish.

Synonyms

• kokanee, blueback salmon, red salmon, sockeye salmon

Translations

a type of fish

• Bulgarian: червена сьомга f (červena sjomga)
• Estonian: nerka
• German: Rotlachs m
• Nootka: miʔaat, hissit, miʕaat
• Okanagan: kəkn'i, sc'win, táʕnya
• Russian: не́рка (ru) f (nérka)