Canada goose, Branta canadensis. papyútšamš ákakma ‘the geese are coming up out of the water’; wɨsalíltašaaš ákakyaw ‘I am going to go hunting for goose’. [K k̓lak̓láma ‘geese’ (Jacobs 1937:30.9.3, pg. 69); NP /hewtet/ ‘goose’ (Aoki 1994:123); /yay̓ak/ ‘white swan, Canadian goose’ (Aoki 1994:942).]
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