Salmon head or jaw cartilage, the soft gristle in the head of the salmon. It is white, light gray. The old people liked to eat it. áx̣ʷay patkʷátax̣a kúmkumna čnamáan tanánma ku ttúuš tanán c̓áakni ku wanuukšiłáma ‘they still eat the fish head, the people from here and some from nearby and the coast people’. [NP /kumkum/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation