chum salmon

English

Etymology

From Chinook Jargon tzum (“spotted, marked”) (from Chinook) + English salmon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃʌm ˈsæmən/

Noun

chum salmon (plural chum salmons)

1. A salmon species, Oncorhynchus keta.

Synonyms

• dog salmon, keta salmon, silverbrite salmon

Translations

fish

• Chukchi: ӄэтаӄэт (qėtaqėt)
• Finnish: koiralohi
• German: Ketalachs
• Japanese: 鮭 (ja) (sake)
• Korean: 연어 (ko) (yeoneo)
• Nootka: hink̕uuʔas
• Portuguese: salmão-cão m
• Russian: кета́ (ru) f (ketá), ке́та (ru) f (kéta)