Common name | Iinang |
Language | Haida |
Dialect | Skidegate and Massett dialects |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | Queen Charlotte Islands |
Ref. | Jones, R. and B. Lefeaux-Valentine (eds.), 1991 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other/n.a. |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | i.e., 'plentiful'; composite of 'ii', i.e., 'to have sexual intercourse' and 'nang', i.e., 'play'; traditionally caught using a herring rake, a light pole six to eight feet in length with sharpened nails driven through one end and used for halibut hait; nets were also used at one time (Ref. 33292). |