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A grammatical remnant from an older form of the languages that was lost over time, only some langs kept it as a suffix.

So, Lhaqtemish is very likely a VERY ANCIENT name, given it is composed of elements that no longer have encoded meaning in Northern Straits. If we can decode ...

...at the end of their names that all are similar.

Squamish, Skokomish, Samish, Duwamish, etc., they all come from "Lhaqtemish" (according to the story). A fairly reasonable conclusion, since the suffix in each language really means 'people.'

So the -mesh / -mish suffix in Lhaqemesh must mean...