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qʷaacwiiʔatḥ

qʷaacwiiʔatḥ noun: ʕaaḥuusʔatḥ First Nation spelling of Qwatswiaht.

Noun

qʷaacwiiʔatḥ sg or pl

  1. (plural, singular) ʕaaḥuusʔatḥ First Nation spelling of Qwatswiaht.
    • There was a path that led from mux̣ʷšiƛ̓a to ʔapsuḥta (“where the trail ends”) at the village of ʕupnit. ʕupnit, meaning “place where it is always calm”, was the primary village of the maańuʔisʔatḥ people, who constituted one of the five local groups - the other four being ʕuc̓uusʔatḥ, ʕaḥuusʔatḥ...2025 April, BC Parks, Nism̓aakqin Park Mux̣ʷšiƛa Hot Springs Area: Visitor Use Management Strategy, page 6

Forms of qʷaacwiiʔatḥ

alternative CanadaQwatswiaht

Origin of qʷaacwiiʔatḥ

From Nootka qʷaacwiiʔatḥ, from qʷaacwii + -ʔatḥ (“people”).

Questions about qʷaacwiiʔatḥ

What does qʷaacwiiʔatḥ mean?
Qʷaacwiiʔatḥ means ʕaaḥuusʔatḥ First Nation spelling of Qwatswiaht.
What part of speech is qʷaacwiiʔatḥ?
Qʷaacwiiʔatḥ is a noun.

Words near qʷaacwiiʔatḥ in the dictionary

  1. QZE
  2. Qöötsaptuvela
  3. Qüxü
  4. qāf
  5. Qārin
  6. qʷaacwiiʔatḥ
  7. qʷi·qʷi·diččaq
  8. q̓íc̓əy̓
  9. q̓ʷa:n̓ƛ̓ən̓
  10. r
  11. R & B

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