bəsq̓ixʷixʷ

Lushootseed

alternative forms: Mis-skai-whwa

pronunciation: bəs q̓e xʷixʷ

word analysis: bəs- ("belonging to") + q̓ixʷ (located upstream) + ixʷ (?)= people way upriver

noun

pastəducid

1. (member of) the Miskaiwhu people

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sources

• 1972, Chief Martin J Sampson, Indians of Skagit County, Skagit County Historical Series No. 2, Mount Vernon, Washington, p. 22
• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, pp. 39, 187