Difference between revisions of "bəshikʷigʷilc"

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* {{BHH}}, p. 39
{{WA}} [[bəs]] (belonging to) + (h)[[ikʷ]] (big) + [[igʷ]] (?rocks) + [[ilc]] (?people) = people of the big rocks
 
* {{BHH}}, p. 39 (entry '''bəs-''')


[[Category: Puget Salish tribal names]]
[[Category: Puget Salish tribal names]]

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Lushootseed noun


This word is believed to be an alternative form of bəsikʷigʷilc.


word analysis: bəs (belonging to) + (h)ikʷ (big) + igʷ (?rocks) + ilc (?people) = people of the big rocks

  • 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, p. 39 (entry bəs-)