baʔ ləčʼxʷu

Location:	East of the Skagit River and north of East College Way, near the bend in Martin Rd.
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alternative forms: Pa-lath-chu
Lushootseed noun

pronunciation: baʔ ləčʼxʷu

word analysis: baʔ (particle, "wide") + lə (prefix, "progressive aspect") + č̓xʷu ("add") = wide adding [of water]

pastəducid

1. Barney Lake

note: An intermittent lake occasionally formed when flood water from the Skagit River backs up the Nookachamps drainage.

see also: sbalaɫqʷuʔ, balaɫqʷuʔ

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sources

• 1972, Chief Martin J Sampson, Indians of Skagit County, Skagit County Historical Series No. 2, Mount Vernon, Washington, p. 57