sxʷq̓ʷupabš

Lushootseed

alternative forms: sqʷəpábš
pronunciation: sxʷq̓ʷo pabš

word analysis: sxʷq̓ʷup (Green River) + bš ("people of") perhaps related to Proto-Salish *mixʷ, *mix = people of Green River, Skopamish people

noun

pastəducid

1. Skopamish people
2. member of the Skopamish

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sources

• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, p. 198
• 1990, Wayne Suttles, Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 7: Northwest Coast, ISBN 0-874-74187-4, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, p. 487