dxʷshudičup

Lushootseed

pronunciation: dxʷs hu dičup

word analysis: dxʷ (proclivity) + s (nominalizer) + hud ("ignite") + čup ("fire") = the one lighting the fires for change and unity

noun

pastəducid

1. Bernie Sanders

note: While campaigning for United States president on March 23, 2016, Senator Bernie Sanders received this name.

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sources

• "U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders honoured with Coast Salish name", CBC News, March 23, 2016, last retrieved March 24, 2016.
• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, pp. 66, 85, 86, 111, 199