Difference between revisions of "bəshikʷigʷilc"

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[[Category: Puget Salish tribal names]]
[[Category: Puget Salish tribal names]]
[[Category:bəs]]
[[Category:ikʷ]]
[[Category:igʷ]]
[[Category:ilc]]

Revision as of 01:23, 19 March 2016

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-)