kaw̓qs

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alternative forms: qaw̓qs

noun
pastəducid
  1. raven
  2. Raven, a glutton of the Myth Age and brother of k̓aʔk̓aʔ
    • tuʔuluɫəxʷ ti bəščəb ʔi ti qaw̓qs.
    Mink and Raven started out by canoe.

see also: (Southern) qʷaq̓ʷ, qʷaʔ/qʷaq (raven's cry)



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sources

  • 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, pp. 118, 189
  • 1995, Thom Hess, Lushootseed Reader with Introductory Grammar. Vol. 1: Four Stories from Edward Sam, ISBN 9781879763111, University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics, no. 11, Missoula: University of Montana, p. 65