— Kwa’mutsun is also the name for the people residing there
Linguistic Information
- Place name pronounced by: Ruby Peter
- Literal translation in English: “hunchback/hump on back”
- Morphological information: kwakwma’tsiin’ [√kwam’=utsun=RDP] “hunchback, a name”
- APA transcription: kʷam̓əcən ~ kʷəkʷmaci:n
- Semantic Basis: Creatures
- Source: Rozen, CNN Dict. (Gerdts et al.), Cow Tribe Dict. (Hukari/Peter), Quw’utsun Cat. Dict.
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Geographical Information
- Location in English: Quamichan village
- Region: Quw’utsun (quw’utsun) – Quamichan
- Place type: Village
- GPS Coordinates (latitude, longitude): 48.777435, -123.668421
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