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Linguistic Information

• Place name pronounced by: Wayne Charlie
• Literal translation in English: “warm grease, oil, warm place”
• Morphological information: quw’ut [√quw=t] warm it up
• APA transcription: qəwem̓ən
• Semantic Basis: Descriptive
• Source: Quw’utsun Cat. Dict., Rozen
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Geographical Information

• Location in English: Cowichan River site: area about three hundred meters upstream from Somena
• Region: Quw’utsun (quw’utsun) – Cowichan River
• Place type: River
• GPS Coordinates (latitude, longitude): 48.77908520387258, -123.72763768545896
• Map: Click to view in Google Map
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