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sun’uw’nets | Chemainus Harbour and Bay (former Village at Chemainus)
Linguistic Information
- Place name pronounced by: George Seymour
- Literal translation in English: “go inside to bottom end”
- Morphological information: sun’iw’ [s=√nuw’=STA] in, inside
- APA transcription: sən̓əw̓nec
- Semantic Basis: Directions
- Source: CNN Dict. (Gerdts et al.), Rozen
- Note: Sun-now-netz (Cryer n.d.) “fresh water behind houses”
Geographical Information
- Location in English: Chemainus Harbour and Bay (former Village at Chemainus)
- Region: Halalt (xul’eelt-hw)
- Place type: Harbour, Bay
- GPS Coordinates (latitude, longitude): 48.918867457314086, -123.70745536307584
- Map: Click to view in Google Map
- Note:
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