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
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