ts’uw’een | Mount Tuam, Saltspring Island


Linguistic Information

  • Place name pronounced by: Wayne Charlie
  • Literal translation in English: “land goes down to water”
  • Morphological information: problem with ts versus ts’
  • APA transcription: c̓əw̓e:n
  • Semantic Basis: Descriptive
  • Source: Rozen
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Geographical Information

  • Location in English: Mount Tuam, Saltspring Island
  • Region: Gulf Islands – Saltspring Island
  • Place type: Mountain
  • GPS Coordinates (latitude, longitude): 48.723432, -123.484709
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