family. Lushootseed is the general name for the dialect continuum composed of two main dialects, Northern Lushootseed and Southern Lushootseed, which are...
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Chief Seattle (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
as an attempt to be more accurate to the Lushootseed pronunciation. There is no "th" sound in the Lushootseed language. Seattle was born between 1780 and...
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Preservation Project. Lushootseed language Southern Lushootseed at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Holly Taylor (2010-05-06). "Preserving the Lushootseed language for...
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Puget Sound (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
anglicization of the Lushootseed name for Puget Sound, x̌ʷəlč, which literally means "sea, salt water, ocean, or sound". The name for the Lushootseed language, dxʷləšucid...
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The Lushootseed-speaking peoples, sometimes known as the Lushootseed people, are a group of peoples Indigenous to the Pacific Northwest who are linguistically...
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Haller Lake, Seattle (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
Haller Lake (Lushootseed: sisaɬtəb) is a small lake and neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, named for Theodore N. Haller, who platted the...
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Shilshole people (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
The Shilshole people (Lushootseed: šilšulabš; also known as the Shilshoolabsh) were a Lushootseed-speaking people whose territory was located around Salmon...
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Coast Salish languages (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
(nəxʷsƛ̕áy̓emúcən; also known as Klallam) † Lushootseed † Northern Lushootseed (dxʷləšucid) † Southern Lushootseed (txʷəlšucid, xʷəlšucid; also known as Twulshootseed...
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Geoduck (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
derived from the Lushootseed name for the animal, gʷidəq. The etymology of gʷidəq is disputed. The lexical suffix =əq means "many" in Lushootseed. The Oxford...
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Salishan languages (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
VERBs] or [VERB+er]. For example, Lushootseed ʔux̌ʷ means '(one that) goes'. The following examples are from Lushootseed. An almost identical pair of sentences...
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Lushootseed grammar is the grammar of the Lushootseed language, a Central Coast Salish language of the Salishan language family. Lushootseed can be considered...
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Sauk-Suiattle (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
dxʷləšucid Lushootseed". Lushootseed. December 5, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2024. Bates, Dawn; Hess, Thom; Hilbert, Vi (1994). Lushootseed Dictionary...
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Puyallup people (category Pages with Lushootseed IPA)
The Puyallup (pew-AL-əp; Lushootseed: spuyaləpabš, lit. 'people of the bend') are a Lushootseed-speaking Southern Coast Salish people indigenous to the...
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Bernie Sanders (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
editorial board's award. On March 20, 2016, he was given an honorary Lushootseed name, dxʷshudičup, by Deborah Parker in Seattle to honor his focus on...
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Puyallup Tribe of Indians (category Pages with Lushootseed IPA)
Southern Lushootseed. The Puyallup speak Southern Lushootseed, often also known as Twulshootseed (from txʷəlšucid, the Puyallup name for Lushootseed). Lushootseed...
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Duwamish people (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
The Duwamish (Lushootseed: dxʷdəwʔabš, [dxʷdəwʔɑbʃ]) are a Lushootseed-speaking Southern Coast Salish people in western Washington, and the Indigenous...
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Duwamish River (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
Lushootseed names . In the Lushootseed language, the name of the Duwamish River (and of the Cedar River) is dxʷdəw, meaning "inside." The Lushootseed...
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Seattle (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
areas around Elliott Bay. The name for the modern city of Seattle in Lushootseed, dᶻidᶻəlal̓ič, meaning "little crossing-over place", comes from one of...
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Skykomish people (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
The Skykomish (Lushootseed: sq̓ixʷəbš, lit. 'upriver people', IPA: [ˈsqʼexʷ.əbʃ]) are a Lushootseed-speaking Coast Salish people indigenous to the Skykomish...
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Princess Angeline (c. 1820 – May 31, 1896), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle...
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Tulalip Tribes (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
The Tulalip Tribes of Washington (/tʊˈleɪlɪp/, Lushootseed: dxʷlilap), formerly known as the Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, is a federally...
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Suquamish (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
The Suquamish (Lushootseed: xʷsəq̓ʷəb) are a Lushootseed-speaking Native American people, located in present-day Washington in the United States. They...
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Langley, Washington (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
Langley (Lushootseed: sc̓q̓abac) is a city in Island County, Washington, United States. It sits at the south end of Whidbey Island, overlooking the Saratoga...
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Snohomish people (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
The Snohomish people (Lushootseed: sduhubš, [sdohobʃ], sdoh-HOHBSH) are a Lushootseed-speaking Southern Coast Salish people who are indigenous to the...
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Carnation, Washington (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
Anglicization of the Lushootseed name for the Tolt River and the Snoqualmie village (variously spelled as tultxʷ, dxʷtultxʷ, or tulq in Lushootseed). Tolt was incorporated...
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Auburn to the Puyallup River at Sumner. The river's name comes from the Lushootseed word /stéq/, "log jam", or /stəx̣/, "gouged through", or "plowed through"...
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Newhalem (Lushootseed: dxʷʔiyb) is a small unincorporated community on the Skagit River in the western foothills of the North Cascades, in Whatcom County...
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Mukilteo, Washington (category Pages with Lushootseed IPA)
is derived from Lushootseed, the language of the Snohomish people and other Coast Salish tribes. The name for the area in Lushootseed is variously spelled...
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Lake Union (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
Lake Union (Lushootseed: x̌ax̌čuʔ) is a freshwater lake located entirely within the city limits of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is a major part...
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Muckleshoot (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (/ˈmʌkəlʃut/ MUH-kəl-shoot; Lushootseed: bəqəlšuɬ [ˈbəqəlʃuɬ]), also known as the Muckleshoot Tribe, is a federally-recognized...
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