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Lig̱wiłda'x̱w
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Ligwilda'xw
English
Etymology
From en kwk Lig̱wiłda'x̱w (U'mista spelling).
Noun
sp
en Lekwiltok U'mista.
en Marie Mauzé Lig̱wiłda’x̱w Expansion into Northern Coast Salish Lands in the Nineteenth Century Moshe Rapaport Salish Archipelago Canberra 2024 ANU Press https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/asia-pacific-environment-monographs/salish-archipelago The territorial expansion of the Lig̱wiłda’x̱w is a phenomenon unmatched in scope and speed when compared to other population movements of the Pacific Northwest after first contact.
en Bringer of Light: A Conversation with N’alaga Mountain Life 2023-03-01 https://www.mountainlifemedia.ca/2023/03/bringer-of-light-a-conversation-with-nalaga/ N’alag̱a / Kaaw Kuuna (Avis O’Brien), was born in Alert Bay, B.C. She belongs to the Kaa’was Staa’stas Eagle Clan from the Village of K’yuusda in Haida Gwaii and the Giga̱l’ǥa̱m Namima of the Lig̱wiłda’x̱w people from Cape Mudge, one of the 18 Tribes of the Kwakwaka’wakw. https://web.archive.org/web/20240622032200/https://www.mountainlifemedia.ca/2023/03/bringer-of-light-a-conversation-with-nalaga/ 22 June 2024
Kwak'wala
Alternative forms
kwk Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ NAPA
kwk Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ NAPA
kwk Lēʹg̣wiłdaᵋxᵘ Boas
Noun
kwk proper noun
Lekwiltok
References
Lig̱wiłda'x̱w Dictionary Kwak̓wala FirstVoices 2025-09-17 https://www.firstvoices.com/kwakwala/words/dbfb5661-9c6d-4ddf-8275-893142bbdca5