Lílʼwat

Also Lil·loo·et

[luhl-uh-wuht]

noun

plural

Lílʼwats ,

plural

Lílʼwat .

1. a member of a First Nation of interior British Columbia, part of the Stʼatʼimc cultural group.

2. Also called Ucwalmícwts. the Salishan language of the Lílʼwat, sometimes considered a dialect of Stʼatʼimc.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Lílʼwat or their language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lílʼwat¹

First recorded in 1900–05; from Lílʼwat líl̓watǝmx, a kind of wild onion and staple food