Lílʼwat

[ luhl-uh-wuht ]

noun

, plural Líl·ʼwats, (especially collectively) Líl·ʼwat

1. a member of a First Nation of interior British Columbia, part of the Stʼatʼimc cultural group.
2. Also called Uc·wal·míc·wts [ook, -w, uh, -myooch]. 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