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lilwat

American

[luhl-uh-wuht] / ˈlʌl ə wət /

Also Lillooet

noun

a member of a First Nation of interior British Columbia, part of the Stʼatʼimc cultural group.
Also called Ucwalmícwts. the Salishan language of the Lílʼwat, sometimes considered a dialect of Stʼatʼimc.

adjective

of or relating to the Lílʼwat or their language.

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Etymology

Origin of lilwat

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

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