Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ligwilda'xw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lig-wilda'xw
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Anglicised spelling of Lig̱wiłda'x̱w.

Example Sentences

"But for Ligwilda'xw interdisciplinary artist Sonny Assu of Campbell River, B.C., changing the name of the painting does not spark a conversation about colonial history so much as it "revises" it."
"Ligwilda’xw Kwakwaka’wakw contemporary artist Sonny Assu of Campbell River and Catherine Blackburn, an English River First Nation Dene multidisciplinary artist and designer from Thornhill, were among five Indigenous artists chosen for this year’s fellowship."

Etymology

From Kwak'wala Lig̱wiłda'x̱w (U'mista spelling).

Word Breakdown

Root: Lig̱wiłda'x̱w

Questions

What does ligwilda'xw mean?: Anglicised spelling of Lig̱wiłda'x̱w.
Where does ligwilda'xw come from?: From Kwak'wala Lig̱wiłda'x̱w (U'mista spelling).

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