Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qiłcmaʔatḥ

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qiłc-maʔath
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

ʕaaḥuusʔatḥ First Nation spelling of Keltsmaht.

Example Sentences

"n̓aasʔałuk (John Rampanen) (ʕaḥuusʔatḥ (Ahousaht) and qiłcmaʔatḥ (Keltsmaht) ancestry) comes from within the nuučaan̓uł (Nuu-chah-nulth) territory on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada."
"My name is ḥaakwayiih siičamałn̓i. On my father’s side I am Nuuchanulth and come from the siičamałn̓i family in ƛaʔuukwiʔatḥ, the Marshall family in qiłcmaʔatḥ and I am also a part of the house of hašsaatḥ in Ahousat. On my mother’s side, I am Coast Salish and hupač̓asatḥ. I come from the Point family in snuneymuxw and am a part of the earthquake house in hupač̓asatḥ"

Etymology

From Nootka qiłcmaʔatḥ, from qiłcma + -ʔatḥ (“people”).

Word Breakdown

Root: qiłcmaʔatḥ
Suffix: qiłcma

Questions

What does qiłcmaʔatḥ mean?: ʕaaḥuusʔatḥ First Nation spelling of Keltsmaht.
Where does qiłcmaʔatḥ come from?: From Nootka qiłcmaʔatḥ, from qiłcma + -ʔatḥ (“people”).

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