qw'ó:ntl'an

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"The Qw’ó:ntl’an (Kwantlen), which means noble or high born, was one of the ancient tribes of the Stó:lô claiming the site of New Westminster as its ancestral home. At the beginning of time the transformer is said to have turned the original people living here into wolves and sent them into the woods, giving this land to the Qw’ó:ntl’an."
"High-status Qw’ó:ntl’an women are an example of those who trace their lineages from the woolly dog at a time when all beings were one family."

Unadapted borrowing from Halkomelem Qw'ó:ntl'an.

Kwantlen

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