Etymograph

English

Kwagu'ł

Kwagu'ł comes from Kwak'wala Kwagu'ł.

  1. Kwak'walamodernKwagu'ł
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Kwak'walamodernKwagu'ł
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

Earliest quotation: 2019, Maham Abedi & Maryam Shah, Stakes high for Indigenous women still waiting for action af: “Indeed, it’s troubling how Indigenous women are often portrayed…”

Today it means

noun A First Nation based on the east coast of Vancouver Island, around Port Hardy, Fort Rupert and Port McNeill, and on Malcom Island in British Columbia, Canada, part of the Kwakwaka'wakw.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Kwak'wala Kwagu'ł / Kwagu'ł