Etymograph

English

Tsleil-Waututh

Tsleil-Waututh comes from Halkomelem səlilwətaɬ.

  1. Halkomelemmodernsəlilwətaɬ
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Tsleil-Waututh

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Halkomelemmodernsəlilwətaɬ
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Tsleil-Waututh

Earliest quotation: 2025, Edzi'u Loverin: “Candace Thomas, a Tsleil-Waututh artist, provided the design for…”

Today it means

noun A First Nations group in the Canadian province of British Columbia that speaks the Salishan language known as Halkomelem.

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

Etymograph / Halkomelem səlilwətaɬ / Tsleil-Waututh