χʷɛmaɬkʷu
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Comox χʷɛmaɬkʷu.
Proper Noun
χʷɛmaɬkʷu
- Synonym of Homalco.
- 2024 June 2, Marc Kitteringham, “Celebration of ʔayʔaǰuθəm language held at Homalco First Nation”, in Campbell River Mirror[1]:
- ʔayʔaǰuθəm is spoken by χʷɛmaɬkʷu (Homalco), ɬəʔamɛn (Tla’amin), k̓’ómoks (K’omoks) and ƛoʔos (Klahoose) First Nations.
- 0225 July 22, Robin Grant Robin Grant, “Homalco First Nation files judicial review over ancient Campbell River burial site”, in Comox Valley Record[2]:
- The Archaeology Branch failed to uphold its duty of due diligence and consultation with χʷɛmaɬkʷu and made decisions that unjustifiably favour the Wei Wai Kum First Nation," Blaney claims.
Comox
Alternative forms
- χʷɛmaɬku, χʷomaɬkʷu
Noun
χʷɛmaɬkʷu
Usage notes
- The Latin character lowercase ꭓ U+AB53 was added to the Unicode Standard 7.0 released in June 2014 (Delta Code Charts, Latin Extended-E, Range: AB30–AB6F). The Greek character lowercase χ U+3C7 is used for historical and technical reasons.