Qw'ó:ltl'el

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Halkomelem Qw'ó:ltl'el.

Proper noun

Qw'ó:ltl'el sg or pl

  1. Synonym of Kwantlen.
    • 2018, Madeline Rose Knickerbocker, Sovereign Culture: Stó:lō Cultural Heritage and Political Activism in the Twentieth Century‎[1], Simon Fraser University, page 62:
      Stó:lō and other Xwélmexw narratives of smallpox reveal understandings of disease as a supernatural affliction, perhaps part of a necessary cycle of the world. Qw’ó:ltl’el narratives from the late nineteenth century depict a monstrous creature that breathed the disease onto children, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh oral tradition that Mulks−a tribal historian−recounted in 1896 describes how the disease, a punishment from the Great Spirit, afflicted first salmon and then humans.
    • 2024 December, Joshua Carr and Amber Oliver, quotee, “Street Banners”, in Maple Ridge, BC‎[2]:
      We wanted to create a design that embodied our traditions, as well as honours the relationship between Qw’ó:ltl'el, q̓ic̓əy̓ and the City of Maple Ridge.

Halkomelem

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Qw'ó:ltl'el

  1. Kwantlen.
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