Wəlastəkwey
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Malecite-Passamaquoddy Wəlastəkwey (Teeter spelling).
Proper noun
Wəlastəkwey
- Alternative form of Wolastoqey
- 2023 February 3, Andrea Bear Nicholas, Brief to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs Regarding the Indigenous Languages Study[1]:
- Regarding the copyright matter I began working in the 1990s with my husband, a fluent speaker and teacher of our language, to prepare texts entirely in Wəlastəkwey for use in immersion programs.