Wəlastəkwey

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malecite-Passamaquoddy Wəlastəkwey (Teeter spelling).

Proper noun

Wəlastəkwey

  1. 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.