XPȺ¸

Saanich

Etymology

From *XP +‎ -Ⱥ¸ (“wood”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /x̠pej/

Noun

XPȺ¸ (Americanist spelling x̣péy̕)

  1. wood of western redcedar (Thuja plicata)
    Meronym: XPȺ¸IȽĆ

Derived terms

  • XEXPȺ¸ (“plank of western redcedar”)
  • XPȺ¸IȽĆ (“western redcedar (tree)”)
  • XPȺ¸ÁSES, XPȺ¸ĆES, XPȺ¸SES (“bough of western redcedar”)
  • POŚELEḰ (“yellowcedar”)
  • SYEQEM (“softened cedar bark”)
  • X͸EW̱TEN (“rope made from twisted cedar”)

References

  • Timothy Montler (2018), SENĆOŦEN: A Dictionary of the Saanich Language‎[1], electronic edition, Victoria, BC: W̱SÁNEĆ School Board, pages 824–5
  • Nancy J. Turner (2014), Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America, McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN
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