qʷi·qʷi·diččaq

See also: Qʷi·qʷi·diččaq

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Makah qʷi·qʷi·diččaq.

Proper noun

qʷi·qʷi·diččaq sg or pl

  1. Makah
    • 2024, T̕łat̕łaḵuł Patricia Rosborough and Daisy Rosenblum, “Wakashan Languages”, in Carmen Dagostino , Marianne Mithun and Keren Rice, editors, The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America: A Comprehensive Guide‎[1], volume 2, page 1013:
      The seven languages of the Wakashan family (qʷi·qʷi·diččaq, diitiidʔaaʔtx̣, nuučaan̓uɬ, ‘Uik̓ ala, Híɫzaqvḷa, X̄a’islak̓ ala-X̄enaksialak̓ ala, and Kwak̕wala) are spoken in the Pacific Northwest Coast from qʷi·qʷi·diččaq territory on the Olympic Peninsula extending north across Vancouver Island to Híɫzaqvḷa and X̄a’islak̓ ala territories bordering Tsimshian lands.

Makah

Etymology

From qʷidičča-q- (“Makah”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈqʷiː.qʷiː.dit͡ʃ.t͡ʃa.ʔaq/

Noun

qʷi·qʷi·diččaq

  1. The Makah language, a language spoken on the northwestern part of the Olympic Peninsula

Verb

qʷi·qʷi·diččaq

  1. to speak the Makah language
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