q̓ʷaʔəb

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Pronunciation

IPA(key): /qʼʷɑʔəb/

Noun

q̓ʷaʔəb

  1. bull kelp.
    ʔa tiʔiɬ q̓ʷaʔəb ʔəstux̌ʷtux̌ʷ
    There is sea kelp strung about.

References

  • Dawn Bates, Thom Hess, Vi taqʷšəblu Hilbert (1994) Dawn Bates, editor, Lushootseed Dictionary, University of Washington Press, →ISBN
  • 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