Meanings
- historicalpluralsingularTribal group of the Lekwiltok, assimilated with the Wei Wai Kum in the 19th century.
One particularly aggressive attack wiped out the Komenox as a distinct group. The late James Smith of Campbell River, who claimed Komenox ancestry, recounted one of their important legends.
2008, Jeanette Taylor, Tidal passages : a history of the Discovery Islands, Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, →ISBN, page 2401 more example
Very little is known about the Komenox. Even the early relationship of the Komenox to the other Lekwiltok tribes is uncertain, although they were probably, as the name suggests, of Comox origin. James Smith stated that the Komenox were “a nation with ways of its own, which once lived between the Kwawkewlth and the Coast Salish but was neither one, yet was much like both in some ways” (Duff Papers, file 89).
1994, Robert Galois, Kwakwa̲ka̲'wakw settlements, 1775-1920 : a geographical analysis and gazetteer, Vancouver; Seattle: UBC Press; University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 244Synonyms: Homayno
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTribal group of the Lekwiltok, assimilated with the Wei Wai Kum in the 19th century.
Origin
- Kwak'walaK̓uməʔenux̌ʷ
- EnglishKomenox
Borrowed from Kwak'wala K̓uməʔenux̌ʷ.
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Komenox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Komenox
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