T̓ít̓q̓et

proper noun

People and First Nation in British Columbia, part of the Lillooet.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative T'it'q'et · alternative T'ít'q'et · alternative Tl'itl'kit

  1. People and First Nation in British Columbia, part of the Lillooet.

    T̓ít̓q̓et, a community part of the St’át’imc Nation in B.C., has been severely affected by climate change and extreme weather events such as wildfires and heat events.

    2023, Climate Change, Health and Well-being: Medical Health Officer Report 2023, Interior Health, page 22
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    1881: By this time, churches had been built in most Upper St̓át̓imc communities: Nxwísten, Sek̓wel̓ws, T̓ít̓q̓et, Cáclep, Ts̓kwylaxw, Tsal̓álh, Nqayt and Nk̓áwtkwa.

    2015, “History of the St̓át̓imc”, in Upper St'át'imc Language Culture and Education Society, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2015

    Our language, St’át’imcets, is one of the Interior Salish Languages of BC. The northern dialects spoken by the people of Ts’kw’aylaxw (Pavilion)which borders the Secwepemc (Shuswap) in the east, Xaxli’p (Fountain) and Sekw̓el’wás (Cayoose Creek) on the south that borders the Nlaka’pamux (Thompson), Tsal̓álh (Seton Lake), Xwísten (Bridge River), and T̓ít̓q̓et (Lillooet) that borders the Psxíxnem (Chilcotin) on the North.

    2025, “Northern St’át’imcets Language”, in Lillooet Tribal Council

Origin

  1. LillooetT̓ít̓q̓et
  2. EnglishT̓ít̓q̓et

Unadapted borrowing from Lillooet T̓ít̓q̓et.

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APA

T̓ít̓q̓et. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T%CC%93%C3%ADt%CC%93q%CC%93et

MLA

“T̓ít̓q̓et.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T%CC%93%C3%ADt%CC%93q%CC%93et. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “T̓ít̓q̓et,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T%CC%93%C3%ADt%CC%93q%CC%93et.

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