qʷaacwiiʔatḥ

noun

ʕaaḥuusʔatḥ First Nation spelling of Qwatswiaht.

Meanings

nounqʷaacwiiʔatḥ sg or pl

alternative Canada Qwatswiaht

  1. pluralsingularʕaaḥuusʔatḥ First Nation spelling of Qwatswiaht.
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    There was a path that led from mux̣ʷšiƛ̓a to ʔapsuḥta (“where the trail ends”) at the village of ʕupnit. ʕupnit, meaning “place where it is always calm”, was the primary village of the maańuʔisʔatḥ people, who constituted one of the five local groups - the other four being ʕuc̓uusʔatḥ, ʕaḥuusʔatḥ, qiłcmaʕatḥ and qʷaacwiiʔatḥ - who came under the protection of the ʕaḥuusʔatḥ following the ʕaḥuusʔatḥ-ʕucuusʔatḥ war in the 1800s and would later amalgamate to form the ʕaḥuusʔatḥ Nation as it exists today.

    2025 April 29, BC Parks, Nism̓aakqin Park Mux̣ʷšiƛa Hot Springs Area: Visitor Use Management Strategy, page 6

Origin

  1. Nootkaqʷaacwiiʔatḥ
  2. Englishqʷaacwiiʔatḥ

From Nootka qʷaacwiiʔatḥ, from qʷaacwii + -ʔatḥ (“people”).

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APA

qʷaacwiiʔatḥ. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/q%CA%B7aacwii%CA%94at%E1%B8%A5

MLA

“qʷaacwiiʔatḥ.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/q%CA%B7aacwii%CA%94at%E1%B8%A5. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “qʷaacwiiʔatḥ,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/q%CA%B7aacwii%CA%94at%E1%B8%A5.

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