dxʷčaʔkʷ
toward the water
encyclopedia
dxʷdaʔəb
medicine man
dxʷdəwʔabš
Duwamish people
dxʷgʷəd
toward the bottom
dxʷləbiʔ
Lummi
dxʷlilap
Tulalip
Like many Lushootseed words, it is made up of several parts:
dxʷ- indicating a direction or movement
lil- far
ap- end/bottom (This suffix started out referring to a part of the body, and then the meaning expanded to mean the end or bottom of anything.)
When you put dxʷlilap together, you get something like “far to the end.”
dxʷsdᶻixʷdᶻixʷqs
leaders
dxʷsdᶻixʷqs
leader
dxʷšəq
upward
dxʷsgʷad
Speaker