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ḵwáan

[qʰʷáːn]

noun

LanguageTlingit

Meaning
  1. clan
  2. people
  3. tribe
  4. A term used to describe a group of people, a clan, or a tribe. It is often attached to a place name to identify a specific group.
Examples

Aanḵwáan

People of the town or city.

Pronunciationqʰʷáːn

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteCommonly used as a suffix to identify people belonging to a specific location or group.

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ḵwáan in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 9 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.