- In sailing, a snow,
snaw or
snauw is a square-rigged
vessel with two masts,
complemented by a snow- or trysail-mast
stepped immediately abaft (behind)...
- The
Nanoose First Nation, also
known the
Snaw-naw-as
First Nation, is a
First Nations government located on
central Vancouver Island in
southwestern British...
- (all),
cauld (cold), braw (brave, handsome, fine, splendid), faw (fall) and
snaw (snow),
often written aa, caal(d), braa, faa and snaa in
dialect writing...
- (Island Halkomelem):
Hwlitsum (Lamalcha or Lamalchi)
Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo)
Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose)
Cowichan Somena (S’amuna’) Quw'utsun
Quamichan Clemclemaluts...
-
oaljinne stone stoan stane sthoan stien steen steen Stein stjin snow
snaw snaw sneow snie
sneeu sneeuw Schnee snji(w)
summer summer simmer zimmer simmer...
-
other Halkomelem-speakers in the area were also
considered Cowichan; the
Snaw-na-**** (Nanoose Bay) and
Sneneymux (Nanaimo)
peoples were
Hulquminum speakers...
-
sniwan /sni.wan/ "to hasten" vs. snáu /snɔː/ "I/he hastened" (expected *
snaw,
compare qiman "to come", qam "I/he came"). The
carefully maintained alternations...
-
Halkomelem Island (also: Hulʼq̱ʼumiʼnumʼ, Həl̕q̓əmín̓əm̓)
Cowichan Snuneymuxw and
Snaw-Na-Was
Halalt Stz'uminus (Chemainus)
Lamalcha Malahat Penelakut Lyackson...
- thunders” A want, B
yente "wind" ḫūwanz "wind" *sneygʷʰ- "to snow" snow (< OE
snāw < *snóygʷʰos, snīwan "to snow" < *snéygʷʰonom) snáiws "snow" nix (nivis)...
- "Snowdon"
means "snow hill" and is
derived from the Old
English elements "
snāw" and "dūn", the
latter meaning 'hill'. "Snowdonia" is
simply taken from the...
