waap

Symbol Groups

System / Writing Style	Form	Notes
Modern LCD spelling	waap	Standard modern spelling
Older community / field spelling	waap / wâp	Sometimes written with vowel marking or accent
Missionary / church spelling	wap / wapp	Found in early hymnals or teaching notes
Phonemic / IPA	wáːp	Approximate phonemic form (long vowel)

Handwritten Notes (HWN)

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Pronunciation

Simple pronunciation: waap Alternate pronunciations: (none recorded)

Part of Speech

common noun

Meanings

1. House; dwelling

2. The physical structure associated with a wilp

3. Ceremonial or symbolic “house” within hereditary governance

4. A named house connected to matrilineal identity

5. ___ (future expansion)

Extended Description

Waap refers to the **physical house**, traditionally a cedar plank longhouse belonging to a wilp.

Each waap had a **name**, **crest**, **front carving or painting**, and was the center of family life, feasting, and governance.

In modern times the term can refer to:

– the ancestral house

– the symbolic house represented in feasts

– the internal structure of a lineage

More detail may be added here as knowledge is gathered.

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Spelling Variants

Variant	Source / Notes	Region / Dialect
waap	Standard spelling	General Tsm’syen
wâp	Older accent-mark spelling	Various field notes
wap / wapp	Missionary spelling	Early church or school sources

Related Entries

wilp – the lineage or house-group associated with a waap

li’ligit – ceremonies historically held in the waap

adaawx – histories tied to specific waap

gyibaaw – chief connected to a wilp and its waap

Semantic Domains / Thesaurus Categories

Ts-F Houses & Lineage

Ts-G Governance

4.1.1 Physical dwellings

4.1.2 Kinship structures

Sources

Draft dictionary notes

Cultural/historical knowledge

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