Klickitat People - Name

Name

The ethnonym "Klikitat" is said to derive from a Chinookan word meaning "beyond," in reference to the Rocky Mountains. The Klickitat, however, call themselves Qwû'lh-hwai-pûm meaning "prairie people" (X̣ʷáɬx̣ʷaypam).

Other names for the Klickitat include:

• Awi-adshi, Molala name.
• Lûk'-a-tatt, Puyallup name.
• Máhane, Umpqua name.
• Mǐ-Çlauq'-tcu-wûn'-ti, Alsea name, meaning "scalpers."
• Mûn-an'-né-qu' tûnnĕ, Naltunnetunne name, meaning "inland people."
• Tlakäï'tat, Okanagon name.
• Tsĕ la'kayāt amím, Kalapuya name.
• T!uwānxa-ikc, Clatsop name.
• Wahnookt, Cowlitz name.