Editing Mukilteo, Washington (section)

==Etymology==

The name Mukilteo is derived from [[Lushootseed]], the language of the [[Snohomish people]] and other [[Coast Salish]] tribes. The name for the area in Lushootseed is variously spelled as ''bəqɬtiuʔ'', ''bəqɬtiyuʔ'', ''bəkʷəɬtiu'', and ''bək̓ʷəɬtiwʔ''.<ref name="Lushootseed">{{Cite web |title=sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ dxʷləšucid ʔaciɬtalbixʷ – Puget Sound Geographical names |url=https://tulaliplushootseed.com/places/ |work=Tulalip Lushootseed |date=January 16, 2017 |publisher=[[Tulalip Tribes of Washington]] |accessdate=October 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Dictionary">{{cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Dawn |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |author-link3=Vi Hilbert |year=1994 |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |page=38 |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |isbn=978-0-295-97323-4 |oclc=29877333 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ekq921r1kV0C&pg=PA38 |via=Google Books |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Waterman">{{cite book |last=Waterman |first=T. T. |title=sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacaciɬtalbixʷ - Puget Sound Geography |publisher=Lushootseed Press |year=2001 |pages=341–342}}</ref> It has been historically [[anglicized]] as Muckl-te-oh and Buk-wil-tee-whu, before finally being named Mukilteo.<ref name="Dictionary"/> The etymology of {{Langx|lut|bək̓ʷəɬtiwʔ|label=none}} is disputed. According to anthropologist [[T. T. Waterman]]'s sources from the Snohomish tribe and other written records, the name's meaning was unclear.<ref name="Waterman"/><ref name="Meany">{{cite book |last=Meany |first=Edmond S. |author-link=Edmond S. Meany |year=1923 |title=Origin of Washington Geographic Names |pages=181, 218 |publisher=University of Washington Press |oclc=1963675 |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001444300 |via=[[HathiTrust]] |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> Other sources claim that the name means "good camping ground" or "narrow passage".<ref name="Meany"/><ref name="HistoryLink">{{cite web |last=Riddle |first=Margaret |date=December 29, 2007 |title=Mukilteo — Thumbnail History |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/8422 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>