Editing Sammamish, Washington (section)

==Etymology==
The name "Sammamish" is an anglicization of the [[Lushootseed]] name of the [[Sammamish people]], {{Langx|lut|sc̓ababš|label=none}}.<ref name="Dictionary">{{cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Dawn |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |author-link3=Vi Hilbert |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-295-97323-4 |location=Seattle |pages=50, 51 |oclc=29877333}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2017 |title=sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ dxʷləšucid ʔaciɬtalbixʷ: Puget Sound Geographical names |url=https://tulaliplushootseed.com/places/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |website=Lushootseed |language=en-US}}</ref> According to historian and writer David Buerge, the name derives from the word {{Langx|lut|sc̓ap|label=none}}, meaning "[[willow]]," and the suffix {{Lang|lut|{{=}}abš}}, meaning "people,"<ref name="Dictionary2">{{cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Dawn |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |author-link3=Vi Hilbert |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-295-97323-4 |location=Seattle |pages=50, 51 |oclc=29877333}}</ref> meaning their name translates to "willow people."<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |last=Buerge |first=David |date=August 1984 |title=Indian Lake Washington |work=[[Seattle Weekly]] |pages=29–33}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=June 12, 2003 |title=Bothell – Thumbnail History |url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=4190 |access-date=November 20, 2023 |work=HistoryLink.org |publisher=}}</ref> Alternatively, according to linguist and anthropologist [[T. T. Waterman|T.T. Waterman]], the name means "meander dwellers."<ref name=":03">{{Cite book |last=Waterman |first=T. T. |title=sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacaciɬtalbixʷ: Puget Sound Geography |publisher=Lushootseed Press |year=2001 |isbn=979-8-7509-4576-4 |location= |pages=44-45,81, 114 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{cite web |last=Dailey |first=Tom |date= |title=Duwamish-Seattle |url=http://coastsalishmap.org/Village_Descriptions_Duwamish-Seattle.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030213060208/http://coastsalishmap.org/Village_Descriptions_Duwamish-Seattle.htm |archive-date=February 13, 2003}}</ref>