ʔəsčal

Northern

pronunciation: ʔəs čal

word analysis: ʔəs (state/condition) + čal

verb (stative)

pastəducid

1. how
   • ʔəsčal čəxʷ.

   How are you?

   • ʔəsčal čələp.

   How are you guys?

see also: (Southern) x̌id

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sources

• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, p. 60
• 1995, Thom Hess and Vi [taqʷšəblu] Hilbert, Lushootseed: The language of the Skagit Nisqually, and other tribes of Puget Sound, an Introduction: Book I, Lushootseed Press, ch. 9