ay̓

Lushootseed

noun

pastəducid

1. A digraph (two-letter combination) not considered to be a separate letter of the dxʷləšucid alphabet.

   • The pronunciation is like the ai in "Kaiser" with constriction of the throat.

   Examples: day̓, day̓day̓

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sources

• 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, chapter 2