diʔabac

Lushootseed

pronunciation: di ʔa bac

word analysis: diʔ ("other side") + abac

noun

pastəducid

1. other side/far side of (a solid object, such as a fence, boulder, mountain)
   • ʔəsʔitut tə dpišpiš diʔabac ʔal tə səxʷgʷədil.

   The cat is sleeping on the other side of the chair.

see also: (other side of a building) diʔalətxʷ

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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. 81
• 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, lesson 4
• 1995, Thom Hess and Vi [taqʷšəblu] Hilbert, CD 1 accompanying Lushootseed: The language of the Skagit Nisqually, and other tribes of Puget Sound, an Introduction: Book I, Lushootseed Press, lesson 4, 1:20