dčəgʷas

Northern

pronunciation: dčə gʷas
word analysis: d ("my") + čəgʷas ("wife")

noun

pastəducid

1. my wife
   • ʔəsʔitut tsi dšəgʷas diʔadiʔ.

   My wife is sleeping in the other room.

see also: (Southern) dčəgʷəš

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sources

• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, pp. 63, 76
• 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. 4