swədəbš

Lushootseed

alternative forms: swə́dəbš

word analysis: swəd (meaning unknown) + bš ("people of") perhaps related to Proto-Salish *mixʷ, *mix

noun

pastəducid

1. Swinomish
   • tul̓ʔal čəd sʷədəbš.

   I am from Swinomish.

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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. 246
• 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 7
• 1974, June M. Collins, Valley of the Spirits, ISBN 0-295-95327-6, University of Washington Press, p. 9