xʷit̓il

Lushootseed

pronunciation: xʷi t̓il
word analysis: xʷit̓ + il

verb stem

pastəducid

1. fall off, fall from a height

   • ʔuxʷit̓il tə sxʷət dxʷʔal tə xʷudad.

   The thrush fell into the ashes.

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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. 253
• 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 1