cat

pastəducid

noun

Lushootseed

1. pišpiš
   • The dog chased the cat.

   ʔučalatəb ʔə ti sqʷəbayʔ ti pišpis.

   • That is my very own cat.

   diɫ dsgʷaʔ dpišpiš.

   • My cat is sleeping on the other side of the chair.

   ʔəsʔitut tə dpišpiš diʔabac ʔal tə səxʷgʷədil.

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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. 162
• 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. 5
• 1995, Thom Hess, Lushootseed Reader with Introductory Grammar. Vol. 1: Four Stories from Edward Sam, ISBN 9781879763111, University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics, no. 11, Missoula: University of Montana, pp. 120, 121