a

Lushootseed

noun

pastəducid

1. The second letter of the dxʷləšucid alphabet.

   • The pronunciation is like the a "father".

   Examples: ʔal, stab

see also: ay, ay̓

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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. xii
• 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, lessons 1, 2

suffix

pastəducid

1. and

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• a cannot stand alone. It is combined with any of the following four pronouns as follows:

  čəd + a = čəda

  čəxʷ + a = čxʷa

  čəł + a = čɫa, čəła

  čələp + a = čələpa

see also: ʔi

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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. 24, 63, 65