kʷ

Template:PSB noun

pastəducid

1. The nineteenth letter of the dxʷləšucid alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless labialized velar stop.

   • The pronunciation is like the "kw" in "Kwanzaa" or the "qu" in "queen".

   Examples: kʷaʔ, kʷil, kʷsi

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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. xiii
• 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