a

Lushootseed suffix

pastəducid

1. and

see also: ʔi

usage notes: {{{1}}}

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

  čəd + a = čəda

  čəxʷ + a = čxʷa

  čəł + a = čła, 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

Template:PSB noun

pastəducid

1. The first letter of the dxʷləšucid alphabet. The pronunciation is like the "a" in "father".

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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, p. 3