bš

Lushootseed

alternative forms: abš, əbš

word analysis: bš ("people of") perhaps related to Proto-Salish *mixʷ, *mix ("life force, person(s)") perhaps related to Proto-Salish *mixʷ, *mix ("life force, person(s)")

lexical suffix

pastəducid

1. people of
   • sduhubš

   Snohomish

   • čubəʔabš

   Skagit people who live in the area of Lyman

   • swadəbš

   the people east of the mountains

   • tul̓ʔal čəd swədəbš.

   I'm from Swinomish.

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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. 41
• 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. 7
• 2002, Aert H. Kuipers, "Salish Etymological Dictionary", University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics, no. 16, ISBN 1-879763-16-8, p. 204