ʔəstagʷəxʷ

Lushootseed

pronunciation: ʔəs ta gʷəxʷ

word analysis: ʔəs (state/condition) + tagʷəxʷ ("hunger")

verb (stative)

pastəducid

1. hungry
   • ʔəstagʷəxʷ čəd. cick̓ʷ čəd ʔəstagʷəxʷ.

   I'm hungry. I'm very hungry.

   • ʔəstagʷəxʷ čəɫ. cick̓ʷ čəɫ ʔəstagʷəxʷ.

   We are hungry. We are very hungry.

2. hunger

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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. 217
• 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. 9