k̓ʷ

Lushootseed

noun

pastəducid

1. The twentieth letter of the dxʷləšucid alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless labialized ejective velar stop.
   • The pronunciation is like the "kw" in "Kwanzaa" or the "qu" in "queen" with glottalization.

   Examples: k̓ʷədad, k̓ʷak̓ʷt̓ad

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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 3