gʷat

Lushootseed

pronoun

pastəducid

1. who, whom
   • gʷat əw̓ə tiʔiɫ č̓ač̓as ʔal tudiʔ.

   Who is that child over there?

2. gʷat ... daʔ: what is (somebody's) name?
   • gʷat kʷi adsdaʔ

   What is your name?

   (literally) Who are you called?

   • gʷat kʷi sdaʔ ʔə tsi adčəgʷas.

   What is your wife's name?

   (literally) Who is your wife called?

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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. 97
• 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