pišpiš

Lushootseed

pronunciation: piš piš

noun

pastəducid

1. cat
   • čad əw̓ə ti dpišpiš.

   Where is my cat?

   • ʔəsʔitut tə dpišpiš diʔabac ʔal tə səxʷgʷədil.

   My cat is sleeping on the other side of the chair.

   • ʔučalatəb ʔə ti sqʷəbayʔ ti pišpiš.

   The dog chased the cat.

forms
adpišpiš: your cat dpišpiš: my cat

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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. 162
• 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. 5
• 1995, Thom Hess, Lushootseed Reader with Introductory Grammar. Vol. 1: Four Stories from Edward Sam, ISBN 9781879763111, University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics, no. 11, Missoula: University of Montana, p. 120