sdaʔ

Lushootseed

word analysis: s (nominalizing prefix) + daʔ

noun

pastəducid

1. name
   • gʷat kʷi adsdaʔ.

   What (literally: Who) is your name?

   • hədli tə dsdaʔ.

   My name is Henry.

   • gʷat kʷi sdaʔ ʔə tsiʔiɫ sɫadəyʔ.

   What (literally: Who) is that woman's name?

   • mali tsi sdaʔs.

   Her name is Mary.

forms
adsdaʔ dsdaʔ sdaʔs

usage notes: Some people use the determiner tsi for sdas when referring to the name of a woman, but ti is more common. A small number of women use the determiner tsə for their own names; most use tə.

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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. 77
• 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. 6
• 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. 169