ʔu

Lushootseed

prefix

pastəducid

1. (indicating an activity that is completed or as a whole; often expressed in English as the past or perfect tense)
   • ʔuqada

   stole

usage notes: May be pronounced as "u" if a consonant comes immediately before.

particle (interrogative predicate particle)

pastəducid

1. (indicating a yes/no question)
   • aciɫtalbixʷ ʔu tsiʔiɫ sɫadəyʔ ʔal tudi diʔi.

   Is that woman way over there Indian?

   • ʔaciɫtalbixʷ čəxʷ ʔu.

   Are you Indian?

usage notes: Pronounced either as /o/ or /u/ (u as in English boot). Also, the ʔ sound is often dropped in relaxed speech. The position in a sentence is after the predicate and any čəd type word.

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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. 19
• 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, chapters 3, 8, index Book I, chapter 8