sk̓ʷuy

Lushootseed

word analysis: s (nominalizing prefix) + k̓ʷuy

noun

pastəducid

1. mother
   • ʔk̓ʷaɫatəb ʔə tsi dsk̓ʷuy tsi k̓ʷak̓ʷt̓ad.

   My mother examined the tiny mouse.

forms
dsk̓ʷuy	adsk̓ʷuy

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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. 132
• 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. 3