ʔəstaqʷuʔ

Lushootseed

pronunciation: ʔəs ta qʷoʔ

word analysis: ʔəs (state/condition) + taqʷuʔ ("thirsty") perhaps related to qʷuʔ ("water (especially freshwater)")

part of speech unknown

pastəducid

1. thirsty [now]
   • ʔəstaqʷuʔ čed.

   I'm thirsty.

   • cick̓ʷ čəd ʔəstaqʷuʔ.

   I'm very thirsty.

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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. 218
• 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. 9