suyaƛ̓

Lushootseed

pronunciation: su yáƛ̓
word analysis: s (nominalizing prefix) + u (prefix lexical linking element) + yaƛ̓(a) dip out, fetch water = dip out, water-fetching people

noun

pastəducid

1. member of the Suiattle people.

   • suyaƛ̓ ʔu tsi adskʼʷuy?

   Is your mother Suiattle?

2. village near Darrington

see also: Wikipedia article on Darrington

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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. 275