kʷi

Lushootseed

demonstrative (set I adjectival demonstrative)

pastəducid

1. (modifying something remote/vague in time or place or something that the speaker is not sure exists): a, any, some
   • čad kʷi pišpiš.

   Where is there a cat?

2. (when asking for information the speaker does not know): a, the, some
   • gʷat kʷi adsdaʔ.

   What is your name? (literally) Who are you called?

usage notes: Used when referring to something that is vague or remote in time or location, or when there is a doubt as to the existence of the thing being discussed.
usage notes: In casual speech, "kʷi" followed by the prefix ad often becomes the single syllable "kʷad".
see also: (set II) kʷsi

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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. 125
• 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
• 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, pp. 77