c̓

Lushootseed

noun

pastəducid

1. The sixth letter of the dxʷləšucid alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless ejective alveolar affricate.
   • The pronunciation is like the "ts" in "cats" with glottalization.

   Examples: sc̓apac (willow tree), c̓əlalikʷ (win)

   Tongue twister: ʔəsc̓əx̌c̓əx̌ tiʔəʔ č̓ukʷs sʔic̓əb gʷəɫ tiʔəʔ ʔəsc̓ud stubš.

   (The seven blankets of this weak fellow are all worn out)

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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. xii
• 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, chapter 7