sdaʔs

Lushootseed

word analysis: s (nominalizing prefix) + daʔ + s (third person possessive)

noun

pastəducid

1. her/his/its name
   • mali tsi sdaʔs.

   Her name is Mary.

   • hədli ti sdaʔs.

   His name is Henry.

usage notes: Some people use the determiner tsi for sdas when referring to the name of a woman, but ti is more common.

see also: sdaʔ

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sources

• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, pp. 77, 199
• 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. 6