suyaƛ̓

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Pronunciation

  • /suyáƛ̓/
  1. member of the Suiattle people.
  2. village near Darrington, WA
  3. (literally) dip out, fetch water people
suyaƛ̓ ʔu tsi adskʼʷuy?
Is your mother Suiattle?

Breakdown of word

  • s (prefix, nominalizer) + u (prefix lexical linking element) + yaƛ̓(a) dip out, fetch water

1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, p. 275.