y

Template:PSB noun

1. The forty-fifth letter of the dxʷləšucid alphabet, pronounced as a high front unrounded glide.

   The pronunciation is like the "y" in "yes".

   • The combination ay is pronounced like the ai in "Kaiser".

   Examples: č̓əsayʔ, ƛ̓əlayʔ

   • The combination əy is pronounced similarly to ay.

   Example: sɫadəyʔ

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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. xiv
• 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, chapters 2, 3