xłp̓x̣ʷłtłpłłskʷc̓

Bella Coola
FWOTD – 3 May 2015

Alternative forms

Etymology

From xł- (“have, possess”) + p̓x̣ʷłtłp (“bunchberry plant”, in turn from p̓x̣ʷłt, p̓xołt (“bunchberry”)[1] + -łp (“tree, plant”)) + -łł (pluperfect marker) + -s (possessive marker)[2] + kʷc̓ (of uncertain function).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼ]
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Phrase

xłp̓x̣ʷłtłpłłskʷc̓

  1. he had had in his possession a bunchberry plant

References
  1. 1992, Thomas Forsyth McIlwraith, The Bella Coola Indians, volume 1
  2. 1998, Ewa Czaykowski-Higgins, Marvin Dale Kinkade, Salish Languages and Linguistics: Theoretical and Descriptive Perspectives

Further reading
  • 1984, Hank F. Nater, The Bella Coola Language (Mercury Series, Canadian Ethnology Service, No. 92)
  • Bruce Bagemihl (1991) “Syllable Structure in Bella Coola”, in Proceedings of the New England Linguistics Society (in Bella Coola), volume 21, pages 16-30
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