Lexember Day 19

It’s food time.

waagutl’ /ˈwaː.gut͡ɬ’/ n. grain; corn. The T’unassan speakers grow a swamp-loving grain similar to rice, but with larger kernels like corn. It is given the high animate noun class because of its significance in T’unassan speaker’s lives.

tlalhelh /t͡ɬaˈɬeɬ/ n. tuber, yam. Another staple of their diet, but more common in eastern river basin cities.

pa’apulh /pa.ʔaˈpuɬ/ n. squash, gourd.

dujulh /ɗuˈd͡ʒuɬ/ n. a kind of flightless domestic bird roughly the size of a cow, kept for its meat, eggs, feathers and bone

bab- /ɓaɓ/ v. pound, beat

tlak’i’in /t͡ɬa.k’iˈʔin/ n. flour, flatbread

watskalh /watsˈkaɬ/ n. fruit; a sweet fruit similar to pineapple

watskatx’a- /wats.ka.t͡ʃ’a/ v. to be sweet; pleasing; pleasant

watskababi /ˈwats.ka.ɓaˈɓi/ n. salsa, sauce (lit. beaten fruit)