Wiyot

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Etymology

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From bíw- (to eat) +‎ -ih.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /βíwiʔ/
  • Hyphenation: bí‧wih

Noun

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bíwih (locative bíwihwokw)

  1. food

Declension

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Possessive declension of bíwih (alienable)
Unpossessed First-person Second-person Third-person Indefinite person
bíwih duhmíwih khuhmíwih huhmiwíhyawahl huhmiwíhyawik

References

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  • Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 39