‘younger brother’,

easy way to type it:    mitgwila

Lolly Metcalf’s South Slough Milluk

Americanist Phonetic

 IPA

[ mɪtɫgwɪ́la ],

    then

[ mɪtɫgwɪ́la ]

[ mɪtɬˈgwɪla ],

   then

[ mɪtɬˈgwɪla ]



Instant Phonetic Englishization:  mitt_gwill_a. 

The [ ɪ ]-[ ə ] Sound Correspondence: There is a sound correspondence between Lolly’s [ ɪ ] and Annie’s [ ə ] in this phonological environment before lateral consonants, including L [ l ] and the affricate made up of T [ t ] plus Barred L [ tɫ ].  See the interview segments “Axe” and “Sister” (actually ‘younger sister’) which provide other examples.  

for AMP:   

     mitgw@la

Annie Miner Peterson’s Milluk

Exactly Jacobs’ transcription

Americanist Phonetic & IPA

 mitɫgwə́la

[ mɪtɫgwə́la ]   

                   &

[ mɪtɬˈgwəla ]