‘eat, he/she ate’,

easy way to type it:    dlu’wiiyam

Lolly Metcalf’s Coos Bay Milluk

Americanist Phonetic

 IPA

[ dluʔwiyám ],

 then

[ dluʔwiyam ]

[ dluʔwiˈyɑm ],

 then

[ dluʔwiyɑm




Instant Phonetic Englishization:  dloo’_wee_yahm. 


This is the same Milluk word as in interview segment “Eat”.  Here Lolly stresses the last syllable of the word, but only the first time that she says the word.  The second time that she says the word in this interview segment the syllables are more evenly stressed.  In the interview segment “Eat”, she stresses the penultimate syllable of the word each time that she says the word.  The difference in stress is just a stylistic matter which does not change the meaning of the word.  

for AMP:   

    dlu’wiiyam

Annie Miner Peterson’s Milluk

Exactly Jacobs’ transcription

Americanist Phonetic & IPA

 dluʔwiyam

[ dluʔwiyam

                   &

[ dluʔwiyɑm ]