‘He/she died’,

literally, He/she became not’,

easy way to type it:    anya

Lolly Metcalf’s South Slough Milluk

Americanist Phonetic

 IPA

[ ʔánya ],

 then

[ ʔánya

[ ˈʔɑnyɑ ],

 then

[ ˈʔɑnyɑ ]  




Instant Phonetic Englishization:  ahn_yah. 

See the interview segment “Bad”, to hear the Milluk word [ ʔan ] here meaning ‘not’, in another Milluk expression.  In the expression in this interview segment, the word [ ʔan ] ‘not’, has a suffix on it meaning ‘become’. 

 

for AMP:   

 

     anya

Annie Miner Peterson’s Milluk

Exactly Jacobs’ transcription

Americanist Phonetic & IPA

 ánya

[ ʔánya ]   

             &

[ ˈʔɑnyɑ ]