‘(American) Indian’, ‘people’, person’,

easy way to type it:    k’a

Lolly Metcalf’s South Slough Milluk

Americanist Phonetic

 IPA

[ kʼaʰ ],

 then

[ kʼaʰ ]  

[ kʼɑʰ ],

 then

[ kʼɑʰ ] 

Instant Phonetic Englishization:  k!ahh. 


This is an excellent example of Lolly Metcalf saying a word-initial ejective consonant.  It is also an excellent example of a short breathy Milluk syllable, ending with aspiration.   

for AMP:   

    

      k’a

Annie Miner Peterson’s Milluk

Exactly Jacobs’ transcription

Americanist Phonetic & IPA

kʼáʽ

Modernized:

kʼáʰ

[ kʼaʰ ] 

         &

[ kʼɑʰ ]