‘inside’,

easy way to type it:    gala’yuu

Lolly Metcalf’s South Slough Milluk

Americanist Phonetic

 IPA

[ galaʔyu ],

 then

[ galaʔyu ]

[ gɑlɑʔyu ],

 then

[ gɑlɑʔyu ]

Instant Phonetic Englishization:  gah_la’_yoo.  Mrs. Peterson’s dotted g is farther back in the throat. 


This is one of a number of examples of a sound correspondence between Lolly Metcalf’s Coos Bay Milluk having a velar consonant, in this case [ g ], while Annie Miner Peterson’s Milluk has a uvular consonant, in this case [ ɢ ].  

for AMP:   

     g.ala’yuu

Annie Miner Peterson’s Milluk

Exactly Jacobs’ transcription

Americanist Phonetic & IPA

g̣ál·aʼyu

Modernized:

ɢ̣ál·aʔyu

[ ɢ̣alaʔyu ]   

         &

[ ɢɑlɑʔyu ]