‘suckle’, ‘nurse (a baby)’,

easy way to type it:    gats’

Lolly Metcalf’s Coos Bay Milluk

Americanist Phonetic

 IPA

[ gatsʼ ],

 then

[ gatsʼ ]  

[ ɡɑtsʼ ],

 then

[ ɡɑtsʼ ] 

Instant Phonetic Englishization:  gahts!, for the root of the verb which Lolly says, which is identical to the Milluk word meaning ‘woman’s breast, breasts’, both as Lolly says it and as it appears in the Milluk texts.