bíwih

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Wiyot

Etymology

From bíw- (“to eat”) +‎ -ih.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βíwiʔ/
  • Hyphenation: bí‧wih

Noun

bíwih (locative bíwihwokw)

  1. food

Declension

Possessive declension of bíwih (alienable)
Unpossessed First-person Second-person Third-person Indefinite person
bíwih duhmíwih khuhmíwih huhmiwíhyawahl huhmiwíhyawik

References

  • Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 39
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