thútl’o

she, her

Thútl’o means ‘she‘, or ‘her‘. (Compare tútl’o – ‘he, him‘.)

Pronunciation

• Thútl’o sounds like THOOT-law, except that the tl’ consists of t’ + l (t’ is a ‘popped’ sound, in this case a t combined with a catch in the throat, to make an ‘ejective’ release)
• The dictionary records this word with a variety of different spellings including thú:tl’ò and thútl’ò. These correspond to slight differences in vowel length and pitch, and all are ‘correct’.

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips

Examples

Here are some examples of how you can use this word:

• Lam thútl’o. – She goes.
• Imex thútl’o. – She walks.
• Tsel kw’étslexw thútl’o. – I saw her.

Note: Elders often ‘drop’ the thútl’o, and you just have to understand from context that they mean ‘she’ or ‘her’.

Related words

Thútl’o is related to a number of other words, including:

• tl’ó – it is… (e.g. Tl’o telewe. – It’s you.)
• tútl’o – he, him (as noted above in this post)
• tl’o su – so then