Where does “səsaʔalitut” come from?

səsaʔalitut (Lushootseed) comes from Lushootseed ʔitut — to sleep.

səsaʔalitut (Lushootseed): bad dream; nightmare

Definitions

  1. bad dream; nightmare

Ancestry of “səsaʔalitut”, step by step

səsaʔalitut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lushootseed ʔitut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lushootseedʔitutto sleep

via Lushootseed saʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lushootseedsaʔ
Every word from Lushootseed ʔitut