The sounds represented by the symbol /qʷ/:

(DD: Delphine Derrickson; RA: Richard Armstrong)

The first column represents the underlying morphophonemic transcription; the second column the surface phonetic transcription:

/qʷ/ in word initial position:
Click to hear qʷacqn [qʷácqən] hat RA
Click to hear qʷacqn [qʷácqən] hat DD
Click to hear qʷilcn [qʷílcən] evergreen bough RA
Click to hear qʷilcn [qʷílcən] evergreen bough DD
Click to hear qʷyúlaʔxʷ [qʷəyúlaʔxʷ] rich land, rich person RA
Click to hear qʷyúlaʔxʷ [qʷəyúlaʔxʷ] rich land, rich person DD
Click to hear qʷlqʷilt [qʷəlqʷílt] talk RA
Click to hear qʷlqʷilt [qʷəlqʷílt] talk DD
Click to hear qʷil̕m [qʷíl̕əm] song, tune RA
Click to hear qʷil̕m [qʷíl̕əm] song, tune DD
Click to hear qʷin [qʷin] green RA
Click to hear qʷin [qʷin] green DD
Click to hear qʷúpsaʔ [qʷúpsaʔ] great-great-grandmother RA
Click to hear qʷúpsaʔ [qʷúpsaʔ] great-great-grandmother DD
/qʷ/ in word medial position:
Click to hear kɬqʷiw̓s [kəɬqʷíw̓s] drape over RA
Click to hear kɬqʷiw̓s [kəɬqʷíw̓s] drape over DD
Click to hear st̓aʔqʷíc̓aʔ [st̓aʔqʷíc̓aʔ] quilt RA
Click to hear st̓aʔqʷíc̓aʔ [st̓aʔqʷíc̓aʔ] quilt DD
Click to hear sqʷuʔɬ [sqʷuʔɬ] wasp RA
Click to hear sqʷuʔɬ [sqʷuʔɬ] wasp DD
Click to hear sqʷuɬt [sqʷuɬt] dust RA
Click to hear sqʷuɬt [sqʷuɬt] dust DD
Click to hear sqʷʔams [sqʷəʔáms] accustomed RA
Click to hear sqʷʔams [sqʷəʔáms] accustomed DD
Click to hear qʷn̓qʷan̓t [qʷən̓qʷán̓t] pitiful RA
Click to hear qʷn̓qʷan̓t [qʷən̓qʷán̓t] pitiful DD
/qʷ/ in word final position:
Click to hear sɬiqʷ [sɬiqʷ] meat RA
Click to hear sɬiqʷ [sɬiqʷ] meat DD
Click to hear c̓qʷaqʷ [c̓qʷaqʷ] he cried RA
Click to hear c̓qʷaqʷ [c̓qʷaqʷ] he cried DD
Click to hear cscʔaqʷ [scəʔáqʷ] midsummer RA
Click to hear cscʔaqʷ [scəʔáqʷ] midsummer DD
Click to hear k̓ɬʔalqʷ [k̓əɬʔálqʷ] across the line RA
Click to hear k̓ɬʔalqʷ [k̓əɬʔálqʷ] across the line DD