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Language of the Kaiila
Savages
based on Lakota of the
Plains Indians of Earth
Words have been collected from multiple sources and some words will have
different spellings etc due to different dialects.
English to Savage is on the
left
Savage to English is on the right
1. Tribes have different
dialects and in online searches you will find many different spellings or
variations of a word that has the same meaning..some different meanings or
spellings are given in parenthesis.
2. Grammer....Correctly, adjectives, prepositions, adverbs, time,
descriptives and modifiers go AFTER the noun or verb.
A.The woman goes to town everyday
Anpetu iyohilawinyan kin le otonwahe ta ye.
day ..eachwoman the.. this one town... goes.
The bear ate the soup
Mato he wahanpitebye
bear that soup ate
3. When asking questions or giving orders you must use a gender announcer
with it
Male: ___hwo Female:___ he
How are you?=Toniktuka+gender announcer_____?
Toniktukahwo or Tonikthkahe
Male, order to one person: ___yo Male, order to more than one person: ___po
Female, order to one person:___ye Female order to to more than one
person:___pe
Go to bed=Iyunka +gender announcer_____.
Iyunkayou Iyunkapo / Iyunkaye Iyunkape
4. to add "ed" or "ing" to a word add pe at the end of it
come /coming
Howo / Howope
5. To make a negative statement add the suffix (sni) to the verb:
The BIA did not help me
omakiye=help
BIA kin le omakiyesni
6. Links Phrases
work and words presented have been gathered from the following sources
Petazanwin of Kaiila Savages and her work on
https://www.angelfire.com/scifi/yellowknives/YKlang3.htm
http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~bucko/language.html
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English to Savage |
Savage to English |
A
a, an = wa
abandon = ayusta
abdomen = ceyohe
ability = ikipi
able = kihi
about then = wahehal
about = wa hecel
above = iwa kob
across = untli
accuse = eyaunpa
admonish = wahohonkiya
advisers to a large war party = *blotahunka
affection = wacantognakapi
afraid = daskasti
again they go = ake iyayapi
aged = agevli
agreed = howe
air = unole
alive = ne
all = owasa
allied ones, the Sioux = Dakotah
allow = iyowinkiya
alone = isna
also = nu
altar = waunyanpi
always = ohewe
Ambassador = ganuseda
amber = zehe
angry = chonzeh
animal = wamakaskan
answer = ayupta
ants = tazuska
any animal with a hump = ptagica
apron used in sungazing dance = niteiyapehe
a returning visitor suddenly appears = hiye aheye hibu
argue = *k'chegah
arrogant and overpowering = wahanksica
arrow = guni
arrowhead = *wismahi
ashes = gasdu
asking for a place = okandada
astonishment, woman's term = hinu, hinu
attack, meaning kill = takpe
awaken = kikta
awakening = kiwani
awakening of earth = kiwani owapi
awful = *tehhekah
B
baby or doll = *amomona
backward = lazatakiya
bad = usga astu
bad wound = oowesica
bald-headed = pesla
ball = anesta bank, river = maya
barefoot = *seechoonah
bark = tsuwaluka
basket = talutsa
beads, beadwork = *siptopto
beans = duya
bear cub = mahtola
bear, grizzly = mahto
bear, small = mahtociqala
beard = ahanulahu
beast wih a trident horn, stands 20-25 hands at the
shoulder, weighing as much as 4,000 lbs, they migrate across
the Barrens in massive herds, hunted by Red Savages and those
who trade in their hides. = *kailiauk
beautiful = ohwongteh
beaver, literally swims-stick-in-mouth = capa
become = aya
bed = atsista
beg, starve = wocinpi
believe = wicala
bell = ahaluni
beloved = agigau
below = eladi
belly = tezi
bend = yaskopa
beneath = ohlateya
beside = isakib
best of all = astu tsigi
between = oko
big, great = egwa
big family, blood and affinal relatives = tiyospaye
big-hump creature = tatanka
biped = hunumpa
birds = wahupa
bird, small = zitkala
bird, winged = huya
black = *sapa
Black Clouds = *Mahpiyasapa
Black Lightening (the medicine tarn also known as Ubar of
the Skies) = Wakanglisapa
black metal (iron) = *mazasapa
black mountain, black hills = hesapa
black skin = hasapa
black stripe across the face = iteopta sapa
blackwine = sahpah
blame = eyaunpa
blanket unaguhu
blind = digewi
blood = giga
blood and affinal relatives, big family = tiyospaye
blood brother = danitaga
blow = bogan
boat = wata
bone = dalu
bone-setter = huhupiye
bottle = gugu
bouncing = kasti
bow = gatsodi
bowl, large = diwali
bowl, small = tusti
boy = atsutsa , uwagiatustsa
bracelets = *napoktan
braid = sun
branch = aletka
branded slave = *guyapi
brave heart, sometimes used as name of a warrior
society = *Cante Tinza
bread = gadu
break = kaksa
break-their-own-customs = Kiyuksa
breath of day = *anptaniya
breathe = oniya
breast, woman's = aze
breech clout = gatola yatusulo
bridle = ipahte
bridge = ceyaktonpi
brightens the lodge, candle = peta-o-zan-zan
bring = agli
broken water = watauga
broom = gvnosasdi
brother-in-law of a man = tanhan
brother-in-law of a woman = sice
brother = chinyeh brother, older of a man =
cinye
brother, older of a woman = tiblo
brother, younger of a man = misun
bug, small, a child's term = cicila
build = kaga
bull kauiliauk (the word 'ta' originally specified
animals with a hump -later becoming a generic term for all
ruminating animals; 'bloka' signifies bull) = tabloka
burn = atsila
butter = gotlvhnv
butterfly = kamama
buttocks = tigwali
C
calf = ptehincala
camp = sustiyi or wechote
campfire = atsila sustiyi
camp crier, a herald = Eyanpaha
candy = *cahapisasa
cane = sagye
canoe = wata
captive = wayaka
captive woman = winu
caress = *yustoh
catch, hold; to take a wife = yuza
cave = ustagalayi
center = cokata
ceremony = wicohan
ceremonial thanks = hiye ila maya
certainly or surely = *cinto
Chief = Itancan
child = ichinca
child's call, a little call = Kipanna
chin = iku
chosen = suyeta
circle = womime
circulating = ihomniya
Clay Woman = Agidagwa
clear the way = hanta yo
climb = luhi
closed = gewi
cloth = mnihuha
clouds = *mahpiya
clown, a contrary = heyoka
coast = ohuta
comb = *k`cha
come = *howo
come follow closely = hakamya upo
come forward (singular) = hiyu wo
come forward (plural) = hiyupo
come to the center = cokata hiyupo
consecrate = yuwakan
cooking = gunesti
copulation, forced between men = iwicahupi
copulation, oral = ceazin
copulation, unnatural they will use your anus = onze
nihupi kte lo
corn = *wagmu
corn silk = *natu
cornstalks = *wamezahu
corpse-carrier, the Big Dipper = tacansina
council = anasga
cousin, female = hankasi
cousin, male = tahansi
coyote = miyaca
cry of a dying man = haun-nn
curly hair = pahaha
D
dance = whacheche
dancer = whachee`sa
Dancing Wolf = Alisgia Waya
daughter = cunksi
dawn or daylight = *anpao
dead = duhasata
deaf = tsunela
death(of human) = oyohusa
death song = icilowan
deceitful, not man = wicasasni
decider, decides = wakicun, wakicunsa
desire, want = cin
dew = amagai
diarrhea = minisupekazo
die = oyohusi
different = tokeca
dirt = gada
dirty = gadanai
distant = gei
doll = ammonmonla
door = asdudu
down, strike camp = tikahpa tipi
dragonfly = susweca
dream = wehondah
drink = adatasti
drown = guniska
drum =*cancegam
drum-beater = Icabu
dung = *cesli
dwelling place, moveable lodge = tipi
E
ear = nuge
eagle, a wingflapper = wambli
eagle-helps-him = wambli okiya
eagle, spotted; immature golden eagle = wambli gleska
eagles tail feather = wiyaka
earth = maka
earth, clear blue = makatozanzan
eggs = tsuwetsi
elders = hunkakepi
elk, branched horn = hehaka
elks head = hehakapa
enemy = toka
enemy, the real = tokahca
enlightenment, realization of the ultimate = wahupa
excrement = unkce
expression of anxiety = *aiii
expression of assent, agreement = hoye
expression for live it up = pangiciya
expression for person with unusual talents = pangeca
expression to get attention = iho
expression of self-satisfaction = anhe
expression of sorrow, astonishment, or apprehension by
a man = hunhunheexpresssion used by warriors calling
for total defeat of an enemy, with the implication that the
enemy will be forced to submit to sodomy = hu ihpey wicayapo
expression of wonder, used by men only = hoh
extremely joyful surprise = unpongapi kilo
eye= kata
eyes = dikata
F
face = ite
fall = nugi
family = tsidanalu
fat = kaletsahidi
father = ahte
false pride = witantanpi
faster or hurry = *hei
fear = askai
feather = ulunuhi
feather headress = gedalastula
female = winyan
female animal = *winyela
field = lagesi
fight = dilsti
fire = peta
fire, little = petala
firebrand = *petutse
fire panther atsilatlvdatsi
fire-steel = *canka
first = tokahe
fish = astsadi
fishing = asuhiski
fish odor - ho'mna
flat = ayateni
flower tsila
flower moon = Tsiloni
flower woman = Wahcawin
food = agisti
flute or love flute = *cotanka
flute player = Tayazo
fog = po
foolish buffalo = Tawitko
foot = tsuna
footprints = utsuni
forest = tsaluyi
forever = igohidv
fork in a tree = canozake
forward, meaning in the future = takota
forward, ready = ho iyaya yo
friend (Dust Legs) = *koda
friend (Kaiila) = *kola
fringe = *akamda
fur necklace = wanapin
G
game man, tribal fair = Woskate
garden = adusgi
gash = *hci
get = hetsi
get out = tayi
ghost,bad = anisgina
girl = *wincincala
girl child = wiyanna
give away everything = wahpani iciya wo
going to war = zuya
good = *oglu
good-hands woman = Napewastewin
good luck = *oglu waste
gourd = galuna
go to sleep = hilunu
go to sleep(you) = egasinu
grandchild = tagoza
grandfather = tunkasila
grandmother = unci
grapes = unasuga
grass = gunaski
grasshopper = gnugnuska or gnuska
grasshopper, large wingless = ptepazo or pte woyaka
grass, mature = pezi
grass roots; healer = pezuta
grease = *wasna
great = egwa
Greatly Beloved Woman = Agigau
greetings = *hou
grey-eyes = Istahota
H
hair = gilug
hair-on-upper-lip = putehin
hand = uwayi
hands = diwayi
handful = oguye
handsome, good looking = owanyake waste
hanging = guta
hard = astiyihu
hawk, small falcon = cetan
He will die = Hvya huska
head = uskala
healer = pezuta-wicasa
here = ahni
hermaphroditewants-to-be-woman = winkte
hide(skin) = ganega
hide-and-seek = inahma skatapi
hill = paha
his hair = tahin
honest = *zontaheca
honey pot = wadulesi galu
honor, man of = wicasa iyotanyapi
honor, place of; go to the back = catkuta iyaya yo
honor, seat of = catkuta
honorable = iyotanyapi
honorable and respected individual = wicasa okinihan
horn, hollow = hehlogeca
horn,one= hewanzi
hot = udelega or kahtah
how much or many = hilagu
hungry = gayasiha
hunter = kanati
hurry= *hei
husband, the true = wicahca
I
I am = *hemaca
I am attentive = hau
I am not afraid = huka
I am warrior = *Akicita hemaca
I come in a mysterious manner = wakany hibu yelo
I command attention = usi maya ye
I command recognition = onsimaya
I love you = techila
I own the earth = maka kin le, mitawa ca
I take this woman for wife = mitawicu
I talk nonsense = o'ko wayelo
I want the people to live (spiritually) = oyate nimke
wacin yelo
imitator = waunca
incomplete = adulula
J
joker = *wawinhaka
K
kailiauk bull = *tatancka
kailiauk cow, also herd, all kailiauk collectively the
Pte is considered mother of all the tribes = *pte
kailiauk-cow woman, white = Ptesanwin
kailiauk, hermaphrodite = ptewinkte
kailiauk, male; a herd-father = pta
keg, small = kokala
key = stugi
kill = takpe
kiss = *oiputake
kneeling = detsinagwana
knife = hayalasti
L
ladies dress fringes = keya s`e upihcihci
lake = unadelii
lame = huste
land = gadawahi
laugh = utsetsiti
leader of any kind of group = itancan
leather = anotluski
leaves = utalotsa
legging = delasula
lend = atalista
lesson = gohwelvi let's go visit = wine da
life = ganodu
light = egahi
lightning-gives-birth-to-sound, thunder = wakinya
hoton
lightning, mysterious flight = wakinyan or wakankinya
listen = sge
listen, child's term = ah-ah
usdi = little
little-big, a derogatory term meaning too big for
one's boots = tankala
little knife = *isanna
log = asita
lonely= uhisati
long = gvhita
Look! (man speaking) = wa yan ka!
Look! (woman speaking) = wan la wa!
look, no one acts in this manner = wanyaka, tuwena
icunsni
look(there) = ni
luck = *waste
M
maize = *wagameza
make meat = wanasa
man = wicasa
man of honor = wicasa iyotanyapi
many = utsuti
Master = *Itancanka
Master (Dust Legs) = *Wicayuhe
meal = alstaidi
meat = hawiya
medicine = nvwati
Medicine Man = nvwati wicasa
menstruating = isnati
messenger = Wahosi
messenger-delivers-a-message to an individual,
whiteman, contraction of wahosi icun = wasicun
middle ayeli
milk = unvti
mink, literally yellowish white chin = ikusan
mint = ceya`ka
mischief = guheyu
Mistress = Kashna
mixed = usuye
molasses = *canhanpitiktica
money = adela
moon = wi
morning = sunali
mother = ina
mother, someone else's (blood relative) = hunku
mountain = he
mouth = ahali
mud = gadane
mushroom growing on trees, literally tree-ears =
cannakpa
my = *mita
my daughter = micunksi
my grandson, my grandchild = mitakoza
my heart = miticante or micanti
my husband = mihigna
my familiar voice tells me so = mitawasicun he
omakiyake
my relatives = mitauyate
my relative through choice = mihunka
my son = micinksi
my woman, wife = mitawin
mysterious night, aurora borealis = *hanhepi wakan
mystery, an unknown = wakan
mystery, any big; undiscovered law = wakantanka
mystery to be dreaded = limunga
N
naked = uyatiga
navel, umbilical cord; a twin = cekpa
nephew = tunska
night = honyedhu
not man,deceitful = wicasasni
nut = tsahi
O
observe everything as you walk = akita mani yo
observer, literally perceives = Ahbleza
old(long ago) = eti
old woman = agawela
One Arrow = Gunasawu
one-eye-out = Istakpe
One Who Counts Himself Rich =*Ihdazicaka
One Who Finds Much = *Waiyeyeca
One Who Is Fortunate = *Wapike
One who is proud = *Witankana
One who makes others laugh = *Wayaiha
One who posesses Much = *Wayuhahaka
One-who-sits-above-all, wife = wakanka
One-who-speaks-well = *Ieska
One who walks before = *Kahintokapapa
one's father's other wife = sanke
open = blaha
ouch = ayo
over = deli
owl = hinhan
owl, white or young owl = hinhanska
Owner = Tahwah
P
paint = wodi
paper = mnihuha
passion flower = uwaghi
path, heart-shaped = tacante canku
path, little = cankuna
paw = uwayi
peach = quana
peace = *olakota
peace, friendship (Dust Legs) = *kodaiciyapi
peace, friendship (Kaiila) = *Wolakola
peas = duyu nasdii
pebble = inyan
pemmican = *wakapapi
penis = ce
penis, adult foreskin-pushed-back = sluka
penis, child's = slukila
penis, erect = cezin
performance, outstanding = hunhunhe pangeca
philosopher, a true seer = wakanhca
pimples = *wasnapohoti
pipe = canumpa
pipe-dig, pipestone quarry = canumpa o'ke
plant or put in the ground = ozu
pluck out hair = peyuslaslapi
plumstone = kanta su
points-in-direction-of-the-herd; a large wingless
grasshopper = ptepazo or pte woyaka
ponders-as-she-walks = Wiyukcan Mani
pot or kettle = *cega
pouch = *parfleche
pouting lips = *iwosa
prairie wolf, coyote = miyaca
pregnant = taluli
pretty or attractive = *hopa
prinicpal leader, the most = Otancan
psychic shock, literally they make the spirit flee =
nagi napeyapi
pucker mouth = tsalalui
pumpkin = iya
Q
quickly = kokela or koyela
quill-worker woman = Wipatawin
R
rabbit, little = mastincala
race = takiyati
rain = *miniwozan
rattle = aka`hla
raven = kangi
raven-owners = kangi yuha
raw(uncooked) = agosti
ready, forward = ho iyaya yo
realization of the ultimate, enlightenment = wahupa
red =*sa
red bull (Tarl Cabot's name given to him by Canka)= *Tantankasa
red metal(copper) = *mazasa
red shirt = oglesa
red-sun coming = wishahibu
red tassel = *natusa
red water = mnisa or minisala
regret = eiii
relationship between two wives of one husband = teya
relative by choice = hunka
relative, everyone's (without need of ceremony) =
hunkapi
relative, previously made = hunkagapi, hunkakagapi
returns-at-dawn woman = Anpagliwin
returning visitor suddenly appears = hiye aheye hibu
revenge = tsusasi
rich one; who is rich = *watinka
river = egwani
rock = ihe or igugu
running = gayvhi
Running Water = Amagayvhi
S
salt = ama
same = ayvsti
sand = *casmu
scab or wart = *cespu
scalp = uskanigili
scent = galunusti
scout = Tonweya
scratch = kanuka
seat of honor = catkuta
second = taline
seer, sacred man, healer = wapiya
serene = tohi
sewing = yewiya
shadow = udiyvlitv
shell = uyaska
she throws dust into her vagina = oglala, san oglala
Shooting Arrow = Adastiyuali
short-necks, = tazuska
shoulder = hinyete
shout = tahiyu
sinew = uwaduna
singer = Lowanotcuwe
Sioux true name = Dakotah
sister = choonweh
sister, older, man's term = tanke
sister, older, women's term = cuwe
sister-in-law, man's term = hankasi
skilled = *akihoka
skin = ganega
slave = *inahan
sleep = istima
sleep, child's term = ahboo
small = usdi
smile = utsetsi
smoky = osota
snake = inadu
snake, striped ground = zuzueca
snotty-nose = pogehli
snowbird = tuti
snowing = wahinham
snow-seeds, hail = wasu
sodomy = onze wicawahu
sodomy, already violated = onze wicahupo
something to be spit upon = *ahtudan
something which exudes odor = *womnaka
son = cinksi
soup = ugama
sow = kala`la
spider, trickster (legendary practical joker) = iktomi
spirit = wanagi
spirit-owner = wanagi yuha
spiritual self = wanagi
spiritual vitality, something in movement = skan, taku
squash = watsigu
stabber = wacape
standing bull = tatanka nazin
star = noquisi
stare = ayuta
startled sound = hai
starve, beg = wocinpi
stones, little = *isbu
storm = unula
strike the moccasin, a game = hanpa ahpe
striped lizard = *agleskala
strong = uhusti
sugar lump cake = *cahanpitasaka
Summer = *Bloketu
sun, literally day-sun = anpetuwi
sungazing, the sundance = winwanyag wacipi
surprise, man's term for it = wahn or wan
surround kailiauk hunt = *wanasapi
sweat lodge, steam bath = initi
sweat-lodge ceremony, renewing ceremony = inipi
sweet = aganasti
swim = yuni
T
tail = sinte
take something(such as meat) out of boiling water =
woze
talking = woni
tame cattle-the sames, the people that tend the
gardens for the Red Savages = *Waniyanpi
teaching with patience = waonspekiye
teaching-with-force = kaonspe
temptation = *wowiytanye
tent pole = tusu
thank you = pila maye
that is true = hecitu yelo or welo
they-belong-to-themselves, free of other men =
tawaiciyapi
they go smelling like a skunk = makamnaya
they seek him = olepi
they torment you = kakisniyapi
they travel = icamani iyapi
they will use your anus, unnatural copulation = onze
nihupi kte lo
thief = kunaskasi
thigh = sechon
thirsty = dastihe
thorny = dastiyusti
thread = asti
throwing small particles into something of one's own =
oglala
thunder, lightning-gives-birth-to-sound = wakinya
hoton
tipi for isolation for women during menstruation =
isnatipi
tired, worn out = oki`ta
to belong to one's self, free of other men =
tawamiciya
to curl = glaha
to find interesting = i ska
together = iyuptala
to lose one's temper = iglu`hinhan
tomahawk = *canhapi
to make peace = okiya
tomorrow = sunalayi
tongue = cezi
to plant = oju
to reckon as a mystery; wife = wakanl yanka
to set apart, consecrate = yuwakan
to smoke = unpa
to take hold of, catch, hold; to take a wife = yuza
tough =astuhi
toward-snow-and-pine-trees, north; the north wind;
legendary white giant = wiziya, waziyata
trader = *wopeton
Trail of Tears = Nvnadaulatsvyi
tribal fair, game man = Woskate
trickster (legendary practical joker) spider = iktomi
tricky,distasteful, mischievious = sica
truth = toeu
turnip = tipsila
turtle shell, small = kehala
twilight = usvhiyi
two-arrow = wahin-numpa
U
uncertainty = ece
uncle, woman's term = leski
ugly, mean = asgasiti
underskirt = nitohompi
urt = *nitoske
V
vagina = san
vein, tendon = kan
very small ears = nakpa cikcika
vision-quest,literally they go beyond = ihamblecya or
ihambleiciyapi
vocables = hiye haya
voting stick = huhukahnigapi
W
wagon, literally rolling-wood = canpahmiyan
wait = ahpe
walks alongside = icamani
want, desire = cint
war = danawa
war cry, obscene term for attack = huka hey
warm = delaka
warrior = *akicita
wash = adiwasti
watchmen for the hunts, camps, and traveling bands; police
= akicita
water = ama
water creature, legendary = miniwatu
water lily = amayeduhi
wears-the-red-headdress = wapasa or wapaha sa un
weaver = tsuola
well done = *eca
whatever token is relied upon in war = wotawe
wheel = ica`homni
which = gado
whirlwind = tatekohomni
whistle = zola
whistle a tune = jolo`wan
white female slave = *wowiyutane
whiteman= wasicun
white robe = sinaska
white woman's dress = *cuwignaka
Who am I? = tuwe miye he
wife = tawicu
wind = unule
wind-woman, weather forecaster = Tatewin
Windy Moon = Unulahi
wisdom = woksapa
wise = agatanai
Woman= *wihopawin
woman-on-the-ridge = Heyatawin
woman's dress = *cuwignaka
woman's term of astonishment = hinu, hinu
wood pointing toward the sky, ancient term for tree =
canpaza
woods = canwita
worm = waglula
Y
yellow-haired-woman = Hinziwin
yellow wind = tatezi
yes(gorean usage) = *ho
yesterday = usahi
you = nehi
young = nita
your girl = netahwah wincincala
You're welcome = Howa |
A
Adastiyuali = Shooting Arrow
adatasti = drink
adela = money, beads
adiwasti = wash
adulula = incomplete
adusgi = garden
aganasti = sweet
agatanai = wise
agawela = old woman
agevli = aged
Agidagwa = Clay Woman
Agigau = Greatly Beloved Woman; beloved
agisti = food
*agleskala = striped lizard
agosti = raw(uncooked)
ah-ah = child's term for sh! or listen
ahali = mouth
ahaluni = bell
ahanulahu = beard
Ahbleza = observer, literally perceives
ahboo = childs term for sleep
ahni = here
ahpe = wait
ahte = father
*ahtudan = something to be spit upon
*aiii = expression of anxiety
aka`hla = rattle
*akamda = fringe
ake iyayapi = again they go
*akicita = 'clubmen', watchmen for the hunts, camps,
and traveling bands; police
*akicita = warrior
*Akicita hemaca = I am warrior
*akihoka = skilled
akita mani yo = observe everything as you walk
Alisgia Waya = Dancing Wolf
alstaidi = meal
ama = salt
a`ma = water
amagai = dew
Amagayvhi = Running Water
amayeduhi = water lily
*amomona = baby or doll
ammonmonla = child's word for doll
anasga = council
anetsa = ball
anhe = exclamation of self-satisfaction
anisgina = ghost, bad
anotluski = leather
Anpagliwin = returns-at-dawn woman
*anpao = dawn or daylight
anpetuwi = the sun, literally day-sun
*anptaniya = breath of day
asdudu = door
asgasiti = ugly, mean
asita = log
askai = fear
asti = thread
astiyihu = hard
astsadi = fish
astu tsigi = best of all
astuhi =tough
asuhiski = fishing
atalista = lend
atsila = burn
atsila sustiyi = campfire
Atsilatlvdatsi = fire panther
atsista = bed
atsutsa = boy
ayateni = flat
ayeli = middle
ayo = ouch
ayusta= abandon
ayuta= stare
ayvsti = same
aze = woman's breast
B
blaha = open
*blotahunka = advisers to a large war party
*Bloketu = Summer
C
*cahanpitasaka= lump cake of sugar
*cahapisasa = candy
*cancega= drum
*canhanpitiktica= molasses
*canhapi= tomahawk
*canka = fire-steel
cankuna = little path
cannakpa = a mushroom growing on trees, literally
tree-ears
Canoni = wanderers-in-the-woods
canozake = fork in a tree
canpahmiyan = wagon, literally rolling-wood
canpaza = wood pointing toward the sky, ancient term
for tree
Cante Tinza = * brave heart, sometimes used as name of
a warrior society
canumpa = pipe
canumpa o'ke = pipe-dig, pipestone quarry
canwita = woods
capa = beaver, literally swims-stick-in-mouth
*casmu = sand
catka = left hand
catkuta = seat of honor
catkuta iyaya yo = go to the back, the place of honor
ce = penis
ceazin = oral copulation
*cega= pot or kettle
cekpa = navel, umbilical cord; a twin
*cesli= dung
*cespu = scab or wart
cetan = hawk, small falcon
ceya`ka = mint
ceyaktonpi = bridge
ceyohe = abdomen
cezi = tongue
cezin = erect penis
chinyeh = brother
chonzeh = angry
choonweh = sister
cicila = child's term for small bug
cin = desire, want
cinksi = son
*cinto = surely or certainly
cinye = man's term for older brother
cokata = center
cokata hiyupo = come to the center
*cotanka= flute or love flute
cunksi = daughter
cuwe = woman's term for older sister
*cuwignaka = woman's dress
D
danitaga = blood brother
danawa = war
daskasti = afraid
dastihe = thirsty
dastiyusti = thorny
delaka = warm
delasula = legging
deli = over
detsinagwana = kneeling
diadela = beads
digewi = blind
dikata = eyes
dilsti = fight
diwali = large bowl
diwayi = hands
duhasata = dead
duya = beans
duyu nasdii = peas
E
*eca= well done>
ece = connotes uncertainity
egasinu = go to sleep(you)
egwa = great
egwani = river
eiii = connotes regret
eladi = below
eti = old(long ago)
Eyanpaha = camp crier, a herald
eyaunpa = accuse
G
gada = ground, dirt
gadanai = dirty
gadane = mud
gadawahi = land
gado = which
gadu = bread
galuna = gourd
galunusti = scent
ganega = skin also hide
ganodu = life
gasdu = ashes
gatola yatusulo = breech clout
gatsodi = bow
gayasiha = hungry
gayvhi = running
gedalastula = feather headress
gei = distant
gewi = closed
giga = blood
glaha = to curl
gnugnuska = grasshopper
gnuska = contraction for gnugnuska, grasshopper
gotlvhnv = butter
gugu = bottle
guheyu = mischief
Gunasawu = One Arrow
gunaski = grass
gunesti = cooking
guni = arrow
guniska = drown
guta = hanging
*guyapi = branded slave
gvhita = long
gvnosasdi = broom
H
hai = startled sound
hakamya upo = come follow closely
*hala = hinti (small active insects)
hanhepi wakan =*mysterious night, aurora borealis
hankasi = female cousin
hanpa ahpe = strike the moccasin, a game
hanta yo = clear the way
Hapstin = name for 3rd daughter
hasapa = black skin
hau = I am attentive
hawiya = meat
hayalasti = knife
haun-nn = cry of a dying man
*hci = gash
he = mountain
hecitu yelo or welo = that is true
hehaka = branched-horn, elk
hehakapa = elks head
hehlogeca = hollow horn
*hei = faster or hurry
*hemaca = I am
hesapa = black mountain, black hills
hetsi = get
hewanzi = one-horn
Heyatawin = woman-on-the-ridge
heyoka = clown, a contrary
hilagu = how much or how many
hilunu = go to sleep
hinhan = owl, contraction of hinhanska, white owl or
young owl
hinu, hinu = woman's term of astonishment
hinyete = shoulder
Hinziwin = yellow-haired-woman
hiye aheye hibu = a returning visitor suddenly appears
hiye haya = vocables
hiye ila maya = ceremonial thanks
hiyupo = come forward (plural)
hiyu wo = come forward (singular)
*ho = expresssion of readiness; yes(gorean usage)
hoh = expression of wonder, used by men only
ho iyaya yo = ready, forward
hoka = badger
ho'mna = fish odor
honyehdu = night
*hopa = pretty or attractive
*hou = greetings
Howa = Your welcome
*howe= agreed
*howo = come
hoye = expression of assent, agreement
huhukahnigapi = voting stick
huhupiye = bone-setter
hu ihpey wicayapo = an expresssion used by warriors
calling for total defeat of an enemy, with the implication
that the enemy will be forced to submit to sodomy.
huka = I am not afraid
huka hey = war cry, obscene term for attack
hunhunhe = man's expression of sorrow, astonishment,
or apprehension
hunhunhe pangeca = outstanding performance
hunka = relative by choice
hunkagapi = contraction of hunkakagapi, previously
made a relative
hunkakepi = elders
hunkapi = everyone's relative (without need of
ceremony)
hunku = somone else's mother (blood relative)
hunumpa = biped, ancient term for grizzly bear
huste = lame
huya = winged bird
Hvya huska = He will die
I
Icabu = drum-beater
ica`homni = wheel
icamani = walks alongside
icamani iyapi = they travel
ichinca = child
icilowan = death song
*Ieska = One who speaks well
ie wakan = lake precocious
igluhinhan = to lose one's temper
igugu = rock
ihambleiciyapi = contracted to ihamblecya,
vision-quest, literally they go beyond
*Ihdazicaka = One Who Counts Himself Rich
ihe = rock
igohidv = forever
iho = expression to get attention
Ihoka = badger, used as a name for a warrior society
ihomniya = circulating
ikipi = ability
iktomi = spider, trickster (legendary practical joker)
iku = chin
ikusan = mink, literally yellowish white chin
ina = mother
inadu = snake
*inahan= slave
inahma skatapi = hide-and-seek
inipi = sweat-lodge ceremony, renewing ceremony
initi = sweat lodge, steam bath
inyan = pebble
*isanna = little-knife
*isbu = little stones
i ska = to find interesting
isna = alone
isnati = menstruating
isnatipi = tipi for isolation for women during
menstruation
Istahota = grey-eyes
Istakpe = one-eye-out
istima = sleep
itancan = leader of any kind of group
*Itancanka= Master
ite = face
iteopta sapa = literally black stripe across the face
iwa kob = above
iwicahupi = forced copulation between men
*iwosa= pouting lips
iya = pumpkin
iyotanyapi = honorable
iyuptala = together
J
jaja = wash clothes
jolo`wan = whistle a tune
K
*Kahintokapapa= One who walks before
kahtah = hot
*kailiauk= dangerous beast with a trident horn
standing 20-30 hands this animal the red savages use the meat
for food & the tanned hides for clothing. The hide is also
used as covering for the lodges, the fur for clothing and
sleeping robes. The bones for utensils.
kakisniyapi = they torment you
kala`la = sow
kaletsahidi = fat
kamama = butterfly kan = vein, tendon
kanati = hunter
kangi = raven
kangi yuha = raven-owners
kanta su = plumstone
kanuka = scratch
kaonspe = teaching-with-force
Kashna = Mistress
kasti bouncing
kata = eye
*k'cha= comb
*k'chegah= argue
kehala = small turtle shell
keya s`e upihcihci = ladies dress fringes
kihi= able
Kipanna = a little call, as in calling to a child
kiwani = awakening
kiwani owapi = literally awakening of earth
Kiyuksa = break-their-own-customs
*koda = friend (Dust Legs)
*kodaiciyapi = peace, friendship (Dust Legs)
kokala = small keg
kokela = quickly
*kola = friend (Kaiila)
koyela = quickly
kunaskasi = thief
L
lagesi = field
lazatakiya = backward
leksi = woman's term for uncle
limunga = a mystery to be dreaded
Lowansa = singer
luhi = climb
M
*mahpiya = clouds
*Mahpiyasapa= Black Clouds
mahto = grizzly bear
mahtociqala = small bear
mahtola = bear cub
maka = earth
maka kin le, mitawa ca = I own the earth
makamnaya = they go smelling like a skunk
makatozanzan = clear blue earth
mastincala = little rabbit
*maza = metal
*mazasa= red metal (copper)
*mazasapa = black metal (iron)
micante = contraction of mitacante, my heart
micinksi = my son
micunksi = my daughter
mihigna = my husband
mihunka = my relative through choice
minisala = red water
minisupekazo = loosening of the bowels, diarrhea
miniwatu = legendary water creature
*miniwozan= rain
misun = man's term for younger brother
*mita = my
mitakoza = my grandson, my grandchild
mitaoyate = my relatives
mitawasicun he omakiyake = my familiar voice tells me
so
mitawicu = I take this woman for wife
mitawin = my woman, wife
miticante = my heart
miyaca = prairie wolf, coyote
mnihuha = paper
mnisa = contraction of minisala, red water
N
nagi napeyapi = psychic shock, literally they make the
spirit flee
nakpa cikcika = very small ears
Napewastewin = good-hands woman
*napoktan = bracelets
*natu = corn silk
*natusa = red tassel
nehi = you
netahwah wincincala = your girl
ni = look(there)
nita = young
niteiyapehe = apron used in sungazing dance
nitohompi = underskirt
*nitoske = urt
noquisi = star
nu = also
nuge = ear
nugi = fall
Nvnadaulatsvyi = Trail of Tears
nvwati = medicine
O
oglala = throwing small particles into something of
one's own
oglala, san oglala = she throws dust into her vagina
oglesa = red shirt
*oglu= good
*oglu waste= good luck
oguye = handful
ohwongteh = beautiful
*oiputake = kiss
oju = to plant
okandada = asking for a place
oki`ta = tired, worn out
okiya = to make peace
o'ko wayelo = I talk nonsense
*olakota = peace
olepi = they seek him
onsimaya = I command recognition
onze nihupi kte lo = they will use your anus,
unnatural copulation
onze wicahupo = already violated, sodomy
onze wicawahu = sodomy
oowesica = bad wound
osota = smoky
Otancan = the prinicpal leader, the most
owasa = all
owanyake waste = good looking, handsome
oyate nimkte wacin yelo = I want the people to live
(spiritually)
oyohusi = die, death
ozu = to plant or put in the ground
P
pahaha = curly hair
pahamni = hill and spring water near a ridge
pahasapa = black hills, the hills
pangeca = expression for person with unusual talents
pangiciya wo = expression for live it up
*parfleche= pouch
pasu = nose
paza = archaic word for tree
pesla = bald-headed, contracted from peyuslaslapi,
pluck out hair
peta = fire
petala = little fire
peta-o-zan-zan = brightens the lodge, candle
*petutse= firebrand
peyuslaslapi = pluck out hair
pezi = mature grass
pezuta = grass roots, healer
pezuta-wicasa = healer
pila maye = thank you
po = fog
pogehli = snotty-nose
pta = male kailiauk, a herd-father
ptagica = any animal with a hump
*pte = kailiauk cow, also herd, all kailiauk
collectively the Pte is considered mother of all the tribes.
ptepazo or pte woyaka =
points-in-direction-of-the-herd; a large wingless grasshopper
Ptesanwin = white kailiauk-cow woman
ptewinkte = hermaphrodite kailiauk
putehin = hair-on-upper-lip
Q
quana = peach
S
*sa = red
sahpah = blackwine
sakehanska = long-claws
san = vagina
sanke = one's father's other wife
*sapa = black
sechon = thigh
*seechoonah = barefoot
sge = listen
sica = distasteful, tricky, mischievous
sice = a woman's brother-in-law
sinaska = white robe
sinte = tail
*siptopto= beads, beadwork
skan, taku = something in movement, spiritual vitality
sluka = foreskin-pushed-back, adult penis
slukila = childs penis
stugi = key
sunalayi = tomorrow
sunali = morning
sustiyi = camp
susweca = dragonfly
suyeta = chosen
T
tabloka = bull kauiliauk (the word 'ta' originally
specified animals with a hump - later becoming a generic term
for all ruminating animals; 'bloka' signifies bull)
tacansina = corpse-carrier, the Big Dipper
tacante canku = heart-shaped path
tagoza = grandchild
tahansi = man's term for cousin
tahin = his hair
tahiyu = shout
Tahwah = Owner
takiyati = race
takpe = attack, meaning kill
taline = second
taluli = pregnant
talutsa = basket
tanazin = contraction of tatanka nazin, standing bull
tanka = woman's word for younger sister
tankala = little-big, a derogatory term meaning too
big for one's boots
tanke = man's term for older sister
*Tantankasa= red bull (Tarl Cabot's name given to him
by Canka)
*tatancka= kailiauk bull
tatanka = big-hump creature
tatanka nazin = standing bull
tatekohomni = whirlwind
Tatewin = wind-woman, weather forecaster
tatezi = yellow wind
tawaiciyapi = they-belong-to-themselves, free of other
men
tawamiciya = to belong to one's self, free of other
men
tawicu = wife
Tawitko = a foolish buffalo
Tayazo = flute player
tayi = get out
tazuska = short-necks, ants
techila = I love you
*tehhekah= awful
teya = term of relationship between two wives of one
husband
tezi = belly
tiblo = woman's term for older brother
tigwali = buttocks
tikahpa tipi = down, strike camp
tipi = a dwelling place, moveable lodge
tipsila = turnip
tiyospaye = big family, blood and affinal relatives
toeu = truth
tohi = serene
toka = enemy
tokahca = real enemy
tokahe = the first
takota = forward, meaning in the future
tokeca = different
Tonweya = scout
tsahi = nut
tsaluyi = forest
tsidanalu = family
tsila = flower
Tsiloni = flower moon
tsuna = foot
tsunela = deaf
tsusasi = revenge
tsuola = weaver
tunkasila = grandfather
tusti = small bowl
tuti = snowbird
tsalalui = pucker mouth
tsuwaluka = bark
tsuwetsi = eggs
tsvyatiga = naked
tusu = tent pole
tuwe miye he = Who am I?
U
udiyvlitv = shadow
ugama = soup
uhisati = lonely
ulunuhi = feather
unadelii = lake
unaguhu = blanket
unasuga = grapes
udelega = hot
uhusti = strong
unci = grandmother
unkce = excrement
unole = air
unpa = to smoke
unpongapi kilo = an extremely joyful surprise
untli = across
unula = storm
Unulahi = Windy Moon
unule = wind
unvti = milk
usahi = yesterday
usdi = small, little
usga astu = bad
usi maya ye = I command attention
uskala = head
uskanigili = scalp
ustagalayi = cave
usuye = mixed
usvhiyi = twilight
utsetsi = smile
utsetsiti = laugh
utsuni = footprints
utsuti = many
uwaduna = sinew
uwaghi = passion flower
uwagiatustsa = boy
uwayi = hand
uyatiga = naked
uwayi = paw
uyaska = shell
W
wa= a, an
wacantognakapi = affection
wacape = stabber
wadulesi galu = honey pot
waglula= worm
*wagameza = maize
*wagmu= corn
wahanksica = arrogant and overpowering
Wahcawin = flower woman
wahcheche = dance
wahchee`sah = dancer
wahehal= about then
wa hecel = about
wahinham = snowing
wahin-numpa = two-arrows
wahn or wan = man's term for surprise
wahohonkiya = admonish
Wahosi = messenger
wahosi icun = messenger-delvers-a-message to an
individual, whiteman
wahpani iciya wo = give away everything
wahupa = realization of the ultimate, enlightenment
wahupa = all birds
*Waiyeyeca = One Who Finds Much
wakan = mystery, an unknown
wakanhca = a true seer, a philosopher
wakanka = contraction of wankanyanka,
one-who-sits-above-all; wife
*Wakanglisapa= Black Lightening (the medicine tarn
also known as Ubar of the Skies)
wakanl yanka = to reckon as a mystery, wife
wakantanka = any big mystery, undiscovered law
wakany hibu yelo = in a mysterious manner I come
*wakapapi= pemmican
wakicun, wakicunsa = decider, decides
wakinyan = contraction of wakankinya, mysterious
flight, lightning
wakinya hoton = lightning-gives-birth-to-sound,
thunder
wan la wa! = Look! (woman speaking)
wamakaskan = animal
wambli = eagle, a wingflapper
wambli gleska = spotted eagle, immature golden eagle
wambli okiya = eagle-helps-him
*wamezahu= cornstalks
wanagi = spiritual self
wanagi yuha = spirit-owner
wanapin = fur necklace
wanasa = make meat
*wanasapi = kailiauk hunt, surround
wanisugna= contraction of owani wasu ognaka,
life-within-the-seed or seed-within-the-shell, creative-force
*Waniyanpi= tame cattle-the sames, the people that
tend the gardens for the Red Savages
wanyaka, tuwena icunsni = look, no one acts in this
manner
waonspekiye = teaching with patience
wapaha sa un = wears-the-red-headdress
wapasa = contraction of wapaha sa un,
wears-the-red-headdress
*Wapike = One Who Is Fortunate
wapiya = a seer, sacred man, healer
wasicun = contraction of wahosi icun,
messenger-delivers-a-message to an individual, whiteman
*wasna = grease
wasu = snow-seeds, hail
*wasnapohoti= pimples
*waste= luck
wata = boat, canoe
watauga = broken water
*watonka= rich one; one who is rich
watsigu = squash
waunca = imitator
waunyanpi = altar
*wawinhaka= joker
*Wayaiha= One who makes others laugh
wa yan ka! = Look! (man speaking) *Wayuhahaka =
One who posesses Much
waziya = contraction of waziyata,
toward-snow-and-pine-trees, north; the north wind; legendary
white giant
wechote = camp
wehondah = dream
wicahca = the true husband
wicala = believe
wicasa = man
wicasa iyotanyapi = man of honor
wicasa okinihan = an honorable and respected
individual
wicasasni = not man, deceitful
*Wicayuhe= Master (Dust Legs)
*wihopawin= woman
*wincincala= girl
winkte = contraction of winyanktehca,
wants-to-be-woman, hermaphrodite
wine da = let's go visit
winu = captive woman
*winyela= female animal
Wipatawin = quill-worker woman
wisahibu = red-sun coming
*wismahi = arrowhead
*Witankanka= One who is proud
witantanpi = false pride
wiwanyag wacipi = sungazing, the sundance
wiyaka = eagles tail feather
wiyanna = girl child
Wiyukcan Mani = ponders-as-she-walks
wocinpi = starve, beg
wodi = paint
woksapa = wisdom
*wolakola= peace, friendship (Kaiila)
*womnaka = something which exudes odor
woni = talking
*wopeton = trader
Woskate = tribal fair, game man
wotawe = whatever token is relied upon in war
*wowiytanye= temptation
*wowiyutane= white female slave
Woze = take something (such as meat) out of boiling
water
Y
yewiya = sewing
yuni = swim
yuwakan = to set apart, consecrate
*yustoh= caress
yuza = to take hold of, catch, hold; to take a wife
Z
zehe = amber
zitkala = small bird
zola = whistle
*zontaheca = honest
zuya = going to war
zuzueca = common striped ground snake |
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