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Zuñi Vocabulary / Shiwi'ma Dictionary

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Acoma Pueblo ( Sky City )
Acomans
acorn 
acorns 
adobe (brick / bricks) 
afraid
afternoon 
again
agave 
agriculturist 
ahead (direction) 
airplane
all ( of it ) 
alone
altogether
am
American, Anglo 
Ancestors ( "keepers of the path" )
Ancient Ones ( Zuni tribal ancestors )
and
animal ( with paws )
animals ( with paws )
ankle
ant (black) 
ant (red) 
Antelope Clan 
antelope
antler (for carving)
antlers 
Apache (Wht. Mt.) 
apple tree 
apple 
apricot tree 
apricot 
April 
apron
are 
arm 
armband
armor
arrow 
arrowhead
arrowhead ( metal )
arrow shaft 
artist
ashes 
aspen
aster 
August
aunt 
automobile
Autumn 
awhile (short time) 
axe 
azurite 
baby 
bacon
bad 
Badger Clan 
badger 
bag
banana
barberry (plant )
barrel
basket
basket ( wicker )
bat
bay ( reddish brown )
be 
bead necklace 
beads (for beading)
bean 
bean plant
beans 
Bear Clan 
bear
bear grass
beard
beautiful ( uniquely )
beaver  
bed 
beef 
beefstew 
beetle 
beginning (at the) 
behind (direction) 
bell
bell ( for hand )
bell ( church )
bell ( small copper ) 
bell ( old small )
belt - concho
bellflower ( plant ) 
belt 
bib overalls 
bicycle
big
Big Fire Society
bird
bison
bit ( a little bit ) 
black ( or dark )
black widow spider
blackbird (yellow-headed)
blackbird 
blanket 
blood 
blue ( turquoise sky blue )
blue ( navy blue )
bluebird color
bluebird (valley) 
bluebird (ruby throated)
bluebird
blue grama ( plant ) 
bluejay (crested)
bluejay (pinyon) 
bluejay 
bluejeans
boards 
boat 
bobcat (wildcat) 
bogeymen
bolt 
bone 
bones
boots
bow 
bowl (small) 
bowl
bowls (plural )
box
boxes
boxes of dishes 
boy / son 
bracelet 
brass
brave ( as in "I'm brave/confident" ) 
bread board 
bread loaf
bread making  
bread oven ( horna )
bread loaf 
bread loaves
bread ( sourdough )
breast 
breath 
broach 
broom 
brother (older) 
brother (younger), (man's), 
(woman's),
brother's wife (younger), (m-side), 
(f. side),
brother's wife (older), (m. side), 
(f. side)
brown 
buck 
buckbrush 
bucket 
buckets
buckskin moccasins
buckwheat ( wild ) 
buffalo 
buffer 
bug (any)
bulrush 
bull 
bullfrog 
bullsnake
burro 
bus
bush ( generic )
bushes 
butter 
butterfly 
buzzard 
cactus ( cholla )
cactus ( barrel type )
cactus ( hedgehog type )
cactus ( ocotillo )
cactus ( prickly pear ) 
cake 
calf 
candy 
canteen
carcass ( animal )
carefully
carpenter 
carrot
cart ( two wheeled )
cat
cattail ( plant ) 
cedar
cedars
cedar needle leaf
cedar needle leaves 
centipede
certainly ! ( emphatic )
Chaco Canyon pueblo 
chain 
chair 
chalk 
chaps 
charcoal 
cheese
chest 
chick 
chicken meat
Chief ( Leader, or House Chief )
child 
children 
chili (bowl of) 
chili stew
chili
chin 
chipmunk
chubby 
cicada 
cigarette
clan
clasp
claw 
clay
clearly
cliff dwellings
clod ( of dirt )
cloth ( piece of )
cloth ( pieces of ) 
clothes-iron
cloud
clouds ( low lying )
cloudy
clover
club 
coal 
coat
Cochiti pueblo people
cocklebur 
cockroach 
coffee
coin
cold
cold ( as in "I'm cold" )
Colorado River ( Little ) 
collar 
colt 
comb (for hair) 
come
coneflower
cook
cookie 
cooking oil 
cooking pot 
coot ( mudhen )
copper 
coral stones
Corn Clan 
corn kernel 
corn meal (sacred) 
corn meal
Corn Mesa ( by Zuni Pueblo )
corn
corn cob
corn ears
corn pancakes ( blue )
corn ( white ) 
cornflakes 
cornmeal
cornmeal patties
cornseeds
corpse ( human )
correctly
cotton ( tuft )
cottonwool
cotton cloth
cottontail rabbit color 
cottonwood tree ( also elm )
councilman 
cow (heifer) 
Coyote Clan 
coyote 
Crane Clan 
crane ( sandhill-, also  spectacle pod )
crazy ( as in "You are crazy" )
creatures 
cricket
crook ( Anglo swindler )
crow
crowbar
crystal 
cuff 
cup (sg.,pl.)
cupboard
currant ( wild ) 
cutters (diagonal) 
cutting knife 
daddy longlegs spider
damp
damselfly
dangerous 
darkness
datura ( plant )
daughter
dawn (pre-sunrise) 
day 
December 
deer (common) 
Deer / Elk Clan 
deer (singular), (plural)
deer ( big mule deer )
depleted
desk
devil's claw
difficult
Diné people
dirt 
do
doctor 
doe 
dog 
Dogwood Clan
doll 
donkey / burro
doom 
door 
dough 
dove ( morning )
down 
dragonfly
dream 
dress 
dresser 
drill (for turquoise)
dry 
duck ( generic term )
duckling
dust
dwell 
Eagle Clan 
eagle
eagle ( bald ) 
eagle ( golden )
eaglet 
ear 
ear of corn (black) 
ear of corn (blue) 
ear of corn (mottled) 
ear of corn (red) 
ear of corn (white) 
ear of corn (yellow) 
earrings
earrings ( metal )
earth 
earthworm
eat 
East 
egg 
eight
eighteen 
eighty
El Morro mesa ( a'le + ts'ina )
El Morro mesa top pueblo
elbow 
elder 
elders 
electricity 
eleven 
elk 
elm 
end (at the) 
enemy 
enough 
enter
Escudilla Peak ( Flute Mt. ) 
eternal 
eternity 
evening 
ewe 
eye 
eyeglasses 
face
falcon ( kestrel )
falcon ( merlin )
farmer 
father 
father's father 
father's mother 
father's sister, (older sister)
father's sister (younger sister)
fawn 
feather 
February
female
fence post
fernbrush ( plant )
few ( a little bit )
field ( of grass )
field ( of leaves ) 
fifteen 
fifty 
file
finger
fingernail 
fir tree
fire 
fireplace 
firewood box
firewood ( one piece ) 
firewood ( plural )
first light (pre-dawn) 
fish 
five 
flea
flicker 
floor 
flour sack 
flour
flower ( generic )
flower ( bluebell )
flute 
fly
foggy
folktales
food 
foot
foot-prints 
forever
forehead 
fork 
forty 
four 
fourteen 
fox
fresh 
friend
friendly 
Frog Clan 
frog
fruit ( piece of, dried )
fruits 
fry-bread 
funny
fur (small animal) 
future (in the)
Galaxy Society 
galena
Gallup, NM
garlic
giddy
gila monster 
girl / daughter
girl ( a pretty )
give 
glass (drinking) 
glass 
glasses 
gloves 
glue 
gnat
go 
goat
goatshead ( plant ) 
gold
gold color
goldenrod
good 
goose ( canadian ), geese
goosefoot ( plant ) 
gopher 
governor
grain ( small seed )
Grand Canyon
granddaughter 
grandfather 
grandmother 
grandson 
grape 
grapes
grass
grass (reed grass ) 
grasshopper 
grasshopper (blackwinged)
gray
grease 
Great Grandfather 
Great Grandmother (female side)
Great Grandmother (male side)
grebe ( pied billed )
green ( forest hue )
green ( pine hue )
grinding stone 
grouse 
gun
gypsum
gypsum white wash
hail 
hair ( plural )
hair brush
hairnet 
ham 
hamburger 
hammer (large - sledge) 
hammer 
hand 
handcuffs 
handkerchief 
Hano pueblo Tewa people
happy ( as in "I'm happy" )
happily
hat (straw) 
hat
hat ( knit ) 
hatband 
hatchet
have 
hawk (cooper's chicken) 
hawk (marsh)
hawk (redtailed)
hawk ( sharp shinned ) 
hawk (sparrow kestrel ) 
head
hear 
heart 
heater
heel 
hello 
hematite 
hen
her
herbs 
herder
here ( right here )
here ( around here )
heron ( great blue )
high ( tall ) 
hill 
hippie (or hobo) 
hoe 
honey 
Hopi
horned toad
horno
hornos ( outdoor "beehive" ovens )
horns
horse 
horseback 
horsefly
horse mint
horseweed 
hotdog 
house 
housewife 
hummingbird ( generic )
hundred
hungry
hunter ( also fighter, warrior )
Hunter Society
husband 
husks
I (pronoun) 
ibis ( white faced )
ice
immediately
inchworm
incorrect 
Indian (full-blood) 
inhabit
inscriptions
insects
interpreter
iron 
ironing board 
ironwood
iridescent color
irritating
is 
Isleta pueblo people 
jacket 
janitor 
January
jaw
jay ( pinyon )
jay ( scrub )
jay ( steller's )
jello 
jelly 
Jemez pueblo people
joepye-weed
jug 
July 
June 
juniper
Kachinas
Kachina Society
kerosene 
kettle (tea/coffee) 
kid-goat
killdeer 
kinglet 
kitten
kiva
knee 
knife (large) 
knife (pocket) 
knife
know how 
ladder
Laguna pueblo people 
lake 
land ( also "world" )
lamb 
lamp (electric) 
lamp (kerosene) 
lamp (oil)
large 
lark
lark ( horned ) 
last-month 
last-week 
last-year 
later (a little later) 
later 
leader 
leather (hide) 
leaves 
left (direction) 
leftover
leg 
lemon 
lettuce
lettuce ( wild )
licorice ( candy ) 
light 
lightning 
linoleum
lip
listen
listen !
livestock 
lizard 
locust
log
logs
long 
long ago
loom 
louse
lung
maggots
magenta 
maiden 
malachite
malachite ( blue ) 
man (younger) 
man 
mano
many ( several ) 
many / very many
March
maroon
mask 
match 
mattress 
May
me
meadowlark 
meat 
mechanic
medicine 
melon
meow 
mesa
metal, iron
metal tinkler for dress
metate 
Mexican
mica 
middle (in the)
midnight 
milk
milkweed
mint
mint ( bush mint plant )
Mishongnovi 2nd Mesa people
missionary 
mockingbird 
moccasins
mole
money  ( coin )
month 
moon 
mop 
morning (early) 
morning (late) 
morning 
mosquito 
moth 
mother 
mother's brother (older brother)
mother's brother (younger brother)
mother's sister (older sister)
mother's sister (younger sister)
motorcycle
Mt. Taylor 
mountain 
mountain lion
mountain mahogany ( plant ) 
mountain-bighorn-sheep 
mouse
moustache 
mouth
mud 
mug 
mule 
mutton 
muttonstew 
Nadir
nag 
nail 
Navajos - Ramah Tł'ochiní Diné
Navajo person, Navajo (pl)
navel
neck 
necklace (coral) 
necklace (shell)
necklace ( turquoise )
necklace ( squash blossom ) 
necktie 
needle 
negro person 
neighbors 
nephew
nervous ( as in "I'm nervous" )
next-month 
next-time 
next-week 
next-year 
niece (male side), (female side)
night
nighthawk 
nine 
nineteen 
ninety 
no
No ! ( emphatic
noon 
none
North
northern flicker bird
northern harrier
northern shoveler ( bird )
nose
nostrils
not 
November 
now 
nun 
nurse 
oak 
obsidian 
ochre ( red )
ochre ( yellow )
October 
ok 
okay
old 
old man 
old people 
old woman 
one
one ( at a time ) 
onions
Oraibi pueblo people 
orange fruit
orchard 
oriole
other side 
ovens (outdoor - beehive horno type ) 
overalls 
owl ( great horned )
owl ( burrowing )
pail 
paint
paintbrush ( flower plant ) 
pajamas 
pancakes 
pants 
papers ( w/ writing )
parakeet 
parrot 
past (long ago) 
past (recent) 
peach tree 
peach 
peas
people 
pepper
person
Pescado village ( building with mark )
petroglyphs ( "markings" )
phonograph ( cd player )
pick 
pig 
pigeon (wild) 
pigeon ( morning dove )
pigweed 
pillow
Pima country 
Piman language speakers
pin / broach 
pine / pinyon pine
pine (ponderosa)
pink 
pinto bean soup
pinyon nuts
pipe
pit house 
pitchfork 
planer
plants
plaza
pleasant
Pleiades constellation 
pliers
plum
poison oak 
policeman 
popcorn (kernels) 
popcorn 
porch 
porcupine 
pork 
post (fence) 
potato chips 
potato 
powder 
prairie dog
prayer stick
pretty
prickly pear cactus
prickly pear cactus fruit
prickly pear cactus soup 
priest (Zuni Rain) 
priest (Roman.Catholic.) 
priest (Spanish) 
primrose ( evening )
puma
pumpkin
pumpkin ( buffalo gourd ) 
puppy
purple
purple sage
purse
purslane  ( portulaceae )
quartzite
quiver
rabbit (cottontail) 
rabbit (jack) 
rabbit (sm. Jack)
rabbitbrush 
rabbit stew 
radish
raccoon
rag 
rain
Rain Priests 
rainbow 
rake 
ram
ramada ( sunshade ) 
rat
rattle 
rattlesnake 
raven 
recent 
red 
red ochre
reed ( common )
relatives 
resin
rib 
ribbon (for hair) 
rice
rich 
right (direction) 
ring 
river 
Roadrunner Clan 
roadrunner 
robe 
robin
rock 
rocking chair 
roof 
room (upstairs) 
room 
rooster 
root
rope 
rubber 
rug
ruins ( ancestral )
ruins ( of many houses )
run
rust ( pollen color )
sack
sad ( as in "I'm sad" )
sagebrush
salamander
salsa 
salt
saltbrush ( four-wing, plant ) 
Salt Lake ( Zuni Salt Lake )
salty
San Felipe pueblo people
San Idelfonso pueblo people 
sand
sandstone 
sandals 
sander
sandpiper
San Francisco peaks
Sandia mountains 
Santa Anna pueblo people
Santo Domingo pueblo people
sash 
saw 
say
scarf ( cotton cloth )
school
scorpion 
screw driver 
screw 
scrub oak 
secretary 
see
seeds
September 
seven 
seventeen 
seventy 
shadow
shawl ( embroidered ) 
shawl ( fringed )
sheep
sheep herding 
shelf 
shell (abalone) 
shell (spiral)
shell ( trumpet ) 
shell 
shirt 
shoes (gym) 
shoes 
Shongopovi Hopi people
short
shoulder
shovel
shrines ( old sacred places ) 
sibling ( fem. side younger sister )
sickle 
sidewinder 
silt
silver
sinew
sing 
sink 
sister (older) 
sister (younger),(male side),
siter (fem.side)
sister's son 
sit
six 
sixteen 
sixty 
skid / sled 
skillet 
ski-mask knit hat
skins 
skirt (short) 
skirt ( dress )
skunk
skunkweed 
sky
sleepy ( as in "I'm sleepy" )
sleeve 
slice of bread
slice of melon
slippers
small
smoke
snail shells
snake (water) 
snake
snakeweed 
sneeze 
snow
sock
socks 
soda pop
soil 
solstice
some ( of it )
someone
something
sometimes
somewhere
son
song
soon 
soup
soup ( blue corn )
soup ( white corn ) 
South 
sparrow
speak
spear 
spectacles
spectators 
spider ( common & black widow )
spinach (wild )
spinach ( wild, cooked )
spirit
spokesman 
spoon
Spring
Spring planting 
spruce
spurge 
squash ( fried )
squash blossom necklace
squawbush
squirrel (gray) 
squirrel 
stain 
stairs
stalk ( of a plant )
stalks ( of plants ) 
stand 
star 
stars 
stewpot
stick (digging) 
stick (for holding turquoise) 
stone
stone artifacts ( conglomerate rock )
stone for grinding
stones
stomach
store
stores
stories 
stove (for cooking) 
stove (potbellied)
stubborn 
strap 
straw 
string
strong ( as in "You are strong" )
suddenly
sugar
Summer 
sun 
Sun Clan 
sunrise 
sunset 
suspenders 
sweater 
sweats
swift ( white throated )
Sword Society
syrup 
table 
tablecloth
take
tamales ( hot )
tamales ( blue corn ) 
tamales ( fresh corn )
tan ( light brown )
Taos pueblo people 
tarantula 
tea (herb)
tea ( ephedra, mormon tea )
tea ( native )
teach 
teacher 
teenager 
television
tell 
ten
tent 
termites
that
them
then
thigh
think
thirsty ( as in "I'm thirsty" )
thirteen 
thirty
thistle 
thoughts
thousand 
thrasher 
three
throat
thumb
thunder
tight
time - longtime 
Tobacco Clan 
tobacco 
today
toe
toenail 
tomato 
tomorrow 
tongue 
tooth 
torch
torso 
tortillas 
town
tracks ( footprints ) 
tractor 
trader 
train
transgender 
translator 
tree
true ( certain ) 
truthfully
tumbleweed
Turkey Clan 
turkey
turkey (roasted )
turkey bird call flute 
turquoise color
turtle 
twelve 
twenty 
twig 
two 
typist
ultimate 
Uncle (Father's older brother)
Uncle (Father's younger brother)
understand
valley
vehemently
valuable ( precious )
venison stew 
venison 
vertebra
very 
vest 
vinegar
wagon
waist
Walapai pueblo people 
wall (adobe)
walled building ( enclosure )
wallet
wallflower 
Walpi pueblo people
War Gods ( waterfall )
warbler
warrior / warriors ( used for both )
warm 
was
washing machine 
wasp 
water
water-bottle
watercress
watermelon
water strider
we (pronoun)
Weed Clan
weeds 
week 
were
West 
what
wheat grains ( "seeds" ) 
wheel (grinding) 
where 
wherever
whew!
whippoorwill 
white
whiten 
whitewash 
who 
wicker strip 
wife 
willow 
wind 
window glass 
window
windy
wing
wings
Winter 
Winter fasting time
wire (bailing) 
wire (silver) 
wolf 
wolfberry
woman (older) 
woman (w/ child) 
woman 
woodpecker
worm
wormwood 
wren
wren ( canyon type )
wren ( rock type )
wrinkles
wrist
written pages, writings
yarn
yarrow 
year 
yeast 
yellow 
Yellow wood Clan 
yes 
yesterday
yucca
yucca ( banana type )
yucca ( narrowleaf )
yucca fruit 
yucca root shampoo
you (sg. pronoun) 
you (pl. pronoun) 
Zenith
Zia pueblo people 
Zuni History Legend
Zuni people 
Zuni person
Zuni Pueblo ( The Middle Place )
Zuni River basin ( upper, in Zuni Mt.s ) 
i:yama
Hak'u:ka
Hak'u:ka:kwe
da'wi mo'le
da'wi mowe
he:'a'le / he:'awe
deshlana
idiwakyadapba
de:ya
ładewa:we
doye:na:kwe
ehkwikwi
k'yakwen ladaba
demła
samma
ansammo
deyaye
Melika
A:łashshina:we
Ino:de:kwe
dap
wemme
wema:we
mo'leyakkwinne
hu:biskya
halo
Ma'wi:kwe
ma'wi
sayanne
saya:we
Wilats'u:kwe
mansa:na datdanne
mansa:na
mo:chikwa datdanne
mo:chikwa
Łidekwakkya Łana
eplanne
a:deyaye
asinne
asi'kowa wopbokya
kemlabananne
sho'le
dimu:shi
he'akwenne
łamme
helipbo:w-akkya i:kwa:nik'e:nona
luwe
łaniłk'oha
kwi'minne:lokk'yana
Olo'ik'yana: Idew'a
tsilu
shiwayanne
Miyash'nak'ya
dom ko:wi' hoł dela:na:na'
k'i'le
ma:łaya:luk'o, akwałi
wiha ts'ana, wiha
hamo:nanne
bocha
Donashi:kwe
donashi
wahdanne
ts'ubiyanne
dałupts'i
domme
ts'i'le
hu'chibonne
ehshots'i
ahonna
deya-
dakunne
mowe
no'le
bokyanne
nowe
Aynshe:kwe
aynshe
ts'ishshuk howe
tsibonninne
co'ya
biha 
bewinne
wa:kyashi shi'le
wa:kyashi woleya:we
sho:mi:do'kya
chimna:kwe
massikwi
sansananne
janja:nane
da:sili
moselele
lasilili
hebikkwinne
yuda łi'anna
kem ikkwinne
tsu'behakya kutchi:we
baysik'o
łana
Make:lanna:kwe
wotsana
si:wolo
ko:wi
k'winna
dohsido
bala'du 
k'etcho
ba'inne
ade / ade k'yawe
łi'akwa
łi'anna
łaya:luk'ona
łaya:luk'o
ma:chiyali:da 
ma:łaya:luk'o
 bets'i kowa
maya
a'akkya'a
chaya'a
makutchi:we
łewe
k'yanyan allukkyanakya
debi
a:doshł'e
madoone
samme
sawe
bu:tsi:we
bi'lanne
sa'le
masiyakya sa'le
sawe
łelonne
łelo:we
sapa:we
aktsek'i
he'basikkwinne
hełupts'i:we
hemmokwi
mulokya łemme
mulonne
hebok'o muwasha:we
mu'l i:bo'kwi
mu'le
mulo:we
hebok'o:muwe
mehananne
yanhakunanne
madonne
bebe
baba 
suwe 
hanni
ikina  
hanni 
kyawu  
tsilu 
sossona
na'l ottsi
asi datdanne
de'le
dewe
dowa mokk'wa'we
ha'suski
si:wolo
a:walolokk'yanakya
nomme
doselu
wammohaba
da:k'yawiyo
ushha
moshok'o
ho'i wopba:wallukkyanakya
ła'otdanne, hadanne
latta:we
mandeki:ya
bu:la'kya
shu'ts'ina
k'o:shi
shunepba
shunepba ts'ana
ho:kyatsi
metdanne
mulo: chikwa
wamts'ana
mu:chikwa
mehhe'do
łunne
dikwahna'
łew-akkya i:kwa:nik'e:nona
ke:wats
daławenne
mu:sa
owelu
homa: k'yahaya
homatda:we
homanne
homa:we
shola
Leha'ba !
He:shoda A'bitsułłiya
hewiyullinne
łembayyanne
kechiba
kekutchi:we
noke:we
kwik'ya: ło'onanne
bo'hadanne
sa:bi:bi
doko:ko shi'le
K'yakwemossi
k'yasse
chawe
k'ola woleya:we
k'yawaho:we
k'ola
lewechinne
ohchi
k'asse
chummali
bonne
annodinne
madonne
shonchinne
heli:we
eledokna'
heshoda ułła
kunne
bissene
bisse:we
its'ałchonakya
lo'le lonanne
lodebowa
lo:naye
lishhu
dam k'yapnanne
uwaku
le:wanne
Kudi:kwe
mok'yachiba
nomme
nochabi:we
he'le
tsenna
its'um'a
K'ya:wanna: Ahonnane
umdakunne
dumts'ana
sam o'nanne
iy-
yak'onakya
ido:w-ashe:nona
mulochikwa
ishana:wa
de'le / woleyakya  de'le
hi:lu'k'i
desilili:we
ashilowa:we
Dowa:kwe
chu'le
k'yawaya:we / halawdina:we
sak'o:we / oneya:we
Dowa Yalanne
miwe / a:dowa
łumme
miwe
he:yahoni:we
k'ohakwa'
he:k'usna:we
chuw 'owe
muk'yaba:we
doshowe
eł'e
ele
uheyane
uheya:we
bissenne
sumapbona
bola
an'ułłona
wa:kyashi
Suski:kwe
suski
K'o:lokda:kwe
k'o:lokda
wi'winaye
wowe
k'ets'iłdo
mets'ik'o
k'walashi
hek'yatsotda: wopdekwishnakya
sayokome, malałuk'o
basi'kowa madoba
sa'le, sawe 
sapbokya
kelashi:wuna
łi'akwa i:k'yanakya
mache:da
sawi:k'usk'ya
dek'ina
shobi: ts'ululu
atdanni
dek'winna
aneklakkya
kyatsik'i
dek'ohadi / yado-kwayin iha
yadonne
Ik'opbu Yachunne
shohkwida
Shohkwida:kwe
na'le, nawe 
ohho'li, tsaylusi
denkya
łembowanne
dashonchi
deni
A:bachu
so'le
lesne
ak'wa: mossi
na'l okya
wattsida
Bikchi:kwe
wiha
meshok'o
ashekya
awe:nanne
motsa
ni:shabak'o
manikkyakwi
shumak'olo:wa
halowananne halowa
utchunne
kwanłeya: wopbokya
ładonne
dek'usna
eya
eya sa:bi:bi
luho:we
k'yakwe-
K'yak'yali:kwe
k'yak'yali
ba'k'oha
boshkwa
k'yak'yali ts'ana
lashokdine
k'winnakwa' mi'le
łi"akwa' mi'le
k'uchichu:kwi mi'le
shilowakwa' mi'le
k'ohakwa' mi'le
łupts'ikwa mi'le
sado:we
hesado:we
awidelinne aweklinne
wi'le
ido-
Dewankwi
doko:ko mo'le
ha'elekk'ya
asdemłan ha'elekk'ya yałdo'
ha'elekk'ya'm asdemła
A'ts'ina Yalanne
Heshoda Yałdo:a / Heshoda A'ts'ina
mokchinne
animosihna' ho"i
a:ho' a:ya:nona
wilo'ananne
asdemłan doba yałdo'
tsaylusi, ohho'li
bola
bałdokwin de'china'
inakwe
lessi
kwado-
Shohk'onanne I'ma
ishałma'de
ishałde'ma
sunhapba / sunnaha
kyane:l okya
dunanne
aduna:we
nobonninne
tsililik'o
tsililik'o łana
doye:nona
datchu
nana 
wowo
kuku 
kuku ts'ana 
na:tsik'o
ladanne
Onon U'lakkyak'wamme
okya
k'umme
ibina
ko:wi' hoł
beyanne
hayanne
asdemłan apde yałdo'
apdenak'yan asdemła
hechishnakya
asinne
shonchinne
k'yałats'ilo
aklinne
aklikyananne
dapbokya łelonne
damme
dawe
debahayaye
k'yashhida
apde
me'le / wattsit an me'le
hokwisho
aweła
opbonne
owe, kya: 'owe
udeyanne
udełi'anna
sho:ko
shonnałik'o
shibololo:wa
delapna:we
ido:we
wekwinne
de'ana:we
isha'małde
hakinne
heshonchinne
a:widenak'yan asdemła
a:wide
asdemłan a:wide yałdo'
łanak'o
k'ayu
kuwaye
dewłash
Dakkya:kwe
dakkya
ke'le
mobiya:we
muts'ik'o:we
bu'su
we'le
la:ł a:nankwin / a:na'dun dekkwi
Newekwe
hetsuhaba
Kalabwakin
mokkwi dechi
lahashuma
chitdol asiba
e'le, e'lashdok'i
etso'ya
uts'i-
dudunakya sa'le
a'walolonne
aduna:we
asuli:we
k'yabik'ya:we
sa:yaya'kya
a:-
chiwa:du
mowa dapba
o:lo
o:lona
hachiłdo:we
k'okshi
owa, o:wa
hadekya, kya'ts'anna
yeyye
da:bu:bu
ka
Chimik'yana'kya deya'a
hotda
nana
hotda
nana
uwa
u:wa, mobiya:we
be'we
showe
chapba
kweshidokk'wa
lokk'yana 
ishana:we
nana łashhi 
hotda łashhi 
wowo łashhi
haba'ochabekya
awishona
ashena
ak'e
usha
dowo'ananne
hekko
kechiba
mobinanne
daya:we
bep'e
dayan an bi:cho'wanne
bitsu:di shi'le
shiheya:we
hedoknakya łana
hedoknakya 
asinne
he'basikkwinne
hankechi
De:wa:kwe
k'ettsana
k'ettsannishhi
shobo'yanne
bo'yanne
bibo'yanne
ołbanne
k'i'ts'ana
illi-
aneła:wa
shok'yabiso
bipbi
hachu ts'ana
tsililik'o
oshokkwinne
hadiya-
ik'e:nanne
desukk'yanakya
ek'ossinne
keshhi
ahok'o
doko:ko
okya
kwimi:we
wowilli:kwe
li:ła
liłno
k'oloda
i:yama
debokyalanne
me'oshe
waba'ananne
k'yali:we
Mu:kwi
łechokyaba
hebok'o:nne
hebok'o:we
saya:we
du:shi
du:sh-akkya
du:sh a:wan shonnałik'o
udeya ibiłdo
ham udeyanne
mossi:ya
k'yakwenne
o:ye
ts'uyya
dapnimde asi asdemła
oshe'a
łada:kwe
Sa'nik'ya:kwe
oyemshi
shewe
ho'
ts'uyya łana
łem k'yayanne
la:k'imande 
wi'le' ts'ana
el'amme
ho"i'de
k'yakwe-
ts'ina:we
noma:we
ihdoshk'e:nona
its'ałchonakya
its'ałchonakya łemme
da'wi wima:me
shukkuduliya
ambohsiya
deyaye
K'yashhida:kwe
le:wanne
debishhe:nona
Dayamcho Yachunne
łewechinne
a'akkya'a
chaya'a
maya
wadudu:we
che:li
He:mushi:kwe
ha'k'ochi
k'yawihnakya de'le, k'yap'e
Kwa' Shi'amme Yachunne
Yadokkya De'chikya Yachunne
asuk datdanne, ayyik'o
Kokko:kwe
Kotikanne
dow habiyak'ya:we
k'yapbokya de'le
chimts'ana
dolowa
batts'aba
mu:sa ts'ana
ki:wihtsinne
oshhinne
mache:da
achiyanne
achiyanne
anikwa-
łetsilonne
K'yana łana:kwe
k'yananne
ulohnanne
cha'ts'ana
lhabiyanne
dow habiyanne
ishana habiyanne
łana
da'chiłchi
silo
deshkuk yachun
deshkuk duminku
deshkuk debikwayina'
ko:wi' hoł dela:na:na'
dela:'ap
mossona
kemme
hawe
Weshikk'yan'emki
etchiye
sakwinne
le:man
ha'k'yammonne
la'bosho
banashdu
dek'ohannanne
wilolonanne
he'sho bew'ulline
ishhinne
anhadiya:-
hadiya:wa
wowe
misho / łe'shi / sema:yakkya / ts'ili:sho
chummali
k'umme
k'uma:we
dashana
hish kya:koł ino:de
łemme
me'le
yupshalinne
shonnałik 'an moli:we
shanutdeyanne
kyatsik'i
ma:łaya:luk'o
hahkłwalte
tsawak'i
ottsi
yalinne
em hoł
emma / hish emma
Łi'dekwakkya Ts'ana
shikkwamu
kokko
łetchinne
bewinne
Sow-a:ne
hom
da'chiłchi
shiwe
shiwaya: k'okshe"nona
a'kwa
melu:na
mawmak'e:'a
yalanne
he'le
kelilina:we
ak'e
Tsibolo:wa
a'shodaba
idiwan hoł
dehłinan idiw'a
kwik'ya:we
labishsho
mattsa
k'yashima
A'lela:kwe
duda'tsi
k'yaycho'wa
dowa mokk'wa'we
k'yaluts'i
he'le
yachunne
yachunne
łepbewin k'oshonakya
shaml itchide
idiwan iha / idiwan ihapba
shamle
o'do: dasha
lahashoma
tsitda
kyakya 
kyakya ts'ana 
tsitda łashhi 
tsitda ts'ana 
dususuk'e:nona
Dewankwin Ky'yaba:chu Yalanne
yalanne
hokdi dasha
dak'wi
halik'u
ts'okłik'o
tsibonninne
awadine
heli:we
dudunakya sa'le
mu:la
kyane:lu shi'le
kyane:lu woleya:we
Manikkyakwi
dułashshi
hek'yatsotdanne
Balokk'a:kwe
Bachu, A:bachu
sha:mulu'kwinne
k'isinne
shilowakwa' dakunne
k'ohakwa' dakunne
apdakunne
mopdakunne
nekda
siminne
Mek'wishho
iyanikina:we
dahle
nałiłik'e'a
doba yachun
doba dey'an
doba duminku
doba debikwayina'
e'le, eyye 
dehłaba / dehłina
awadi łana
denalekk'ya
asdemłan denalekk'ya yałdo'
denalekk'ya'm asdemła
ełła
Holo !
idiwapba / idiwakya
ku:wa
Bishlankwi
hokwisho
shok'yabiso
o'do k'yaba
no'linne
nowa'a:we
kwa'
Kok A:wiyanna
chim / chimi / la:k'i
kahomme
ak'wa: e'lashdok'i
wima:we, da'wi
ak'winna:we, abats'ina
ahok'o
hełupts'ikwa
Kwa'hołs A:ya:kya
e:
ele
łashshi
łashshik'i
a:ho' a:ya:na
okayttsik'i
dobinde
dopbałno
mokkwi:we
Ule:wa:kwe
olenchi
danay'a
onohłi'kya
iwa'hinakwi
he'bok'o:we
bo'hada dasha
muhukwi
muhukwi ts'ana
de'le
heli:we
ts'uyan tsitsinakya
ałnakya utchunne
he:yahoni:we
kutchi:we
ts'ina:we
mula ts'ana
mula
hish kya:koł ino:de
kya:koł 
mo:chikwa datdanne
mo:chikwa
nok'yamolli:we
a:ho'i
kola
ho'i
Heshoda Ts'ina
ts'ina
denakya
ak'okya
bitsu:di
nilokk'ya
ni:shabak'o
wiwa
bayyanne
Bi:ma:wanaa'
Bi:ma:kwe
madonne
a:shek'ya / he'sho datdanne
łanik'o, a:shek'ya datdanne
hekk'yachona
noleya:we
he'sho k'uwe
he:domme
k'yakwebalonne
hek'oya'chinne
łe:k'yałłokk'yanakya
lena:we
de'wida
aliya
kwilelekk'ya:kwe
hełabatts'ikya
si'luela mowe
ha:halo
a:wiyadena
dak'uk'yanakya
dak'una:we
bochin ułłanne
chibi
shi'le
k'umme
k'yabimo: i:ts'iya'ana:we
k'yabimo'le
owe
k'ushi
delikinanne
tso'ya
mek'yaba metda:we
duya:we
metda: woleyanne
Shiwani
kanamme
tsibolo:wa shiwani
kwimi shilowa
hokdi dasha
me:mo'le
mobali
we'ts'ana
k'e:k'winna
a'ku
hebboka wahdanne
midalik'o
sayakuma
shopbokya wahdanna
okshik'o
bok'ya
shabahok'o
hak'oha łupts'ina
sumapbo:we
mo'shilowa
wedasha
łiha
lidokkya
A:shiwani
amidolanne
heshonchinne
moha:kwe / kyane:l ottsi
hambonne
k'ochi
chi'monne
chitdola
kodolo'a
kya:koł
shilowa
ahok'o
shodoyana:we
iyanikina:we
he'sho
samyałanne
ałbiyahnanne
wits'ana:we
li:ku
Idokkwan'emkwi
nitsikya
k'yawinanne
Boyyi:kwe
boyyi
ałnakya utchunne
kwi:shahabak'o
a'le
łembayyan itsipbo'liyashe:nona
bo'yanne
i:yama delitdonne
delitdonne
doko:k ottsi
kwi'mia'tchikwa
do'ninne
he'sho
bisa:linne
heshoda:we
heshoda ułłapna
ye:lah-
oneyanne
wahdanne
tse'ma
a:ku
dew'a:shi
k'ola k'yałk'osenne
ma:k'ose
ke'ma:we
Ma:k'yayanne
k'ose
Wep-łabatts'i:kwe
Dopbolliya:kwe
sowe
a:we
aballi:we
łe:k'yallokk'yanakya
homa k'ossa
Sunha:ck'yabahu Yalanne
Chi:biya Yalanne
Damaya:kwe
Wehk'ya:kwe
ikkwinne 
łididinanne
ben-
bissenne
ts'ina:washnakwi
shola
kwa'hoł a:madoshnakya
madonne
asi datdanne
łababak'e:nona
una-
kyawe, doshowe
Mola: Akwapba
kwilelekkya
asdemłan kwilelekkya yałdo'
kwilelekk'ya'm asdemła
delu'wanne
miha
tsi'ba'inne
kyane:lu
kyane:lu wowilli:
łemme
shodonne
ts'u'le
ts'ulhanna
bu'le
utchunne
he'sho mokk'wa:we
mokk'wa:we
Shumahba:wa:kwe
koni
chudinne
he:łemme
dełashshinna:we
hanni
chimayashnakya
sayala:k'oha
hedeła
hek'ohanne
łi'le
dene-
sa-k'oshonakya
kyawu
ikina
hanni 
k'yasse
imo-
dobalekk'ya
asdemłan dobalekk'ya yałdo'
dobalekk'ya'm asdemła
dak'yabanne
he'lałkwe:nanne
bibo'yanne
kewe
hasikkwinne / biłanne
hasikkwinne, utchunne
subik'o
hasuski
a'bo'yanne
ałnakya
basinne
mu'le
łuha
kechichi mokk'wa:we
ts'ana
lik'yayanne
shodo:we
mi'k'yayałi
ayaso'a / chitdola
k'yaha'bokk'o
hats'i"adi
ubinnaye
dumokk'wanne
dumokk'wa:we
k'yachikwe:we
sowe
idiwa
hame'
chuwa
kwa'hołi / kwa'hoł
isoł
hołi / hoł
tsawak'i
denanne
hana'de
woleya:we
hekk'i:we
chuwe sumapbonne
Ma'k'yayakwi
wi'wishkya
ben-
lansa
aduna:we
demaya:kwe
dohsido
ado:we
k'yahe:we
haba
bekwinne
shok'onne
Delakweynanne
Delakweyip doye:nak'ya
k'yałats'ilo
ikwik'yakya
mo:deyała
mopdakunne
k'ose wotdanne
yashi
wahts'uts'ukya
a'shonne
łewiyetchi:we
k'emme
k'ewe
ela-
mo'yachunne
mo'yachu'a:we
woleyakya de'le
dasakwinne
łamme
a'le
ałashshi
ak'e
awe
tsu'le
kwawwop'e
kwawwoba:we
benawe
hełemmodinanne
desukk'yanakya
meshok'o, domkołkonne
anashnanne
showe 
bi'le
ts'umme
dapnimde
ma:chikwa
Olo'ik'yananne
yadokkya
Yadokkya:kwe
yado-kwayi
yadon kwado
anashna:we
bile:wanne
shalulun utchunne
k'upchik'o
Łe'we:kwe
k'e:k'yawe
łembowanne
bewi yałdonne
ahh-
k'ola muwe
chuts'iya:muwe
k'yayumuwe
ahok'ona
Dawa:kwe
ohachikya
mołana:we
tsipbo'sho
ha:k'yawe
anikk'ya-
ts'ina yanikk'e:nona
chimon ho'i
unakya łelonne
adine-
asdemła
hambonne
hal a:łana
'uhsi
a:ottsi
si
oyyinne
tse'ma-
k'eya'a
asdemłan ha'i yałdo' 
ha'ik'yan asdemła
ko'waka:tsi
cemawe
dapnimde mi:ł
dasisho
ha'i
k'isinne
asi łanakka
dowowonanne
hashina
hish dela:na:na'
Ana:kwe
ana
la:k'i / la:k yadon
dukninne
dukni shonchinne
dome:da
dewani
honninne
o'nanne
huwowok'yanakya
łunninne
hebatchi:we
łuwallanne
de'ana:we
doye:nakya ma:kinanne
halisoyna:kwe
hek'yakwenne
łamana
ihdoshk'yana:kwe
datdanne
moł'amme
elleyannishhi'
ha'otdanne, ku'shutsi
Dona:kwe
dona
dona alonne
donakokwinne
łi'anna łi'akwa
edo:wa
asdemłan kwili yałdo'
kwilik'yan asdemła
łamme
kwili
ts'ina i:kwa:nik'e:nona
ekwi'a
datchu łashhi 
datchu ts'ana
yu'he:du
beya:we
ts'ummennishhi
dehya
na'le woleya:we
na'le' shi'le
sapbokyałanne
hish
chale:kunne
k'ya'obi:we
dadebololonne / dadebowanne
ikkwi'kowa
Walaba:kwe
he'inne
heshoda
hebboka wahdanne
hasi'kyałdo:we
Wal bi:kwe
Ahayu:da
su:ba
łada:kwe
desu
deya'kya-
kwanłeya: wok'oshonakya
ohha:ba
k'yawe
k'aba'le
pi'k'aia
mol'aknana
k'yan asdebi
hon
Ayaho:kwe
haya:we, ha'otda:we
duminku
a:deya'kya
Sunha:kwi
kwapbi
kyawe
aładonne
hopbi
hołdik hoł
ahwa!
mewishokk'wa
k'ohanna
k'oha-
kechiba
chuwabi
ts'i'le
o:ye
bila ławe
binnakkya, li'dekwannanne
a'walolonne
ashho'wanne
binnaye
ebissenne
ebisse:we
Dehts'inanne, Dehts'ina
Deshkwi
hapbowa:w-onakya he:bi'le
he'bi'lanne
yuna:wik'o
k'ya:bu'li
okyattsik'i
makk'i
okya
dam dununu
wi'le
halokyawe, kya'ts'anna
wi'wishkya
chalawisho
ts'ilisho
wik'oli:we
asi ts'ananne
ts'ina:we
k'o'le
ha'tsenawe
debikwayinanne / debikwayina'
mots obi:we
łupts'inna
Dałupts'i:kwe
e:
deshhuk'wa
howe
ho:k'yaba
ho:ts'ana
ts'upbachi
u'kwin habo:li
do'
don
i:yamakwi
Tsi'ya'a'kwe
Chimik'yana kona bena:we
A:shiwi
Shiwi
Halona:wa i:diwan'a
Akwałina Yala:wa



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Pronouns

singular

dual

plural

1st       ho:'o / ho' ( medial )

    ho'no / hon ( medial )

hon + pl. verb

2nd      do:'o / do' ( medial )

    do'no / don ( medial )

don + pl. verb

3rd      ( implied by absence )

    a:chi / a:ch ( medial )

( implied by absence )

 

Verbs

Present

Past

Future

ending with a vowel

-'ya, -ye

-kya

-nna, -wa

ends with consonant

-'a, -e

-kya

-anna, -wa

Verb Examples

Present

Past

Future

ido- " to eat"

ido-'ya

ido-kya

ido-nna

ahh- " to take"

ahh-'a

ahh-kya

ahh-anna

Possessive

Singular

Dual

Plural

add suffix

-a:ni

-a:chi

-a:wan

Plural

Nouns

Adjective

Verbs

add suffix / prefix

-we

a-

a-, or,  i-


The pronouns distinguish 3 numbers (singular, dual, and plural)
and 3 cases (subject, object and possessive).
In addition, some subject and possessive pronouns have varied forms
depending on whether they place medially or finally.

 

Subject

Object

Possessive

Medial

Final

Medial

Final

1st person

singular

hoʼ

ho꞉ʼo

hom

hom

homma

dual

hon

hoʼno

hoʼnaʼ

hoʼnaʼ

hoʼnaʼ

plural

hon

hoʼno

hoʼnaʼ

hoʼnʼa꞉wan

hoʼnʼa꞉wan

2nd person

singular

doʼ

do꞉ʼo

dom

dom

domma

dual

don

doʼno

doʼnaʼ

doʼnaʼ

doʼnaʼ

plural

don

doʼno

doʼnaʼ

doʼnʼa꞉wan

doʼnʼa꞉wan

 

 

Dowa Yalanne
 


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