COMMANDS




wix̣sil'íix
                         sit down

wix̣sil'íikitx                     you all sit down

wiséekey'x                    stand up

wiséekey'kitx                     you all stand up

mic'yóox̣om                    Listen to me

mic'yóox̣omtx                       You all listen to me

'amc'yóox̣oy miyóox̣atna     Listen to the leader.

'amc'yóox̣otx miyóox̣atna         you all listen to the leader.

'amc'yóox̣oy 'im'íisep           Listen to your mother.

'amc'yóox̣otx 'im'tóotap        You all listen to your father.

'imóotalx                          Be Still!

'imamóotalkitx               Be Still! (pl.)

 

FOR YOU HUNTERS

'e"ewit shooting

tim'u"uni bow and now gun

ce"ep arrow and now bullet

'i"mes,'ime"esne deer

qoq'a"alx!, qoq'a"alx!na buffalo

muuh, muuhne cow

waswa"sno, waswasno"ona chicken

sáaslaqs, sáaslaqsna moose

ADDING THE NE/ NA to THE END OF THE ANIMALS/

OBJECT MEANS THAT YOU SEE IT.

’itúune ’eekíce? What do you see

’íin ’eekíce muuhne. I see a cow.

’íin ’eekíce poxpok’láana. I see a ball.

’imím 'ee wees 'oyla"aqc ceep. ‘You have six bullets’

'e'wi"i! ‘shoot it!’

'e'wi"i 'ime"esne! ‘shoot the deer!’

'e'wi"is ‘You have shot it.’

'u"upteyn ‘You have missed.’

yoosyo"os

ci"icyele

’ilp’i"lp

maqsma"qs

mi"mqas

x!e"x!us

cimu"uxcimux

x!ayx!a"yx! ‘white’

waw'ama'ayq'áal, leputmúusus wax̣ k'úyc, 'úuyit k'ay'kin (August, 2009, 1st week)

 

táyam – the time of hot/humid weather. Time of food preparation.

waw'ama'ayq'áal nacó'x̣ reach the upper tributary streams to spawn

 

timíipn’it’es núunim 'anoqonmáana remembering our ancestors

núunim mimíyox̣at

 

hinmatóoyalahtq'it

Thunder traveling to higher areas

’álok'at                                                              

Ollikut                                                                   

’elelímyeté'qenin’/ háatyata'qanin'

Wrapped in the wind

Cúuɫim maqsmáqs

Yellow Bull

piyóopiyo x̣ayx̣áyx̣

Whitebird

lamtáama

White Bird Band – 'area with little snow'

piyopyóot’alikt                                                 

Bird Alightning

himíin maqsmáqs

Yellow Wolf

 

Five Vowels (plus long and short)

 



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