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Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
September 26, 1996 5
Kiksht and Paiute-
Huckleberry Conversation Two
Getting Ready for Huckleberry
Picking
A: Aga alxoya. (Now we're ready to
go.)
B: K'aya amauwigwima itsk'intwamax!
(Don't feed the bears!)
Paiute Vowels
Friday I
1. Aa as in Ada 2. Ee as in Etza'a
MONDAY
4
Wordlist
aqapunitix side basket
ishkali big berry basket
itkikfqwl lunch
agabu jacket
waskan box
aq'istn hatchet
itk'amunak wood
awatul fire
oxaq'iwalal fresh
dat'la warm
agnoxa I will be ...
TUESDAY
A: Kwt kwt alkduxama idunayax. Dan
alma algiukla? (We're going
huckleberry picking. What do
we need to taker) hw
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d: ryagan isnK.au Kwauau
amiqxapunitix. (A big berry basket and
your side basket.)
A: Danwit'ax? (What else?)
B: Itkikfqwl. (Lunch.)
A: Kwaddu
ldmshagabu-max. (And
vour lackets.)
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B: : Ichagail ic'ac'umit waskan. (A big
cooler.)
A: Kwadau icak'aic aq'istn. (And a
small hatchet.)
B: Dan bama aq'istn? (What's
the hatchet for?)
A: Chux chux amduxa itk'amunak
awatul-bama. (To cut the wood
for a fire.)
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WEDNESDAY
A: Dan bama ic'ac'umit
awaskan? (What's the
cooler for?)
B: Bama idunayax
oxaq'iwalal aluxoxa. (To
keep the berries fresh.)
B: Dan bama idmshagabu-max? (What
are your jackets for?)
A:Kadux alanxloxa kwapt
dat'la agnoxa. (To keep
warm early in the morning.)
A: Dan bama itkikfqwl? (What's the
lunch for?)
B: Adlxlmuxma. (We're
going to eat it.)
THURSDAY
A: Kwt kwt alkduxama idunayax. Dan
alma algiukla? (We're going huckle
berry picking. What do we need to
take?)
B: Iyagafl ishkali kwadau
amiqxapunitix. (A big berry basket and
your side basket.)
A: Danwit'ax? (What else?)
B: Itkikfqwl. (Lunch.)
A: Kwadau idmshagabu-max. (And
your jackets.)
(sounds like the (sounds like MeeM
"a" in "papa") in beet)
B: Ichagail ic'ac'umit
waskan. ( A big
cooler.)
A: Kwadau icak'aic
aq'istn. (And a small
hatchet.)
B: Dan bama
aq'istn? .(What's the.J
hatchet for?)
If
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A: Chux chux amduxa itk'amunak
awatul-bama. (To cut the wood for a
fire.)
A: Dan bama ic'ac'umit awaskan?
(What's the cooler for?)
B: Bama idunayax oxaq'iwalal aluxoxa.
(To keep the berries fresh.)
B: Dan bama idmshagabu-max?
(What are your jackets for?)
A: Kadux alanxloxa kwapt dat'la
agnoxa. (To keep warm early in the
morning.)
A: Dan bama
itkikfqwl? (What's
the lunch for?)
B: Adlxlmuxma.
(We're going to eat
it.)
A: Aga alxoya. (Now we're ready to
go.)
B: K'aya amauwigwima itsk'intwamax!
(Don't feed the bears!)
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3. Ii as in Agi 4. Oo as in Pongedya
JVA TV
(sounds like V in (sounds somewhat
bite) like "ow in rope)
5. Uu as in Tuhudya
(no english equivalent, but a similar
sounds are sometimes heard in the word
"just" when it is pronounced rapidly in
the middle of a phrase) "I just came").
Paiute Vowels
Friday II
1. Aa as in ,4a 2. Eeasine3o
(Sounds like the "a" (Sounds like the "e"
in water.) in Eat)
3. Ii as Mi 4. OO as Pakootsoo
(Sounds like the "i" (Sounds like the
in pie.) "oo" in boots.)
5. Uu as in "Numu"
pi
(No english equivalent, but a similar
sound is sometimes heard in the word
"just" when it is pronounced rapidly in
a phrase like, "Your name is?")