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February 21, 2002 Page 9 THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON More Sahapatin Vocabulary Words Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Things Actions a'a crow A'a'mf Ushatsh February alxaix month anwfcht year ayat woman chuush water hahan root-stem Hawit'at April ka'wit feast lataam table latitlatft Indian celery tkwi day natit flower Nch'i Wana Columbia River nusux salmon paqw'akawas fork Shatm August suxas spoon tautnuk medicine tikai dishes tkwatat food, taste tkwsai cup tmaanit berries N ushatsh socks waipxt creek wana river wlnat deer meat xamsf Indian celery that is xapttmf knife xnit root xnitama root-diggers 4 A'a Other Words anai kwna followed with, after that anaku when, after anakush just like auna let's awate or chau not ku auku and then ku and ku (kwn next kuukxi in a similar way, like that kwna then kuna and we kushxi almost pnch'a it also Nusux on top of the ground in the late spring and early summer has, have, is, are awa iwa ka'wisha kS'witasha natfsha ptuksha ttawaxsha txanasha tuxsha ushuwasha Wciashasha walptaMksha washa wSwanashashato drum is, are to feast to go and feast to bloom, to flower to set the table to grow to become, to turn into to turn or change from to prepare, to get ready to dance to sing to be, to have wfnasha wfyaxtasha xnitasha yxsha to go, to come to be poured to dig to pour Modifiers cinai Snaitxau chciuwiyat kuuk mxsh mxshpyat naptit ku mtaat nch'i pamushuwan plas pnxuush tunxtunx tt'axw ushuwani wunaq'i wiyat last last of all similar, almost that yellow green 23 big prepared, readied selves white first different kinds all prepared, readied ripe, ready far Tkwsai Helpers a- -ch'a also i- -i -kciwas -la -ma -ml -na -na -ni -nmi pa- -pa pamci- -ta -ta- -txau -xa -xi -yau verb prefix for when there's a direct object it, he, she singular subject, verb prefix turns a verb into a modifier tool for, thing for person who does something noun suffix plural noun suffix 's, of, belonging to us, we direct object, noun suffix turns a verb into a modifier 's, of, belonging to they plural subject, verb prefix in, to, at selves will to go and verb infix the most, the last modifier suffix -s, does it regularly, repeatedly same to, until, up to, as far as