February 21, 2002
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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
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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
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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