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Spilyay Tymoo, Wrm Springs, Oregon
April 18, 2002
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON
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Root Digging
aiute Lesson
Yoonekoo tamme hane ka tuhonagana.
These are the things to take root digging.
Podo
rootdigger
mago'o
bag
water
tsotua
hat
haakutsabu
scarf
kooodu
coat
masato'o
gloves
tunona
lunch
Ewa tuhona.
Dig lots.
Ki u mago'o no
podo
sumuwapana!
Don't forget your
bag and digger!
Pesa u podo
mabetseana.
Take care of your
root digger.
Kangudya no tsooga tuhona.
Dig bitterroot and the biscuit root.
Yoonekoo hemana,
sumuna na'utsutsu.
These things you might
want to take.
Tsotua, haakutsabu,
kooodu, masato'o.
Hat, scarf, coat, gloves.
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Pesa nanamatuguna.
Take care of each other.
Poonedoa!
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asco Lesson
Agaben
Digging Stick
Itkikwl
Lunch
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Itkshnaimat
Cloves
Akakups
Hat
Aqapunitix
Bag
Agabu
Coat
Idatit kanawi dan amdulaba bama
chaxelxtix.
Dig lots of roots to eat for winter.
Amshelglagwachgwa
amigaben.
Take good care of your
root digger.
K'aya amaximaya
amigaben
amageldaqt'ga.
Don't put you digger
down and leave it.
Amdulaba ibiaxi
kwidau waqwat.
Dig bitterroot and the biscuit root.
Dauda amdukta ishtugwitti itxalal alixuxa.
Take these things with you in case it
gets cold or rainy.
Amdukta amikakups,
amigabu, itmikikcham,
kwidau itmikshnaimat.
Take a hat, coat,
handkerchief, and gloves.
Amshelxlagwachgwa kanawa.
Take care of one another.
Itukdi amshxiludwaya.
Have good thoughts. (When you are
' dicing) ' : '
Maik luch'a psa
awa.
The skin is light
brown.
Natit awa plas
Sawitkmi.
Indian carrot flowers are
white.
Piaximi natit awa
walaswaakut.
Bitterroot flowers are pink.
Waq'amu iwa.
It is Camas.
Waq'amumi natit awa waq'amuwaakut.
Camas flowers are purple.
S
ahaptin Lesson
Snwit Xnitki
Language About Roots
Chi iwa Lukwsh.
This is a root.
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Awa luch'a psa.
The skin is brown.
Awa luch'a tmnatmna
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The seeds of lukwsh are
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Chi iwa Piavi vf
This is the bitterroot.
Hahcin Swa mxshpyt.
The root-stem is green.
Iwa Latitlatit.
It is Indian Celery.
Awa mxshpycit ku
plas xnit, ku psa a'wa
maik luc'a
The root is green, white,
and the root skin is light
red.
I Latitlatitmi natit 2wa
i mvch
The flowers of the Indian
Celery are yellow.
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An example of typical roots found and collected by members
of the Warm Springs Reservation.
Language Classes:
Wasco: Mondays from 3:30 to 5 PM in
the Education Building (1st Floor Train
ing Room)
Paiute: Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5
PM in the Language Trailer.
Sahaptin: Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 3:30 to 5 PM in the Language
Trailer.
Home Base Classes:
Wasco: Thursdays from 6 to 8 PM.
Held at Cladys Tompson's Home
(For info, call Val Switlzer at
553-3575.)
Paiute: Tuesdays from 5 to 8 PM.
Held at Cheryl Lohman's Home.
Sahaptin: Thursdays from 5 to 8 PM.
Held in the Simnasho Area.
(For info, call Suzie Slockish at
553-2201.)
Ifkikcham
Scarf