Spilyay Tymoo, Wa,rro Springs, Oregon
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON
April 5, 2005
Root-digging
4
3&3
"Natuhonakwi manikwe"
It's root-digging time!
U ha'a podoka'yoo?
Do you have a root-digger?
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The land gives us life through water and earth,
plants and animals, friends and strangers. We
remember this when we dig roots, feast, or cel
ebrate. Here are some words on roots and digging.
Ee podo nawatseku.
My root-digger is lost.
1',-' t ' 'I-, 'i-V) w -J
Haga sakwa
sumuoo e
haneku?
wonder
who can make me
another one?
Pukwi
I lUVWl IWI ir
tamme meakwe. Kit
ponp to our
favorite root
digging place
Pahebu mago'o matapooese.
Time to fix our canvas bag.
; Pahebu magokwi mu kangudy hanena.
We'll put our roots in
the canvas bag.
Ono pesa natsakedo'a.
And then it's easy to
peel.
Mu tukana hanena.
Don't forget to take lunch.
Oona wa tooha tukanat.
Enjoy your lunch under the shade
of a junper tree!
Ki mu paa soomu'pana!
Don't forget your water!
In
Language Classes:
Wasco: Mondays from 3:30 to 5 PM
in Language Trailer.
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:
Sahaptin: Thursdays from 5 to 8 PM.
Held in the Simnasho Area.
(For info, call Suzie Slockish at
553-2201.)
Vocabulary:
awa, awa
chmaakw
hahan
maik
natft
psa
tmnatmna
xnit
have, has, is, are
dark colored
root-stem
light-colored
flower
skin of root
seed
root
Phrases:
WinSti xnft'aashyau.
Go to a root digging area.
Wnpti wipas
Get your wapas.
Awaushukti tafxna.
Shake off the dirt.
Auyataati wapasyau xnftna.
Put the roots in your bag.
Roots;
Latitlatitmf natft Swa mxsh.
Hahein Swa mxshpyat. Iwa
mxshpyat ku plas xnit, ku psa
Swa maik luc'a Iwa" latitlatit.
Xaushmf natft Swa mxsh.
HahSn 2wa mxshpyat. Awa
chmuk psa Iwa xSush.
Piaximf natft Swa
walaswSakut. Hahn awa
mxshpyat. Maik luch' psa
Swa. Chi iwa" piaxf.
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Dulap Ittxlem
Roots
Wachqwan
Itgamwa
Waqwat
Amumal
Adwak
Akalakia
Ibiaxi
Anunas
Wipan
Itkanaqwattq
Ground Root
Camas
Biscuit Root
Biscuit Root
Indian Carrot
Wild Onion
Bitter Root
Wild Onion
Indian Celery
Wild Onion
Aga kwapt kadix alma ik'fulal alixuxa.
It's almost root digging time.
Ibiaxi ch'uxwch'uxw
akiuxa kwapt
akixshamida.
Bitter-root h
peeled and dried.
Waqwat kwadau
amumal kwul akduxa
bama axubxubmax.
Biscuit roots and this root can be ground
up and made into biscuits.
Wachqwan kwadau adwak kwul akduxa bama
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This root and Indian Carrot can be ground
up into mush.
Itgamwa lux akduxa
wilxba.
Camas is
barbecued in the
ground.
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Anunas, aj:...;
ilkanaqwatfq, kwadau akalakia akdiuchkxmaya.
Wild onions are boiled to eat.
Kw'etkw'et wipan
1 bama nawit
akixelmuxma.
You can pick celery and
eat it right away.
K'aya pu
akitkw'alalakwida
Shaxel Ishtamx yaxka
kanawi dan ayakshkalal.
Aever forget to thank
the Creator for he is the
maker of everything.
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