Vocabulary
with some audio samples
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Please note that the audio samples are in mp3 format,
therefore you will need an mp3 player, such as WinAmp.

Words without a visible accent are stressed on the second syllable.

Many thanks to Konstantin Hmelnitski for his kind collaboration.

________________________________________________________________ Man Nature  ||  Anatomy  ||  Botany  ||  Zoology  ||  Activities  ||  Numbers  ||  Other ________________________________________________________________
wichasha* man	hokshila boy	khoshkalaka young man	wichah^cala old man
wínyan* woman	wichíncala girl	wikhoshkalaka young woman	winuh^cala old woman
chincá child	oyate nation	thioshpaye group that lives together	thiwáhe family
até father	ina mother	thunkashila grandfather	uncí grandmother
chinkshi son	chunkshi daughter	mitháwichu ki my wife	mihigna ki my husband
chiyé male's older brother	thibló female's older brother	thanké male's older sister	chuwé female's older sister
thanhanshi male to male cousin	hankashi male to female cousin	shic'eshi female to male cousin	céphanshi female to female cousin
kholá** male friend of a male	mashké** female friend of a female	thóka**** enemy, stranger	hunka adopted relative
wichasha wakhán holy man	waphiye wichasha medicine man	phejúta wichasha male herbalist	phejúta winyela medicine woman
lakhota Indian, Sioux, Lakota	washichun White man	ithanchan chief	akichita soldier
ohitika brave	mitakuye oyas'in all my relatives	olakhota, wólakhota peace	ozuye, kichizapi war, battle
iyokiphi he is pleased	pilámaya ye thank you	washté good	lila washté very good
hépela! happy to see you!	washtélake niye he/she likes it/her/him	chanté shicé sorry (he is sad)	héchun shni ye! don't do that!
Wakhán Thánka The Great Spirit	wakhan*** energy, power	sichun one's presence	naghí soul
* Wichasha and winyan imply a position of honor. Winyan means a woman has achieved a good education, maturity and responsibility. The same is true for wichasha. A man is no longer hokshila (boy) and a woman is no longer wichincala (girl) when they exhibit these qualities. It also means that when you make a decision, you follow through with it. Traditionally, a young man or woman must reach this status before they marry or before they plan to start a family. The outcome of that marriage is the sole responsibility of these two individuals. They have no one to blame for failures but themselves because they are wichasha and winyan. ** The Elders say you are lucky to have one kholá in your lifetime. To acknowledge another man as a kholá is to commit to that individual for the rest of your life. Kholá and mashké commitments are just between the two people involved. These terms allow two people to share confidential information, and no one will pry into their personal matters. A kholá or a mashké will not reveal information about the other person, especially if it endangers the other. *** Wakhan means "energy". It implies and teaches that Creation has the power to give life or to take it away. Christians understood this word to mean "something sacred". Anthropologists translated wakhan as "mystery". — From "Reading and Writing the Lakota Language" by Albert White Hat Sr. **** In the traditional form, before it became a biblical version, there was no word for enemy. In the biblical version of our language, there's a word that is said to mean enemy —thóka. But this word simply means a people who are different —that is, they have different ways. — Gary Holy Bull, "Profiles of Healing - Lakota Yuwipi Man"

________________________________________________________________ Nature Man  ||  Anatomy  ||  Botany  ||  Zoology  ||  Activities  ||  Numbers  ||  Other ________________________________________________________________
wétu spring	bloketu summer	ptanyetu fall	waniyetu winter
hínhanni morning	anpétu daytime	h^tayetu evening	hanhepi night
wiyohiyanpata east	itokaghata south	wiyoh^peyata west	waziyata north
makhá soil, the earth	phéta fire	thaté wind	mni water
mah^piya sky, cloud	anpétu wi sun	hanhepi wi moon	wicháhpi star
oblaye prairie	pahá hill	h^e mountain	mágha cultivated field
ble lake	wakpa river	ble tánka ocean	wakpála stream
ínyan rock	ih^'e stone	chan tree, wood	hu bush
magháju rain	chu dew	icamna storm	wakinyan agli thunderstorm
chágha ice	wa snow	wasú hail	osní cold weather
p'o fog	shóta smoke	omáshte sunshine	okháta hot weather

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