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“Thank you” in Tutelo is “pi LA huc” similar to the Lakota. There likely were a number of variations relating to gender, etc., but they haven’t survived.
If anybody’s interested in any culture camps it would probably be more germaine to look for one in SD rather than MT. The Montana Blackfeet are Algonquin. The eastern Blackfoot we believe are Siouan.
Linda wrote: “Thank you” in Tutelo is “pi LA huc” similar to the Lakota. There likely were a number of variations relating to gender, etc., but they haven’t survived.
If anybody’s interested in any culture camps it would probably be more germaine to look for one in SD rather than MT. The Montana Blackfeet are Algonquin. The eastern Blackfoot we believe are Siouan.
Thank you Linda – and not to drag it off-thread but I wonder from your spelling LA in caps – is it pronounced the same way it’s typed?? and is the “pi” like in Cherokee “peee”? Guess I’d better ask about the “huc” as well as, in my head I’ve got “Peee Leh Hook” … and then make plans to dive back over into the Tutelo Language thread.
pi LA huc,
Dano :confused:
Yes, it is accented. Native languages usually put the emphasis on even numbered syllables, the opposite of English. Once you start doing that you start hearing the music in the language. If you don’t, it sounds awful. Grates on my nerves to hear people around here mangling PILL a HOOK. What an awful sounding word.
Since the first syllable is unaccented it’s not very noticeable if it’s pi or pee. The la is accented, the same as the Lakota, pilamayayelo. Listen to how many times it’s said in “Dances with Wolves.” It’s the same root word.
Likely the last consonant in ‘huc’ was gutteral, meaning there was a sound something like clearing your throat. Most ‘c’s’ are like that in Lakota.
Wow. You just taught me something about English that I’d never heard of as well.
This lends itself to the suggestion to include audio-lessons on the Tutelo Language thread … just a suggestion.
Pretty new to the Native languages but in Shoshonean, for example, some of the pronounciations are sooo subtle that I don’t think I ever did get even the simplest phrases right … or at least the Shoshone girls kept giggling while I tried.
pi LA huc!
I was just at Pine Ridge yesterday. I heard about a man who speaks very little English but his Lakota is an old dialect that is difficult for current speakers of Lakota to understand. I wonder if it is closer to Tutelo.
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