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The focus of this issue will be on the Spring and Summer.
Weha Ehimpe –Spring
(Way-hah Ay-heem-pah)
Wehe Píma – Summer Time
blossom/bud – wahíye
(wah-hee-yay)
berry – ha, hasí
(hah, hah-see)
corn – mataqe*
(mah-tah-hay) *q is pronounced like the German hard ch in loch, or the Spanish hard j in joven
cornbread – maksapa mataqe*
(mahk-sah-pah mah-tah-hay)
bread – maksapa
(mahk-sah-pah)
Flower – wahíye
(wah-hee-yay)
leaf – otoi
(Oh-toy)
Warm weather—akatía
(ah-kah-tee-ah)
plants – nawí
(nah-wee)
flowers – wahíye
(wah-hee-yay)
fog – manotihua
(mah-no-tee-who-ah)
warm –akateka
(ah-kah-tay-kah)
bean—hadine
(hah-dee-nay)
seeds—dó
(doe)
fruit—hoyahane
(ho-yah-hah-nay)
TUTELO-SAPONI LANGUAGE LESSON #6
July/August 2016 10 Summer Issue
Nov/Dec Fall/Winter 2015
TUTELO-SAPONI LANGUAGE LESSON #6 Cont.
© Lawrence A. Dunmore, III
rain – qawoi
(jah-woe-ee)
strawberry -Haspahínuk
(hah-spah-hee-nook)
raspberry – Hasísiai
(hah-see-see- eye’ee)
cherry – Yosañkrota
(Yoh-sahn-crow-tah)
cranberry – hohnunk
(hoh-noon-k)
corn – mataqe
(mah-tah-hay)
tobacco – yehni
(yay-knee)
mosquito – waskiteng
(Wah-skee-tang)
swim – míní ínase
(mee-nee ee-nah-say)
running (Human being) – heñden’hese
(hayn-dayn-hay-say)
I am walking – walewa
(wah-lay-wah)
walking stick – gídan’
(gee-dahn)
ribs – gwayutik’
(gwah-you-teek)
Pork Ribs – gwayutik’ masgolo
(gwah-yoo-teek mahs-go-loh)
Beef ribs – gwayutik’ mampa
(gwah-yoo-teek mahmpah)
meat – íye
(ee-yay)
July/August 2016 11 Summer Issue
Nov/Dec Fall/Winter 2015
Handoi (Hahn-doe-ee) – Rattlesnake
Munakha (Moo-nahk-hah) – Beaver
Mandukai (Mahn-doo-k’eye) = Turkey
Mayiñk (Mah-yeenk) – bird
Making (Ongoing Action)
I am making – Móma
S/He is making – O’ma
You are making – Yóma
Made (Past)
I made – Móka
S/He made – O’ka
You made – Yóka
Will Make (Future)
I will make – Móta
S/He will make – O’ta
You will make – Yóta

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