[spilleddi]

Weather

Autumn — táañi

Bad weather — nahañb okayiiki

Cloud — maxoosii

Fog — manotihuua, mahaukiiwah

Ice, hail — nóoñxi

Icey — noñxluba, miiñgilaachah, aasadnidguáñx

Lightning — tabuniijgai

Rain — xaawoo, xaawoohaa

Sheet lightning — kopaagsegseei

Snow — hohii, hohihoo

Spring — masdée, wehaéhiñbnee

Summer — weehee biiwa

Thunder — tuuhi, tuuhaañgluu

Wind — mañglée, maniañglée, mamañglée

Winter — waanáañ

[spilleddi]

Ford — manisaab

Forest — daaxgaa

Hill, mountain — heegi, súuxi, oheegi

Island — sdéeki

Islands — sdesdéeki

Land, earth, world — amáañ

Prairie — lataahgoi

River — dagsiisañ

River, bank — mañiñgde

River, stream — daagsee

Sea, lake — yeedáañ

Spring (small river) — hisdíñ

Stone, rock, island — hisdéeki, nisdéeki

Swamp, bog — hooix

Water — manii

Sky, heaven — maañdóoñ

Sun — miiñ

Moon – miiñmahée (sun woman), miiñnoosáa (sun night)

Star — tabuníiñteka

[daniel_bingamon]

So, 132 = ukinii nooñsaa bújga laani aginooñba ?

That’s a mouthfull!

English — Tutelo — Lakota

Dog — chóoñgi, chooñti — Sunka (note: s pronounced as sh)

Between Tutelo and Lakota when pronounced you can notice the remote similarity

I’m only using Lakota because I have a little familiarity with it – I’m sure other Siouan languages are closer.

BTW – I saw this (listed as Saponi/Tutelo) at an online North Carolina Museum website:

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

This is similar to a Lakota word, okaga – to create, copy, model. What is interesting is the amount of changes in the consonants when the word is conjugated in past, present (participle), future forms.

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[spilleddi]

So, 132 = ukinii nooñsaa bújga laani aginooñba ?

That’s a mouthfull!

Correct, although you could also say ukinii noos bújga laali aginooñbaa

Tutelo has a number of complex sound changes. The words I have been posting so far are the standard forms. These sound change rules are not always followed. I eventually plan on typing up a more detailed explanation on the pronunciation thread.

‘l’ can become ‘n’ usually before a nasal vowel

‘n’ can become ‘d’

’j’ can become ’s’ before ‘g’

Unstressed short vowels can be dropped, especially at the end of the word. Mostly ‘i’, less often ‘e’, sometimes ’a’, rarely ‘u’.

Heres alternate pronunciations for numbers. It would make sense to use the shorter versions for longer numbers.

1 — nóos, nóoñs

2 — nóoñb

3 — náani, náan, láan, láali, láat

4 — dóob

5 — gisáañ

6 — agáas

7 — saagóom

8 — baláan, baláali

9 — sáa, sáañ, ksáañ, ksáañg, ksáaga

10 — búudsg, búudsga

13 — agilaali

16 — agigaasbe

18 — agibalaali

19 — agiksaañga

30 — bújga laali

Check the verb thread for an explanation of the verb ’to make’.

[sammarroq]

All I can say is WOW! This is wonderful, thanks Spilleddi.

Shirley

[DAJ42]

Aye, many thanks Spilleddi. Good work.

[spilleddi]

Glad you guys like this stuff. Hope its helpful, posting word lists is the easy part. Theres about 800 words in the Tutelo-Saponi dictionary if I remember correctly. I’m posting these words how they appear in the dictionary, stay tuned to the pronunciation thread when I figure out how the sounds can change.

Darkness — ohsíiha

Day — naháañbi

Evening — ohsiihite

Light, daylight, moonlight — obláada

Morning — ganahaañbnañ

Night — ohsii

Now — ohíñ (an interjection, related to Biloxi word for ‘well!’)

Today — naháñblekíñ

Tomorrow — naháañbgi

Yesterday — sidóoñlé

Counting days Notice that the final ‘i’ disappears when making a compound word.

One day — naháañb nóoñsaa

Two days — naháañb nóoñbaa

Three days — naháañb láani

[spilleddi]

Arrow — mañgsíi, maañkooi

Axe, hatchet — hiséepi, niséepi

Bow — hinóosii

Club — yeheeti

Gun — miiñgdée

Knife — maañsáañ

Powder — mahiñgd (Saponi)

Powder horn — dabike (Saponi)

Shot — mañkii (Saponi)

Shot bag — miñgdoke (Saponi)

Sword — iñpoo (Saponi)

[Linda]

I want to illustrate the vocabulary that’s being developed with free clip-art. I could use help amassing some of these images. We need images of things like body parts, so you can see the word for ear alongside a picture of an ear, and there will also be a sound recording of the word pronounced. If anybody thinks they can help with this project, but contact me, sissipaha@saponitown.com.

[spilleddi]

Ash — alapook

Bag — mañgsuui

Basket, container — pahiñ

Bead — watai

Bed — saasi

Blanket — mixhaíñhod

Book, paper written on — mináagi

Box — okú

Chair — íyanañgóiñ

Churn — mañpamasawohooka (where cows milk is mixed)

Door — idoogáya

Fire — péeti, miihañstíik

House — atíi

Kettle — yesíiñk

Paper, blank paper — hihnéta

Pipe (for smoking) — yihíiñsdig, gjiñbáai

String, cord — waxúu

Vessel, jug, jar, glass, bottle, kettle — iigaatee’óoñ

Wooden spoon — gisáa

[spilleddi]

Adoption string — kanogwíya

Bad, evil — isii

Corpse — kayuke

Devil — papasik

Devil, evil spirit, bad spirit — maañpaa isii

Evil spirit — isiika

False face, mask — wahugmíi

Ghost of deceased — wanañchii

God — eiiñga

Great spirit, god — eeíñgiyáñ

Longhouse — atíi sui

Spirit — maañpaa

[spilleddi]

Ball — daabi

Board — hañnikaháap

Bushel — henóñsañ

Canoe, boat — laháapi

Copper — benihéei

Hole — kohóche

Hoof, horn — hée

Hoop, mound — basahé

Iron — maañs

Lacrosse stick — yañhée

Pile — salédise

Road, path — hañdgóx

Seed — suu

Shorts in grinding corn (I have no idea what this means) — waasagsé

Stick — hañgsí, wañjék, ógnasí

Town, village — maañbii

Yellow object — waasi

[spilleddi]

Father — -áadi

How you address your own father — daadi

Cousin — hadág

My cousin — wañgiidá, mañgiidá

Son — -háñke

Step-son — -hañxgihiyé

Mother — -hooñnii

How you address your own mother — hiináañ

Brother (elder or younger) — iñginóoñbaa

Step-child — -gihiyé

Grandmother, grandfather — -gooñ

Grandfather — -dokáñx, goñkág

Uncle, mother’s brother — -néeg

Younger brother — -noona

Elder sister — -noñx

Daughter, daughter-in-law — -oháañke

Step-daughter — -ohañxgihiyé

Brother, elder brother, younger brother — -oginóoñba

Younger brother — -sóñdga

Younger sister — -dahañk

Brother-in-law — -tahañni

Woman’s elder brother — -tal

Elder brother — -táñsg

Child, daughter, son — -déeka

Step-son, step-daughter — -dekagihiyé

Aunt, father’s sister — tomiiñ

Niece — -dosing

Nephew — -dósga

Father-in-law, mother-in-law — -doñd

Man’s elder brother — -wahiyig

Aunt — watemai

Sister — wineeg

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Chief — dikáhgu, eegowee

Warrior — eelutaaoñe

Running man — hañdáñhe

Child — niisgá, hóñsga, móñsga

Child, infant — guujgaa, waagasíig, waaguujgaa

Woman — mahée, waalewáa

Man, to be a man — máwaháa (this is a noun and a verb, to say “I am a man”, its mámiwaháa)

Female, woman, wife, girl — miháañ

Monitan — monitañ

Nahyssan — nahisañ

Dizzy man — niháñjgahañg, daháñjgihaañg

Dizzy woman — niyaguujgahañg

Male, man — noona

Long line of men — paxdakóñse

Boy — waitiwa

Boy, man — waaiyuúwaa

Man acting by command — waki

Man, Indian — waagdáagaa

Handsome girl — waaguujgañhañg

Man — waiwaax, miháañisdíg

Whiteman — waañhganáñhga, miñhañ waañhganáñhga

Black man — waañhganañhgaasít, waañhganañhgesúp

Man, husband — waañhgi

Friend — xée, xaa

Tutelo people — yesáñ

[spilleddi]

I found two more Tutelo-Saponi words in the Handbook of North American Indians, vol 14, p.294

Hoonskey, chief, and hoosky incha, female chief, or ‘queen’.

‘The Virginians called the chiefs of the Saponi, Tutelo, and Occaneechi hoonskey, supposedly the native term for chief (but which is not found in recorded vocabularies), while the leader of the Stukanox was a woman, called hoosky incha, meaning ‘queen’.”

Looks like they would be pronounced hóoñski and hóoñski iñcha.

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