Dakoteyah Wogdaka!
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Lesson 2
Greetings, Commands, Culture and Values
Kic’iyuoninhanpi (Greetings) | Wowasake (Commands) |
Hinhana was’te. (Good morning.) | Iyotanka. (Sit down.) |
Wic’oka was’te. (Good afternoon.) | Hiyu. (Come here.) |
Anpetu was’te. (Good day.) | He c’un s’ni. (Don’t do that.) |
Hou koda. (Hello, friend.) | Anag’optan. (Listen.) |
Pidamaya. (Thank you.) | Inina. (Be quiet.) |
Toked yaun he? (How are you?) | Nape gduz’az’a. (Wash your hands.) |
Wanna wota (Time to eat.) |
Waonspeka kic’anyanpi (Culture) |
Tate Topa (Four Directions) |
Oc’eti S’akowin (Seven Council Fires) |
Woteh’inda (Values) |
Ohetika (courage) |
O g’a waste (generosity) |
Ohoda (respect) |
Ksapa (wisdom) |
The Universe
Sintomni (Universe) | Omaka (Seasons) |
Anpa Wi (sun) | Wetu (spring) |
Wicanh’pi (stars) | Bdoketu (summer) |
Han Wi (moon) | Ptanyetu (fall) |
Mah’piya (sky) | Waniyetu (winter) |
Makan (earth) | |
Mah’piya (clouds) | |
Wiacaceti (sundog) | |
Anpa O Wicanh’pi (morning star) |
Ikc’e wic’as’a (Human beings) | Wamakas’kan (Animals) |
Hoks’iyopa (baby) | Tatanka (buffalo) |
Wic’inc’ana (girl) | S’unkakan (horse) |
Hoks’ina (boy) | C’apa (beaver) |
Kos’ka (youth-boy) | S’unka (dog) |
Wikos’ka (youth-girl) | Manka (skunk) |
Winyan (woman) | Zic’a (squirrel) |
Wic’as’a (man) | S’ungina (fox) |
Wic’ah’a (nan) (elder man) | S’ungmanitu (coyote) |
Winoh’ca (nan) (elder woman) | Sunktokeca (wolf) |
Wakanyeja (children) | Mato (bear) |
Tah’ca (deer) | |
Tasnahec’a (gopher) | |
Pinspinza (prairie dog) | |
Zuzuhece (snake) |
Zitkana (Birds) | Wamduskanan (Worms/Insects) |
Wanbdi (eagle) | Honag’inan (flies) |
S’is’oka (robin) | Psipsic’anan (grasshopper) |
Tas’iyaka (meadow lark) | Psipsic’anan sapa (cricket) |
Cankatotona (woodpecker) | Kimimina (butterfly) |
Kang’i (crow) | Wabdus’kanan (caterpillar) |
C’etan (hawk) | C’aponka (mosquito) |
Hinhan (owl) | |
S’iyo (pheasant) | |
Mag’aks’ica (duck) | |
Mag’a (geese) | |
Zizic’a (turkey) | |
Anpaohotonna (chicken) |