Stems




Name Translation Part of Speech
Hihaƞni waṡt̄e Something was good this morning, anglicized phrase, In Lak̇ot̄a it is not common practice to enter a gather and say, "Good morning."Instead a Lak̇ot̄a speaker would greet the people with terms indicating specific relationships. (AWH, 1999) hokahe
hok̄ahe Let's go!. It's time to start (male phrase), Crazy Horse used this expression and it was translated as "Charge!" (AWH, 1999) hokahe
a armpit (AWH, 1999) hokahe
wayawa Lak̇ot̄a thought: wayawa k̄i ("the counter or reader"); English interpretation: "the student." intonati0n: waYAwa (AWH, 1999) hokahe
owayawa a school (AWH, 1999) hokahe
wana Now. intonation: waNA (AWH, 1999) hokahe
wa snow (AWH,1999) hokahe
waṗaha eagle bonnet Wa- waƞbli, "eagle." Ṗa, "head," Ha, "skin" or "covering"; English interpretation: "war bonnet" (AWH, 1999) hokahe
ko also, as well, too, included, counted in. Ko is used to coordinate nouns. (CULP, 1976) hokahe
na and (CULP, 1976) hokahe
nak̄uƞ also, as well, besides (CULP, 1976) hokahe
ċa and, and so, consquently, ċa is used when one state intonation: iṡK̄Ahu (CULP, 1976) hokahe
mak̇aowaƞc̄a throughout the world, everywhere- includes wind, fire, earth, water- everything located on or around the earth, (VTA, BSC, 2022) intonation: maK̇Aowaƞc̄a hokahe
mak̇asit̄omniya around/throughout the universe, includes the stars, skies, earth (VTA, BSC, HTA, 2022) when we obaġi we put mak̇asitomniya (the entire universe) into our pipes (BSC, 2022) intonation: maK̇Asit̄omniya hokahe
mak̇aowaƞc̄a ok̄iċize war throughout the world, hokahe