Dakoteyah Wogdaka!
Talk Dakota!
Lesson 8
Additional Numbers, Calendar, and Body Parts
| Wiyawapi (calendar) |
| Wi/wiyawapi (month) |
| Aηpetu/aηpa (day, daytime) |
| Haηhepi (night) |
| Aηpao (dawn) |
| Wićoka (midday, noon) |
| Haηćoka (midnight) |
| H́tayetu (evening) |
| Hiηhaηna (morning) |
| Aηpetu oko/oko (week) |
| Waniyetu (year) |
| De aηpetu (today) |
| H́taηihaη (yesterday) |
| Months |
| Witeh́i wi (January, hardship moon) |
| Amhaηke wi (February, half days moon) |
| Iśtawićayazaη wi (March, sore eyes moon) |
| Maǵaokada wi (April, geese laying eggs moon) |
| Woźupi wi (May, planting moon) |
| Waźuśtećaśa wi (June, red strawberries moon) |
| Ćaηpaśa wi (July, red chokecherries moon) |
| Wasutoη wi (August, harvest moon) |
| Ćaηwah́peǵi wi (September, leaves turning brown moon) |
| Ćaηwah́pekasna wi (October, falling leaves moon) |
| Tahećapśuη wi (November, shedding antlers moon) |
| Ćaηkapopa wi (December, trees popping moon) |
| Taηćaη (Body parts) | |
| Nasu (brain) | Niǵe (belly, waist) |
| A (armpit) | Ćekpa (naval, belly button) |
| Itehu (forehead) | Ćeźi (tongue) |
| Abdo (shoulder blade) | Ćeća (thighs) |
| Pesdete (crown of the head) | Ćehupa (jaw) |
| Ćaηkahu (back) | Husdi (shin) |
| Iha (lips) | Tahu (neck) |
| Maku (chest) | Sićoǵaη (calf of leg) |
| Pute (top lip) | Naźute (back of the neck) |
| Iśti (bottom lip) | Siyete (heel) |
| Dote (throat) | Nite (lower part of the back) |
| Ćuwi (sides of the back and stomach) |
Additional Culture, Values, the Universe
| Waoηspeka kićaηyaηpi (Culture) |
| Tate Topa (Four Directions) |
| Wiyoh́peya (west) |
| Wiyohiyaηpa (east) |
| Waziyata (north) |
| Itokaǵa (south) |
| Oćeti Śakowiη (Seven Council Fires) |
| Wah́petoηwaη (Wah́petoη, 'Dwellers among the Leaves') |
| Mdewakaηtoηwaη (Mdewakaηtoη, 'Dwellers of the Spirit Lake') |
| Sisitoηwaη (Sisseton, 'Dwellers of the Fish Ground') |
| Wah́pekute (Wah́pekute, 'Leaf Shooters') |
| Ihaηktoηwaη (Yankton, 'Dwellers at the End') |
| Ihaηktoηwana (Yanktonais, 'Little Dwellers at the End') |
| Titoηwaη (Teton, 'Prairie Dwellers') |
| Ihaηktoηwaη Dakota Tiośpaye Śakowiη (Seven Yankton Dakota Clans) |
| Ćaηkute Tiośpaye (Shooters in the Woods Clan) |
| Ćaǵu Tiośpaye (Lung Clan) |
| Ihaisdaye Tiośpaye (Mouth Greasers Clan) |
| Ikmu Tiośpaye (Cat Clan) |
| Oyate Śića Tiośpaye (Bad Nation Clan) |
| Waćeoηpa Tiośpaye (Roasters Clan) |
| Wakmuha Oiη Tiośpaye (Pumpkin Rind Earring Clan) |
| Wakaη (Spiritual, Sacred) |
| Wakaη Taηka (Great Spirit, God) |
| Wiwaηyagwaćipi (Sundance) |
| Yuwipi (Spiritual Ceremony) |
| Woćekiya (Prayer, pray) |
| Woćekiya Odowaη (Prayer songs, hymns) |
| Tipi Wakaη (Sacred house, church) |
| Initi (Sweat-house, to have sweat ceremonies) |
| Íśnati (Coming of Age ceremony) |
| Waćipi (pow wow, dance) |
| Wakaηśića (Bad Spirit, Devil) |
| Naǵi (Soul, spirit) |
| Wanaǵi (Ghost) |
| Wakiηyaη (Thunder Being) |
| Iya (Spiritual Creature) |
| Uηktomi (Spider Being, spider) |
| Heyoka (Unnatural Spiritual Creature, backwards creature) |
| Waziya (Spiritual Giant Creature of the North, Santa Claus) |
| Ćaηotina (Little Spiritual Creature of the Woods) |
| Uηh́ćeǵiná/Uηkteh́i (Spiritual Creature of the Water, whale, mastadon, extinct animal) |
| Woteh́iηda (Values) |
| Wowaoηśida (compassion) |
| Woyuoηihaη (honor) |
| Wowićake (honesty) |
| Siηtomni (Universe) | Anpetu tokeća (Weather) |
| Wicaηh́pi omani (planet) | Omaśte/amaśteya (sunny) |
| Mah́piya (heaven) | Amah́piya (cloudy) |
| Wanaǵitaćaηku (milky way) | Maǵaźu/hiηhaη (rain, rainy) |
| Wakaηwoh́pa (meteor) | Mnibozaη (drizzle, mist) |
| Wićaηh́pisiηtetoη (comet) | Wasu/wasu hiηhaη (hail, hailstorm) |
| Wih́muηke (rainbow) | Wa/wahiηhaη (snow/snowing) |
| Tate (air, wind) | Ibobdu (blizzard) |
| Makoće (land, country) | Ćaǵa (ice, icy) |
| Iηyaη (rock) | Tate, tateyaηpa (wind, windy) |
| Iηyaηteh́ika (gemstones) | Tateohitika (tornado, hurricane) |
| Maza (metal, minerals) | Tateiyuhomni (whirlwind, cyclone) |
| Mniwaηća (sea, ocean) | Wapuza/maǵaźuśni (drought) |
| Wakpa (river) | Wakiηyaηhotoη (thunder, thundering) |
| Wakpana (creek) | Wakiηyaηtoηwaηpi (lightening) |
| Bde (lake) | |
| Mniośkokpa (pond, spring) | |
| Mni (water) | |
| H́e/pahataηka (mountains) | |
| H́e/paha (hill, hills) | |
| Makośmaka (ditch, valley) | |
| Makaomdaye (plains) | |
| Makoće waićaǵeśni (desert) | |
| Pteǵa (swamp) | |
| Maka (dirt) | |
| Ćasmu (sand) | |
| Upśiźa (mud) | |
| Ćaη (trees) | |
| Wato/makoće etaηhaη waićaǵa (plants) |
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| Wićaśa (man, mankind) | |
| Wamakaśkaη (Animals) | Zitkana (Birds) |
| Ikmu (cat) | Kanǵitaηka (raven) |
| Ptewanuyaηpi (cattle) | Hoka (heron/stork) |
| Ptewiηye (cow) | Zićaśapena/śiyośapena (quail, bob-white) |
| Pteźićenaη (calf) | Zitkataηka/pteah́paye (blackbird) |
| Tabdoka/ptebdoka (bull) | Zitkazi (canary) |
| Kukuśa (pig) | Maǵaska (swan) |
| Tah́ćaska (sheep) | Hiηhaηpotakana (screech-owl) |
| Hekiηska (goat) | |
| Śoηśoηna (mule) | |
| Śoηśoηnah́ća (donkey) | |
| Tatokanaη (antelope) | |
| H́oka (badger) | |
| Mića (coyote) | |
| Heh́aka/Upaη (male elk, female elk) |
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| Hituηkanaη (mouse) | |
| Hituηktaηka (rat) | |
| Siηkpe (muskrat) | |
| Siηteśdataηka (opposum) | |
| Mastiηća (rabbit) | |
| Wića/wićiηtegdegdeǵa (raccoon) | |
| Waoηća/waoηćana (monkey) | |
| Mnaźa (lion) | |
| Ikmutaηka (cougar, panther) | |
| Ikmuh́ota (bobcat) | |
| Ikmugdeza (tiger) | |
| Ikmugdeśka (leopard) | |
| Putehaηska (elephant) | |
| Pasuhetoη (rhinoceros) | |
| Kukuśataηka (hippopotamus) | |
| Wamduśkana (Worms/Insects) | Wamduśka (Reptiles/Amphibians) |
| Taźuśka (ant) | Wamduśka/zuzuheća (snakes) |
| Kimimina h́ota (moth) | Siηteh́da (rattlesnake) |
| Wagdunaη (worms, maggots) | Ahdeśka (lizard) |
| Ṫuh́maǵa (bees) | Keya (turtles) |
| Ṫuh́maǵa haηska (wasp) | Mnitapih́a (toads) |
| Uηktomi (spider) | H́naśka (frog) |
| Tapopuśka (beetle) | Ahdeśkataηka (alligator, crocodile) |
| Unkćepah́miyaη (beetle, tumble bug) | |
| Heya (louse, lice) | |
| Haśaśa (bedbug) | |
| Tiośdona (house cricket) | |
| Waηyeća (firefly, lightning bug) | |
| Taskakpa (tick) | |
| Psipsićanaη (locust) | |
| Hana (flea) | |
| Susbeća (dragonfly) | |
Additional Dakota Kinship
| Dakota tiwahe (Dakota Kinship) |
| Saηpa huηkake (grandparents) |
| Kuηśi (grandmother) |
| Tuηkaśinaη (grandfather) |
| Huηkake (parents) |
| Takoźa (grandchild) |
| Takoźa hokśina (grandson) |
| Takoźa wićiηćana (granddaughter) |
| Hih́naku (husband) |
| Tawiću (wife) |
| Omaitoη (in-laws) |
| Tuηkaη (father-in-law) |
| Kuηku (mother-in-law) |
| Takośku (son/daughter in-law) |
| Tahaη (man's brother-in-law) |
| Śiće (woman's brother-in-law) |
| Haηka (man's sister-in-law) |
| Ićepaη (woman's sister-in-law) |
| Wakaηheźa/ćiηća (children, child) |
| Atkuku (his/her father) |
| Huηku (his/her mother) |
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| Lesson 7 | Lesson 8 | Lesson 9 | Lesson 10 | Lesson 11 | Lesson 12 |
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Shoshone
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Ilocano/Heilstuk
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Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan)
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Ojibwe/Algonquin
Yolandra Toya
Jicarilla Apache
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Comanche
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Founding Directors
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Yankton Sioux
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Comanche
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