Nouns, Adverbs, Prepositions

a/an: waŋ
ability: wóokihi
above: iwaŋkab
(from) above: waŋkátanhaŋ
accordingly: ognáyaŋ
acorn: úta
across: kówakataŋ, glakíŋyaŋ
action: óhaŋ, wicóhaŋ
(from) afar: téhaŋtaŋhaŋ
affection wacáŋtognakapi
after: óhakab, íyohakab
after (a while): áetu
afternoon: wícokaŋhiyaya
afterwards: óhakab
again: aké
again (and again): lehíŋcita
agency: owákpamni
agent: atéyapi
(a while) ago: lecáš
aid: wawókiye
airplane: kiŋyékiyapi
almost: nuŋsé
also: kóya, nakúŋ
altar: wáuŋ
alternatively: uŋmá tóktok
although: kéyaš, ešá
always: óhiŋni
ammunition: icúte
among: égna
and: na
angel: oglígle wakaŋ
animal: wamákaškaŋ
(domestic) animal: waníyaŋpi
ankle: iškáhu
announcer: éyapaha
answer: wóayupte
ant: tajúnška
anybody: tuwé kakeš
anymore: icínuŋpani
anyway: éšeš
apostle: wahóšiya
apple: taspáŋ

bark (of a tree): caŋhá
bark (of a dog): wapápa
barrel: koká
baseball: tapápapi
basket: psawógnaka
bathroom: oíhe
bead: pšitó
beadmaker: wakšúpi
bean: omníca
bear: mató
beard: putíŋhiŋ
bear-skin: matóha
beast: wámakaškaŋ
beaver: cápa
because: icíŋ, caŋké
bed: oyúŋke
beer: mnipíga
before (in the prescence of): itókab
beginning: óiŋkpa, otókahe, ohíyu
behind: ihákab
behind (you): nihéktab
bell: hlahlá
belli: ikpí
below: kúta
(from) below: kútaŋhaŋ
belt: ipíyake
beneath: ohláteya
beside: isákib
between: okó
beyond: akótaŋhaŋ, akókiya
bird: zintkála
birth: tóŋpi
blackboard: canbláska sápa
Black Elk: Heháka sápa
Black Hills: He sápa
blanket: šiná
blood: we
blow: apá
board: caŋbláska
boat: wáta
body: taŋcáŋ
body (of human): wicátaŋcaŋ
bone: húhu
book: wówapi
boss: itáŋcaŋ
bottle: jaŋjáŋ
bottom: ceté
bow: itázipa
box: caŋógnaka
boy: hokšíla
bracelet: napóktaŋ
brain: nasúla
branch: alétka
bread: agúyapi špaŋ
breakfast: híhaŋniwotapi
breast: makú
(woman's) breast: mamá
breath: oníyaŋ
breathing: jiŋyelá
brethren: takúyapi
brick: ínyaŋsa špaŋyaŋpi
bridge: ceyáktoŋpi
bridle: ípahte
broom: icáhiŋte
buck: heháka
bucket: céga
buffalo (cow): pte
buffalo (male): tatáŋka
bug: wablúška
bull: pteblóka
bullet: mázasu
burden: hugnága
burn: špaŋ
but: éyas, tka, ška
butcher: ptektékiŋ
butte: pahá
butter: asáŋpi wigli
butterfly: kimímila
button: ceškíkaŋ
by (the side) isákib

cabbage: wahpé yutapi
cake: aguyápi skúyela
calendar: wiyáwapi
calf: ptehíŋcala
camp: wicóti
candy: cáŋhaska, waskúyeca
cane: sagyé
canoe: wáta
cap: wapóštaŋ
captain: akícita itaŋcaŋ
captive: wayáka
carefully: iwáŋyaŋgya, iwáštela
carpenter: caŋpájipe
cat: igmú
catcher: wawóyuspa
catfish: howásapa
catholic (person): Sápuŋ
cattle: wamákaškaŋ
cave: makóhloka
cedar: haŋté
center: cokáta
ceremony: wicóhaŋ
certainly: ciŋtók, éšeš
chair: oákaŋ yaŋké
change: kašpápi
cheek: tapúŋ
cheese: asáŋpi súta
cherry: caŋpá
chest: makú
Cheyenne: Šahíyela
chicken: kókeyahuŋla
chief: itáŋcaŋ
child: ciŋcá
childhood: icága
chin: ikú
chippewa: pahátoŋ
chocolate: pejútašazi
church: típi wakáŋ, owácekiŋye
cigar: caŋlíyugmuŋpi
cigarette: caŋlí
circle: wómime
city: oyúpota
claw: šaké
clearly: taŋiŋyaŋ
clock: mázaškaŋškaŋ
close (by): kaŋyéla
(a little) closer: ektáwapa
cloth: mnihúha
clothes: wókoyake hayápi
cloud: mahpíya
clown: heyóka
club: caŋksá
coal: cahlí
coast: óhuta
coat: ógle
coffee: wakályapi
coffee bean: pejútasapa
coffin: caŋwógnaka
coloring: wílute
colt: šuŋkcíca
comb: glakcá
comfortably: owášteya
comforter: wicákikcaŋpte
commandment: wóiwahoye
communion: wóyute wakáŋ
container: paŋ
(on the) contrary: ecáŋleš
cook: wóhaŋ, wóhela
corn: wagmíza
cotton: popópa
council: omníciye
country: makóce
court: owáyasu
cousin (male): tahánši
cousin (female): haŋkáši
cow: ptewíŋyela
cowboy: pteóle, pteóle hokšila
coyote: šuŋgmánitu
crane: hoká
creek: wakpála
crime: wicóhan šíca
cross: caŋícipawega
crossing: oíyuwege
crow: kangí
crying person: éyapaha
cup: wíyatke
cut: kiyúksa
cyclone: yumní

daily: otóiyohi
dance: wacípi
dance hall: owáci
darkness: oíokpaza
daughter: cúŋkši
daughter in law: takóš
dawn: áŋpo
day: aŋpétu
(next) day: ihíŋhaŋna
(every) day: oáŋpetuka
daybreak: áŋpao
daylight: áŋpa
daytime: aŋpóskaŋtu
death: wicóŋte
debts: icázopi
deceiver: wicágnaye
deer (male): táhca
deer (female): heháka
den: otí
depth: ošmé
desert: makóskaŋl, makóšica
destroyer: wawíhaŋgya
devil: wakáŋšica
dew: cu
difficulty: wótehi
dime: kašpápi
dining room: owóte típi
denner: wícokaŋhiya wótapi
(in that) direction: héciya, hétkiya
directly: átayela
disbelief: wacétuŋglapi
distribution: wakpámnipi
division: okášpa
doctor: pejúta wicaša
dog: šúŋka
dollar: mázaska
donkey: šúŋšuŋla
door: tiyópa
dove: wakíŋyela
down: kul
down (stream): ihútab
downward: kútakiya
dream: haŋble
dress: cuwígnaka
drink: wóyatke
drowsiness: wicáhwa
drum: cáŋcega
drunkard: itómni
duck: makáksica, pagóŋta
dust: makáblu

each (one): iyóhila
eagle: waŋblí
ear (human): nóŋge
ear (animal): nakpá
early morning: híŋhaŋnahci
earth: maká
(on) earth: makáta
east: wíhinapa
edge: óhuta
egg: wítka
eight: w'aglógan
elders: huŋkákepi
elk (male): heháka
elk (female): uŋpáŋ
elm: pecaŋ
elsewhere: leháŋyaŋ
end: oíhaŋke, íŋkpa
enemy: tóka, tóka wicáša
English (language): wašícuŋ iyápi
entirely: átaya
entrails: taníga
equally: ákilecelya, iyéhaŋyaŋ
evening: htáyetu
evening glow: wiágahpetu
everybody/everyone: taŋíyohila
evildoer: šilwáecoŋ
exactly (so): ecéhci
example: wóiwaŋyaŋke
exceedingly: iyótaŋ
experience: akípa, wóakipa
expert: wópika
extroardinarily: lílahci
eye: ištá
eye-glasses: ištámaza

face: ité
faith: wówicala
fall/autumn: ptaŋyétu
(last) fall: ptaŋyétuhaŋ
falsehood: wówicakešni
family: tiwáhe
famine: wicáakihaŋ
fan: ícalu
far (away): téhaŋtu
far from: ítehaŋ
farm: owójupikiŋ
farther (back): hétawapa
fat: wašiŋ
father: até
(you) father: niyáte
fatness: wicácepi
fear: okókipe
fearlessly: iníhaŋšni
feather: wíyaka
female: wíŋyaŋ
fence: caŋkáška
few (people, things): huŋh
field: mága
fifty: wikcémna záptaŋ
fight: kicízapi
fighting: kicízapi, okícize
finally: hankéyaš, óhaŋketa
finger: napsú
fingernail: šaké
fire: péta
firmly: sutáya
first: tokáhe
firstly: tokáheya
fish: hogáŋ
fisherman: hokúwa wicáša
five: záptaŋ
flesh: cehpí
(human) flesh: wicácehpi
flock: optáye
floor: owáŋka, cówiŋja
flow: kalúze
flower: wanáhca, wahcá
flu: koáktaŋ wicókuje
fly: tehmúnga
fog: po
food: wóyute
foolishly: witkótkoya
foot: si
footprint:oyé
football: sítapa
for (because): icíŋ
for (preposition): kíci
forehead: itúhu
forever: oíhaŋke waníl
fork: wícape, wótapi
formerly: héhaŋ
fortune: wápika
forty: wikcémna tópa
fountain: wiwíla
four: tópa
fox: šuŋgíla
frankly: taŋiŋyaŋ
frequently: ijéhaŋ
Friday: aŋpétu záptaŋ
friend: kóla
friendly indian: lakóta
frog: gnaška
from: etáŋhaŋ
from above: waŋkataŋhaŋ
from below: kútaŋhaŋ
from here: letáŋ
frost: heyúŋka
fruit: waskúyeca
fur: hiŋ
further (on): akówapa
further (away): heyápaya

game: oškáte
garden: owóju
garments: hayápi
garter: húŋcase
gate: tiyópa
general (of an army): akícita
generation: wicóicage
gently: wáhwaya, wáhwayela
ghost: wnági
girl: wicíŋcala
gladly: caŋtéwašteya
glass: janjáŋ
glasses (eyeglasses): ištámaza
glory: wówitaŋ, wókiŋhaŋ
glove: napíŋkpa
God: Wakáŋtaŋka
gold: mázaska zi
goodness: wicówašte, wówašte
goose: magá
gopher: wahíŋkeya
grandchild: takója
grandfather: tuŋkášila
grandmother: uŋcí
grape: cuŋwíyapehe
grass: pejí
grasshopper: gnugnúška
gravel: ihé, ihémaka
grave: wicáhapi
grease: sla
ground: maká
(on the) ground: makáta
guide: tuŋwéya
gum: caŋšíŋ
gun: máza wakaŋ
guts: šupé

hailstone: wasú
(animal) hair: hiŋ
hair (from the head): pehíŋ
half: okíse
hammer: imáziyapa
hand: napé
handkerchief: itépakiŋte
hangover: itómni-opisni
hardware (store): mázatipi
harness: caŋpágmi-iciŋ
hat: wapóštaŋ
hawk: cetáŋ
hay: pejí
he: íye
head: natá
headache: natá mayazaŋ
health: wózaŋni
heart: caŋté
heaven: mahpíya
heel: siyéte
help; wóokiya
hen: šiyó
henceforth: letáŋhaŋ
her: íye
herb: wató
here: lel, léta
hide: ináhma, naháma
hill: pahá, pehá
hip: nité
hired man: wóilaka
hog: kukúše
hole: ohlóka
honesty: wóowotaŋla
honor: wókinihaŋ, wówitaŋ
hoop: caŋgléška
hope: wóape
horn: he, ptehé
horse: súŋkawakáŋ
hospital: okúja tipi
hour: oápe
house: típi
how: tókel, tóketu
how long: toháŋyaŋ
how many: tóna
however: tókehci
humbly: iglúhukulyakel
humility: óŋšihaŋpi
hundred: opáwiŋge
hunt: wanása, ikígni
husband: hignaŋ
hymn: olówaŋ

I: miš
ice: cága
if: eháŋtaš, kiŋháŋ
immediately: wáŋcak
in: el, ektá, mahel
incense: wazílya
indeed: áwicakeya
Indian: Lakotá, ikcé wicáša
indoors: timá
ink: mnísapa
inquiry: igní
insect: wablúška
inside: ímahel, mahel
inspector: wapásikiŋ
instead: ée, ecáŋleš
interpreter: iyéska, iéska
intestine: šupé
iron: máza
island: wíta
it: íye

jail: okáške
jar: céga
jawbone: cehúpa
job: wicóhaŋ, wówaši
journey: oíglake
joy: wówiyuškiŋ
joyfully: caŋtéwašteya
judgement: wicáyasupi
justly: owótanla

kettle: maká cega
key: tiyópa iyúšloke
kidney: ajúŋtka, tajuŋtka
kind (as in, a type, a kind): ocáje
(what) kind: tákca
kindness: wówašte
king: wicašayatáŋpi
kingdom: wókicoŋze
kiss: oíputake
kitten: igmúla
kneww: caŋkpé
knife: míla
knuckle: ókihe

labor (work): wówaši
labor (childbirth): hokšíksuya
lake: ble
lamb: ciŋcála
lamp: wápaha
land: maká, makóce
latchet: haŋkpáŋ
lately: lecála
later (on): tokáta, tokátakiya
law: wóope
lead bullet: mázasu
leader: itáŋcaŋ
leaf: caŋwápe
left side of body: catkátaŋhaŋ
leg: hu
leisurely: asníkiya
length: oháŋska
leper: wayákayaha, špaháŋhaŋpi
lesson: wóoŋspe
letter: wówapi
life: wicóni
light: iyóyaŋpa
lightning: wakáŋgli
like (similar to): iyécel
likely: itéka
limbs: háka
lion: igmú táŋka (lit: "big cat")
(lower) lip: ihá
(upper) lip: puté
lively: niyákel
liver: tapí
loaf of bread: agúyapi, agúyapi špaŋ
locust: gnugnúška
log: caŋ
log house: caŋtípi
loin: pagé
looking glass: míoglasiŋ
loud voice: hótaŋka
love: wówaštelaka
lovingly: caŋtógnagya
lowly: óŋšike
luck: oglú
lumber: caŋbláska
lungs: cagú

magician: wicáhmunga
magpie: uŋkcékiha
maid (servant): wówaši wíŋyaŋ
mail: wówapi
mail carrier: wówapi tokšú
male (human): wicá
male (animal): bloká
man: wicáša, wicá
(young) man: koškálaka
(old) man: wicáhcala
mane: apéyohaŋ
map: makóceowapi
mare: šuŋkwíŋyela
marrow: tacúpe
mask: itéha
Mass: wócekiye
match: yuílepi
maybe: uŋgnáš
me: míye miš, míye
me too: míseya
meantime: koháŋ
measure: wíyute
meat: taló
medicine: pejúta
medicine man: pejúta wicáša
meeting: omníciye
messenger: oglígle, wahóšiyapi
metal: máza, mázaska
middle: icókabya, cokáŋyaŋ
midnight: haŋcókaŋyaŋ
mile: makíyutapi
milk: asáŋpi
mind: tawáciŋ
nevermind: tókašni
mine: mitáwa
minute: oháŋko
miracle: wicóhaŋ táŋka
mirror: míyoglasiŋ
mission (religious): Sápauŋ
missouri river: mníšoše
mist: po
monday: aŋpétu tokáhe
money: mázaska (synonym of metal)
month: wiyáwapi
moon: wi
moreover: nákuŋ
morning: híŋhaŋna
early morning: híhanahci
mosquito: capúŋka
mother: iná
motion: óškaŋ
motor: iyéciŋka
mountain: he
mountain sheep: héciŋškayapi
mouse: itúŋkala, hitóŋkala
mouth: i
human mouth: wicái
mower: wínakseya
mule: šóŋšoŋla
multitude: wicóta
murderer: tíwicakte
music: lowáŋpi
mute: iéšni
my: mitáwa
mysteriously: wakáŋyaŋ

nail (spike): maswíyo katáŋ
nail (fingernail/toenail): šaké
name: cajé
near: kaŋyéla
nearby: kiyéla
nearly: kiníl, nuŋsé
neck: tahú
necklace: wanápiŋ
nephew: tuŋšká
nest: hohpí, wahóhpi
net (fish): hoípate
never: tóhaŋni-šni
nevertheless: ška
news: wótaŋiŋ
newspaper: wótaŋiŋ wówapi
necly: yupíya
niece: tojáŋ
night: haŋyétu, haŋhépi
no: hiyá
nobody: tuwéni
noisily: okóya
none: waŋjíni
noon: wícokaŋ heyáye
north: wazíyata
nose: póge, pasú
nothing: takuni
now: leháŋl, waná
nowhere: tukténi
nut: yahúgapi

oak tree: útahu caŋ
occupation: oháŋ
of: uŋ
offering: wówicakupi
often: yéhaŋ, óta
oil: wígli
on: akáŋ, el, akáŋl
once: wáŋca
onion: pšiŋ
only: léce
or: naíns
orange fruit: taspáŋ zi
orchard: cáŋowoju
orphan: wablénica
otter: ptaŋ
our: uŋkíta
ours: unkítawapi
outside: taŋkál
over: ópta
over and over: pipíya
overseer: awáŋyaŋka
owl: hiŋháŋ

pack (like a backpack, I think): wakíŋpi
paint: wíyuŋ
painting: itówapi
palate: caká
palm: nabcóca
pants: oŋzóge
paper: mnihúha
parable: wíyaciŋpi
parents: kuŋkákepi
part: haŋké
partly: haŋkéla
pasture: owáyašla
pate: pesléte
path: caŋkú
Pawnee: Paláni
pay: wókajuju
payment: wíši
peace: wówahwa
peacefully: okáblaya
pear: taspáŋ hiŋšmá
peel: ha
pemmican: wakápapi wasná
pen: mnisápa wícazo
pencil: wícazo
penny: mázašala
people: oyáte
pepper: yamnúmnugapi
perhaps: uŋgnáš
plant: ojú
plate: wakší blaská
play: oškáte
plow: makáyubla
plum: káŋta
point (of lang): iyolaj,oŋ
pole: sáta
police: caŋksáyuha
policeman: caŋksáyuha, wawóyuspa
poplar: wahcíŋca
population: oyáte
porcelain: paŋkéska
porcupine: pahíŋ
possessions: wóyuha
properly: ecél, taŋyáŋ
property: wóyuha
provisions: wóyute, oŋwéya
prudently: waktáya
prune: káŋta sápa
publican: wíšimnaye
pudding: wójapi
puddle: mníyušpala
pumpkin: wagmú
pupil (student): wayáwapi
puppy: šuŋhpála

quarrel: wákinica
quarter: šókela
queen: wíŋyaŋyatapi
question: wíyuŋgapi
quickly: oháŋkoya, iyáŋkni
quill: pahíuŋ
quiver: wáŋju

Numbers:
1. Waŋjí
2. Núŋpa
3. Yamní
4. Tópa
5. Záptaŋ
6. Šákpe
7. Šakówiŋ
8. Šaglógaŋ
9. Napcíunka
10. Wikcémna

Wíŋyaŋ = woman

ská = white

cíkala = small

tókeca = strange

mahpíya = sky

ocágku = road

wakpá = river

bláha = wide

ksápa = wise

H

Hahawokpa - River of Canoes (Mississippi river.)
halhate - magpie
hanblecheyapi - vision quest (crying for a vision.)
hanhepi-wi - moon (literal translation is night sun.)
Hanskaska - Wolf society
hau, hou or hao - hello
hayhahkah - elk (bull - hehaka; cow - unpan the n's are only just pronounced)
hecheto aloe - It is finished
hecheto welo - It is done well, it is good
heech - owl
hechinshkayapi - mountain sheep
hehaka - elk or mouse
Hehaka Wakpa - Elk River (Yellowstone River.)
hehoka - contraries
Heska - the Shining Mountains (the Bighorn Mountains.)
hetukhasan - weasel
heyah - no
heyoka - clown
hin (or han) - yes
hinhan - owl
hohe - enemy
hoka - badger
hokagica - heron
hoppo - let us go
hunka - chosen
Hunkapi - The Making of Relatives Ceremony
hunkayapi - chosen relatives
hunkaschila - young men
hunkeshne - slow
hupacansakala - swallow (the bird)
hupakigulake - bat

i-g-mutanka - mountain lion (the n is almost silent)
igmuhota or ig muguleza - lynx (also wildcat or bobcat.)
Ihoka - Badger Society (literal translation - badger mouth.)
iktomi - spider
ina - mother (used in the context of the dynamic and active power of the earth.)
inska - excuse me
inyan - stone
lotancila - I love you
Ishna Ta Awi Cha Lowan - Buffalo Ceremony (Preparing for Womanhood.)
ishta - she, female, girl
isnati - bleeding (menstruation.)
isn tipi - the alone lodge (where women went during menstruation.)
itaytkahlah or tashnahecha - chipmunk
iyotake - sitting

J

jialepa - meadowlark
jigala - little

K

kaga - demon
kangi - crow
kangi tanka - raven
Kangi yha - Crow Owners Society
kapi - story
kiksuyapi - remember
kimimila - butterfly
kin - this
kokipa - fear
ksape - knows or sees
kte - dead, killed
kuwapi - is chased by

L

le mita - mine
le mita cola - my friend
le mita pila - my thanks
leksi - uncle (his mother's brothers.)
lela - very
lela oosni - very cold
lochicha - mink
lowan - to sing (or singer.)
lowan henica? are you a singer?
luta - red

M

ma or maki - mother
maga - goose
magaksica - duck
magaska - swan
mahhapahskaychah - martin
mahpiya - sky
Mahpiyato - the Arapaho (Blue Clouds.)
mahpyua - cloud
Mahpyua Luta - Red Cloud
mahstinchala - snowshoe rabbit
mahstinshkah - jack rabbit
mahto - bear (grizzly - mahto-shahkay hanska; black - mahto-wahhay seecha; brown - mahto-hotah.)
Maka - Earth
Maka Blu Wakpa - Shifting Sands River (Powder River.)
maka mani - to walk
makah - skunk
Kake Ska - White Earth River (White River of South Dakota.)
mato - bear
maya owicha paka - fate (literal translation - he who pushes you off the cliff.)
mayugo - I'm tired
maza - metal
maza canku - iron
maza ska - silver, white metal
meeyahslaychalah or ma shlecha - coyote
meeyah chah - kit fox
micaje - my name is
mieyobo - I am
minne (or mni) - waters
minne sota - many waters
minne wakan - holy water (usually used to describe whiskey)
mita - mine
Mita kuye ayasin - We are relatives (also Miataku Oyasin)
Miwatini - Owl Society
Mnilusa - Running Water river ( Niobrara river)
Mnisose - Muddy Water river ( Missouri river)
moksins - moccasins

N

ocheti -seven
ohan - wear this
ohinyan - forever
ohitka - brave, courageous
ohunka - false, untrue
oiowan - song
Okaga - the Spirit of the south
onikare - sweat lodge
Onjinjintka Wakpa - Red Flower Creek (Rosebud Creek)
oo-oohey - it is time
oosni - cold
opawinge - one hundred
opiaon - smoke vent
optate - to choose
otonwanhe - village, town
owa - wound
owa sicha - bad wound
owatamla - straight tongue
owotonna - honest, straight
Oyatenupa - the Omaha tribe (the Two Circle People)
ozuye - warrior

P

ANT
Tajus’ka
Ta-zhoos-kar BADGER
Hoka
Ho-karBAT
Hupaki gulake
Hoo-pa-kee-goo-lah-kehBEAVER
Champa or Chapa
Cham-pah or Char-pahBEETLE
Sipawicayaksa
Shee-pa-wee-cha-yahk-shahBIGHORN MOUNTAIN SHEEP
Hecinshka yapi
Hech-in-shka yah-pee