A
A-ah! - Watch out.
agles'ka - Lizard.
agli - to return.
aguipi - browned meat or food.
ahunka - coyote. (Nakota say S'ungmanitu)
akeeya - repeat.
akewancinyankin kte (or ktelo) - until I see you.
amba - goodbye (short version)
anapo - to count coup.
Ate - Father (also Uncle - his father's brothers)
awi - they.
B
blotan hunka - war leaders or chiefs.
C
cahotska - frost
Canapegi Wi - September (moon when leaves turn brown.)
Canapekasna Wi - October (moon when leaves fall.)
canh'a - turtle
Canku Wakan - Holy Road (the Oregon Trail.)
Cannanpopa Wi - February (moon of popping trees.)
cansasa - tobacco (shredded inner bark of red willow, red dogwood or red alder.)
cansiyo - prairie chicken
canska - red legged hawk
cante - don't
canupa - pipe
ce - manhood (penis)
cetan - hawk
cha - without
Chaka dee Wapka - The Powder River
champah or chapa - beaver
chante - heart
chante ista - the one eye of the heart
chante sica - sad heart (cante chante sica yaun sai ye - don't have a sad heart.)
chikala - little or small
chun - tree
chun humpi ska - sugar (literally translated as tree juice.)
cikala Lakota wowaglake? - Do you speak Lakota?
cola or kola - friend (colapi - friends.)
cunka - shield
E
esnella - a loner
ey-hee! - alas!
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
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
na - and
nacacijin - loyal, faithful
nacha - great, noble
Nahan rei ni wayon heon - I am still alive
najin - standing
nakun - known
napin - necklace
Natan uskay! - Attackers are coming!
niyaha - feather
nunpi (or nunpa) - two
O
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 Paha Sapa (sometimes Pa Sapa) - The Black Hills
paha - mountain, butte
pah-hi - porcupine
palamo - thanks
Pani - the Pawnee
Pankeska Wakpa - Shell River (Platte river)
papa - dried buffalo meat (jerky)
pehan - crane
Pehingnunipi - May (moon of shredding ponies)
Peji Sluta - Greasy Grass
pejula - medicine
pejula sapa - coffee (literal translation - black medicine)
pejula wacasa - medicine man (sometimes pejuta wicasa)
pesla - bald
peta - stone
pezuta wicasa - herbalist (healer) pi - to use for
pila mita - my thanks
pispinza - prairie dog (the n is almost silent)
Psatoka - Crows (Absaroka)
ptan - otter
pte - buffalo (cow)
ptecila - small buffalo
pteyahpa - cowbird
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