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English |
Shawnee |
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God, or a deity |
Mon-nit-to |
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good God or deity |
wos-sa mon-nit-to |
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greatgod |
mis-si mon-nit-to |
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evil spirit or devil |
mot-chie mon-nit-to |
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snakes, worms, etc. |
mon-nit-to-kie |
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insects |
mon-nit-to-le-tha-kie |
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a man, or an Indian man |
lin-nie |
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an American |
mech-ta-coos-si-a |
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a Frenchman |
to-tie |
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a Spaniard |
spa-nie |
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men, Indians, etc. |
lin-nie-kie or
len-na-we-kie |
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a good man |
wos-sa-len-nie |
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a bad man |
mot-chie len-nie |
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bad men |
mot-chie len-na-we |
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you are a bad man |
kee mot-chie lin-na-we-wi-an-nie |
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Indians, generally |
len-no-we |
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a king, a headman |
o-ki-ma |
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kings |
o-ki-ma-kie |
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great or principal man |
me-kic-ki-lech-kie |
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a captain or chief warrior |
ne-noch-too |
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a warrior |
not-too-pol-wit-ta |
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warriors |
not-too-pol-wich-kie |
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going to war |
not-too-pol-wie |
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I am going to war |
nie-not-too-pol-wie |
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wise, sagacious |
le-pi-do-wa |
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wise men, couselors, etc. |
lep-woach-kie |
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an old man |
po-shi-to-tha |
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old men |
po-shi-to-tha-kie |
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the first man, or ancient men |
kech-ts-lin-nie or
kech-ta-len-na-we |
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old, or long since |
sech-com-mi-ka |
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lately, or notlong since |
moi-oc-kie |
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now, at this time |
in-nuc-kie |
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young, youthful |
mi-a-nie |
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a young man |
mi-a-nie lin-nie |
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young men |
mi-a-nie lin-nie-kie |
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hunting |
hol-la-wie |
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a hunter |
hol-la-wit-ta |
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hunters |
hol-la-wich-kie |
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I hunt |
nie hol-la-wie |
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you hunt |
kee hol-la-wie |
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they hunt |
hol-la-wee-kie |
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the hunting camp or grounds |
to-hol-la-wi-wa-chie |
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a woman |
ich-que or
ich-que-wa |
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women |
ich-que-kie or ich-que-wa-kie |
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a good woman |
wos-sa ich-que |
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a bad or ugly woman |
mot-chie ich-que |
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a young woman |
mi-a-nie ich-que |
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an old woman |
mic-kie-pwe-the-tha |
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good |
wos-sa |
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bad |
mot-chie or
mot-cha-thie |
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handsome or comely |
wil-li-thie |
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pretty |
sci-hot-tee |
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an infant or young child |
op-pel-loo-tha |
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infants, little children |
op-pel-loo-tha-kie |
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a little or young boy |
skil-la-we-the-tha |
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a little or young girl |
sque-the-tha |
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old women |
mic-kie-pwe-the-tha-kie |
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very good, superlative |
o-la-mi wos-sa superlative |
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excellent, or extraordinary |
al-al-li-ca wos-sa superlative |
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yes |
ah! Sounded long from the stomach |
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yes also |
skeal-la or
skeal-lie |
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so-so, or it may be so |
al-lah sounded long or tedious |
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that's it, or that's right |
ie-nie or
ie-nie-ke-lah |
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I am willing, or I am contented |
kep-pa-he |
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no |
mot-tah |
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no positively |
mot-ta-ye-chi-we |
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nothing at all |
mot-ta-wie-a-he |
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none or none at all |
mot-ta-la-qua |
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thought, or to think |
ish-et-te-he |
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I think |
nie-tish-et-te-he or ish-et-te-he-ia |
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you think |
kee-tish-et-te-he |
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do you think ? |
a-kee-tish-et-te-he |
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what do you think ? |
swe-kee-tish-et-te-he or
muckh-swe-kee-sish-et-tepe |
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I think nothing at all |
motta-wee-a-he nie-tish-et-te-he |
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big or large |
mis-oi or mes-sa-wie |
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long |
ken-ha-wie or ken-wha-wie |
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far or afar off |
pel-la-wie |
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small |
moitch-qua-thie |
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little or diminutive |
chuc-kie or chuc-ki-a-thie or chuc-ki-lo-thu-thie |
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short |
moich-qua-thie |
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so long or that long |
ee-nee-e-lick-he |
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that large or that size |
ee-nee-el-lic-kel-lo |
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so big |
ee-nee-el-lick-ich-qua-kie |
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exactly |
kit-tes-kie |
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tall |
ken-noch-quie molspie or mol-spie-thie |
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short or low in stature |
mol-spee-thee-thie |
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lusty, corpulent |
mith-och-quie |
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a lusty, corpulent man |
mith-och-quie lin-nie |
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drunk or drunkenness |
wan-ni-tho |
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a drunkard |
wan-ni-thot-ta |
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drunkards |
wan-ni-thotch-kie |
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sober or sobriety |
wee-loo-thie |
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sober people, people not fond of drink |
wee-loo-thich-kie |
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got sober, or after being drunk |
op-pi-wan-ni-tho |
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I am got sober |
nit-op-pi-wan-ni-tho |
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you are got sober |
kit-op-pi-wan-ni-tho |
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angry or enraged |
wi-oc-ko-we |
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an angry or enraged person |
wi-oc-ko-wet-ta |
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good-hearted, well-meaning person |
wos-sit-te-he-thie |
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well-disposed people |
wos-sit-te-hech-I-kie |
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evil thinking |
mot-chit-te-he |
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an evil thinker |
mot-chit-te-he-thie |
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ill-disposed, evil-minded people |
mot-chit-te-hech-kie |
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lost, to be lost |
wan-nie |
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lost, to lose |
wanh-too |
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lost, or deranged in mind |
wan-ni-ne |
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an idiot, fool, or crazy person |
wan-ni-suc-ka |
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an apparition, ghost or spectre |
chip-pom-mie |
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father (my) |
noo-tha |
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grandfather |
mis-sum-tha |
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mother (my) |
nic-kea or nic-kea-he |
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grandmother |
nooch-coom-tha or
nooch-coom-tha-he |
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uncle |
shee-tha |
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my nephew |
nie-lo-quol-tha |
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older brother |
the-tha |
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younger brother or sister |
thee-me-tha |
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elder sister |
mee-tha |
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husband |
wes-si-a or
wes-oi-an-na |
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a wife |
wee-wal-lie or
wee-wa |
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my wife |
nie-wa or
nie-ha-can-ni-mie |
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a child or my child |
nee-cha or
nee-chan |
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children or my children |
nee-chan-na-kie or nee-cha-ni-na-kie |
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marry or marriage |
us-sal-lit-ta |
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married |
us-sal-lit-tom-mo |
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cousin, or brother or sister-in-law |
nee-li-mo |
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a hole |
wos-sol-la-cut-tie |
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a large hole |
mis-sol-la-cut-tie |
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a small hole |
motch-qual-la-cut-tie |
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a very small hole |
motch-qual-la-cot-too-thie |
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anything round, a ring or circle |
wa-wa-wi-a-kie |
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a whirlpool |
wa-wi-och-toc-kie |
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a wheel, carriage, or thing that turns round |
te-tep-thi-te |
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a cataract or waterfall |
quosk-toc-kie |
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swiftness, a rapid current or stream |
kis-shich-ton-nie |
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still, calm, quiet, not turbid |
noo-le |
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still, calm, or smooth water |
noo-lech-ton-nie or noo-leck-toc-kie |
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wind, breezes, etc. |
mis-sich-con-ne |
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very windy, tempestuous, boisterous |
o-la-mi mis-sich-con-ne |
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cold |
wea-pie |
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frost |
tho-cut-chie |
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a person frozen or frost-bitten |
cou-shin-no-kie |
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frozen water |
tho-cut-tin-nie |
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frozen up or frozen over |
kee-pot-tin-nie |
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snow |
coo-ne or koo-ne |
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rain |
kim-mee-wa-nie |
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lightning |
nimph-kie |
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thunder |
nimph-kee-wan-nie |
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the sun |
kee-sha-thwa |
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the moon |
keesh-thwa |
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the stars |
le-coc-kie |
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clear and hot sunshine |
och-quot-ti-te |
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cloudy and sultry |
poth-quot-te |
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daylight |
wap-po-ne |