Potawatomi Language

vocab and grammar

vocab and grammar


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Created / Updated 26.06.2015 / 26.06.2015
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table, tables

i dopwën, ni dopwënën

who, what, when, where, how

wénije, wegwnijë, nijëpi, nipijë, nijëna

does s.t.

zhechgé

plays cards

wtadi

eating

wishnë

eats s.i.

mijën

eats s.a.

mwa

cooks

wjanda

sleeps

mba

says s.t.

këdo

talks

gigdo

is at (someplace); is there

is s.t. or s.o. in particular

yawë

sells or trades

dawé

buys s.t.

gishpnëdon

buys s.o.

gishpnëna

walks

bmosé

runs

bmëpto

gets in or rides in a car or vehicle

bozé

drives

zgabyéngé

drinks

mnëkwé

has s.t.; or puts s.t. at some place

ton;  I have, I put - ndëton (only present tense)

has s.o,; or puts s.o. at some place

sa; ndësa o pën - I have a potato

cleans or straightens up

binjëgé

denotes activity

sees s.t.

wabdan

sees s.o.

wabman; ngi-wabma! (has to do with circles?)

hears s.t.

nodan

hears s.o.

nodwa

going s.w.

zhyé; ngi-zhya!

goes to town

odanké

works (at a job)

mikjévi; I went and worked (at a job) - ngi-o-mikjévi

have a meeting

mawjëshnok; they had a meeting:

wgi-mawjëshnok - (more then one person)

plants, farms, gardens

ktë'gé

harvests taters

pën

pics huckleberries

min

makes canoe

jiman

gamble-building

tadiwgëmèk

gamble-building location

tadiwgëmgok 

Pow Wow

jingtamok

eye, eyes

 

shkishek

shkizhgon