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Common Lakota Words.
The way I say it, and Buchel spells it.
English to Lakota

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Last updated on December 16, 2002
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A

All oyasin  
Animals in General wamakaskan sprit wamakaskanskan
Antelope heton  
Badger hoka  
Bear mato  
   grizzly sakehanska  
   black matosapa  
   white matoska  
   cub matocincala  
Beaver capa  
Cat igmu  
Coyote sunkmanitu  
Deer tahca hekaza
Dog sunka  
Eagle wanbli  
Elk hehaka  
Fox sungila tokala
Frog wasin  
Gopher itignila  
Hawk cetan  
Horse sunkawakan tasunka
Lion igmutanka  
Lizard agleska  
Mouse itunkala  
   jumpin psipsicala  
Otter ptan hepan
Porcupin pahin  
Prairie dog pispiza  
Rabbit mastincala  
Raccoon wica wiciteglega
Skunk maka  
Squirrel hetkala  
   Red squirrel zica  
   gray squirrel zica hota  
Spider iktomi  
Weasel itukansan  
Wolf sunkmanitu tanka
caksi
Armor (consecrated) wotawe  
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B

Bad sica  
Bag ojuha  
   meat lolopiya  
   sewing ojuha wotuka  
   medicine wopiye  
   canumpa ojuha cante  
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C

Colors    
   black sapa   
   red luta   
   yellow zi   
   white ska   
   blue tohca   
   green ziyato   
   gray hota   
   brown gi   
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D

Directions    
   West wiohpeya  
      Westward wiohpeyata  
   North waziya  
      Northward waziyata  
   East wiohiyanpa  
      Eastward wiohiyanpata  
South itokaga  
      Southward itokagata  
Drum cancega  
Drum stick cabu  
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F

Family terms    
   Aunt tunwicu  
      my aunt mitunwi  
      your aunt tunwi  
   Baby hoksicala  
   Boy hoksila  
   Brother    
      mans older ciye  
      womans older tiblo  
      younger shunkaku   sunka
   Child cincala  
      youngest child hake  
   Children wakanheja  
   Daughter cunwitku cunse
   Father ate  
   Girl wicinca  
   Grand Father tunkasila  
   Grand Mother kunci unci
   Grand child takoja  
   Husband mihinga  
   Mother ina  
   Nephew    
      mans nephew tonska  
      womans nephew toska  
   Niece    
      mans niece tonjan  
      womans niece tojan  
   Sister    
      mans older tanke  
      womans older cuwe  
      mans younger tanksi  
      womans younger tanka  
   Son cinsi  
      Son in law takos  
   Uncle leksi  
   Wife mitawin  
Extended family tiospaye  
Immediate family tiwahe  
Relative takuye  
   my relative mitakuye  
   all my relatives mitakuye oyasin  
Fire peta  
   Sacred fire (lodge) peta oihankesni  
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G

Ghost wanagi  
Good waste  
Great tanka  
Great sprit wankan tanka  
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L

Laugh amapsa  
Leader (band) otancan  
Light janjan  
Listen anogoptan  
Little cikala  
Look ableza ayuta
Look towards etonwan  
Long hanska  
Love cantkiya  
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M

Man wicasa  
Me mis miye
Medicine pejuta  
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N

Numbers  
   One wanji
   Two nunpa
   Three yamni
   Four topa
   Five zaptan
   Six sakpe
   Seven sakowin
   Eight saglogna
   Nine napciyunka
   Ten wikcemna
   Eleven ake Wanji
   Twelve ake Nunpa
   Twenty wikcemna Nunpa
   Twenty one wikcemna Numpa Ake Wanji
   Thirty wikcemna Yamni
   Thirty one wikcemna Yamni Ake Wanji
   One hundred opawinge
   One hundred and one opawinge sam wanji
   One hundred and three opawinge sam Yamni
   One hundred and thirteen opawinge sam ake yamni
   One hundred thirty three opawinge sam wikcemna yamni ake yamni
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P

Peace wowahwa  
Pray cekiya  
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S

Sit ilotake  
Society okolakiciye  
Stone inyan  
   Sacred Stone tunkan  
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T

Towards etonwan  
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W

Walk mani  
Warm kata  
Warrior akicita  
West wiohpeya  
   Westward wiohpeyata  
Wind tate  
Winter waniyetu  
Woman wiyan  
Work wowasi  
Wrap yuwi  
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Y

Yawn iyoya  
Yes han (man) toi (woman)
Yoke canglakinyan  
You nis niye
Young ojilaka  
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