English/Yonega |
Tsalagi Phonetics |
English/Yonega |
Tsalagi Phonetics |
chipmunk |
ki-yu:-ga |
mink |
ta-ni:qua |
mouse, rat |
tsi-d-de-tsi |
weasel (yellow rat) |
da-lo'-ni-ge tsi-d-de-tsi |
ant |
do-sv-da-li |
bee |
wa-du-li:-si |
earthworm |
u-tsi:-ya, u-ni-tsi:-ya |
spider |
(a-ni-)ka-na-ne'-s-gi |
wasp,hornet |
ka-n(a)-ts(i)-s-de-tsi, a-ni-ka-n(a)-ts(i)-s-de:-tsi |
alligator (also, iron pot) |
tsu-la-s-gi, tsu-n'-la-s-gi |
black snake (climber) |
ga-le-gi |
bullfrog |
tsu-li-s-da-na:-li, tsu-n'-li-s-da-na:-li |
crawfish |
tsi:-s-dv-na |
fish |
a-tsa?-di |
lizard |
ti-yo'-ha-li' |
perch |
a-go:-li, a-ni-go:li |
rattlesnake |
u-tso'-n(a)-ti', u-n'-tso'-n'-ti |
snake |
i'-na-dv |
toad, tadpole |
teh?-ga |
toad, tadpole |
teh?-ga |
water moccasin |
u-ga-n'-te:-na, u-ni-ga-n'-te:-na |
bluebird |
tsa-quo'-la-de |
chickadee |
tsi-ga-li:-li |
fox sparrow |
wa:-kv:-ta |
meadow lark (star) |
no:-k'-si' |
sapsucker |
kv-gwo:-ha |
winter wren |
tsi-s-tsi-s or tsi-tsi |
wren |
tse-ni' |
yellow mockingbird |
hu-hu |
English/Yonega Tsalagi Phonetics acorn gv:le ash do:-tsu branch (on tree) u-wa'-n'-ga-tlv,
du-wa-n'-ga-tlv-i branch (off tree) w-wa'-n'-ga-tlv-nv,
tsu-wa'-n'-ga-tlv-nv brush sa-lu-yi bush u-da'-tl'-gv, du-da'-tl'-gv cedar, fir a'-tsi-na' or a-tsi:-n' chestnut u-ni-ge'-n(i)(a) chinquapin u-hna-gi:-n(i')(a) dewberry, boysenberry u-dlo'-si-nv-da dogwood ka-na'-si-ta' elm da-wa-tsi:-l(a)(i) four o'clocks nv-hga a-tli-gi-li'sv
a-ni-tsi-lv-s-gi grass, weed ga-nu-la-(i) hazlenut or hazelnut bush yu'-gi-da' hickory tree wa-ne?-i hickory nut or nut so:hi honeysuckle gv-na-gi'-hl(e)-ge-(i) huckleberry ku-wa-ya' linden, basswood i:-de-ha mulberry ku:wa' mushroom da-wo-li oak a-da:-ya pecan (long nuts) so:-hi a-ni-nv-hi:-da' persimmon sa'-l(i) pine no:-ts(i) redbud ga-lo-we:-d(i) root u-hna-s-de:-tlv,
du-hna-s-de:-tlv sassafras ka:-n'-s-ta-tsi' seedling ga'-koh-di, di-ga'-koh-di spice bush noh?-da-tli' straw, hay, rye ka-ne'-s-ga' stump u-hni'-hl'-g(a)(v)-i,
du-hni'-hl'-gv-i sycamore (white bark) ko-tsu-ne:-g(a) thorn (to prick) u-tsa-yo:-s-di,
tsu-tsa-yo:-s-di walnut se:-di wheat u-tsa-le:-s-di willow (it-comes-off) di-l(i)-ga-li:-s-gi
Vegetables
beans tu-ya brown beans u-ni-wo'-di-ge tu-ya bush beans (low beans) tu-ya e-la-di' i'-na-ti' green beans tu-ya a-ni-tse-i white beans u-ni-ne-g(a) tu-ya carrots (yellow
growers-in-the-ground) a-ni-da-lo'-ni-ge ga:-do'
a-ni'-l'di:-s-gi cabbage tsu-ga-de:-ni cucumber ga-ga-ma lettuce go:-s-da-gi:-s-di (a-go:-s-da a-gi:-s-di means
'something raw to eat') onion sv-gi garden onions (planted they
exist) a-hwi'-sv-nv e-hi store-bought onions sv-gi a-da'-na-nv
a-hwa-sv-i wild onions sv:-gi i'-na-ge e-hi oranges a-ni-da-lo'-ni-ge peanuts tu-ya ga:-do' a-ni-la-di'-s-gi (beans grown in
the ground) poke greens dla:-ya-de pumpkin i-ya radish gi-ga-ge ga:do' ga-la-di'-s-gi (red it grows in
the ground) squash s-qua:-si tomatoes da-ma'-tli turnip da'-kw'-sa-ni' watermelon gv-gi:-s-di wheat biscuit (see 'wheat' in
dictionary) u-tsa-le:-s-di wheat biscuits