February 2015 Words – Family
English
My mother (said to her or to nonsibling)
Our mother (said to more than one
sibling)
My father (said to him)
Waⁿdat – Linguistic Spelling
anę́ ʔęh
Noun. My mother.
Literal Translation
ǫmaⁿduʔmęh
Verb. She mothers all of us.
skeʔį́stęʔ
Verb. You father me.
*Created using Wandat linguistic rules, but the word itself was not preserved.
My father (said to non-sibling)
Our father (said to siblings)
My younger sister (said to her)
haʔį́stęʔ
sǫmaʔį́stęʔ
yǫʔyęʔą́ haʔ
Note: There is likely a noun for father that is similar to the noun for mother, but we
have not found it yet.
Verb. He fathers me.
Verb. He fathers all of us.
Verb. I have you as a younger sibling/you younger-sibling me.
*Created using Wandat linguistic rules, but the word itself was not preserved.
My younger sister (said to someone
else)
My older sister (said to her)
yeʔyęʔą́ haʔ
Verb. I have her as a younger sibling/she younger-siblings me.
yǫʔyę́ :ʔah
Verb. I have you as an older sibling/you older-sibling me.
My older sister (said to someone else)
My younger brother (said to him)
yeʔyę́ ʔah
yǫʔyęʔą́ haʔ
*Created using Wandat linguistic rules, but the word itself was not preserved.
Verb. I have her as an older sibling/she older siblings me.
Verb. I have you as a younger sibling/you younger-sibling me.
My younger brother (said to someone
else)
My older brother (said to him)
heʔyęʔą́ haʔ
*Created using Wandat linguistic rules, but the word itself was not preserved.
Verb. I have him as a younger sibling/he younger-siblings me.
yǫʔyę́ :ʔah
Verb. I have you as an older sibling/you older-sibling me.
My older brother (said to someone
else)
My siblings (said to all of your
siblings)
My siblings (said to someone else)
heʔyę́ :ʔah
*Created using Wandat linguistic rules, but the word itself was not preserved.
Verb. I have him as an older sibling/he older-siblings me.
kwateʔyęʔą́ haʔ
Verb. We all sibling ourselves.
awateʔyęʔą́ haʔ
Verb. We all sibling ourselves.