April 2015 Words – Phrases Commonly Said to Children
English
I love you
Who’s your
mommy?
Go play
Look!
Listen!
Waⁿdat – Linguistic
Spelling
yǫdurǫ́ hkwaʔ
tsinęę́ : ⁿde saⁿdúʔmęh
Literal Translation
I (find) you valuable/you are dear to me.
sateʔⁿdiyǫ́ :ružah
aʔsakáhkwaʔ
satríhu:tat
You (single person) look.
You (single person) listen.
What
happened?
Lie down!
hataʔúh aʔa:mę́ h
*Created using Waⁿdat linguistic rules, but the word itself was not preserved.
*Created using Waⁿdat linguistic rules, but the phrase itself was not preserved.
sakyaʔkyénǫh
You (single person) lie down.
Hurry up!
Come (here)
sahstu:ráht
húʔwahęh
*Created using Waⁿdat linguistic rules, but the word itself was not preserved.
Used in the song “True Blood Brothers” in NBC’s 2014 Peter Pan Live!
See http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/12/03/adios-ugg-wugg-nativecomposer-updates-song-peter-pan-live-158100
You will fall
down
Happy
Birthday
ehšitarahaʔ
a:satǫ́ :tara:
itsisáʔⁿdenyęh
(the pronunciation in the play is based on the spelling owha,he from the old wordlist
JOHNSTON1820:296)
*Created using Waⁿdat linguistic rules, but the word itself was not preserved.
May you be happy that you have reached a certain number of years.