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Karankawa word list:[1]
| gloss |
Karankawa
|
| about to |
tcápn
|
| acorn |
kalac
|
| adze |
kusila
|
| affectionate |
mutá
|
| after a while |
messús
|
| all the time |
mucawáta
|
| alligator |
hókso
|
| also |
ténno
|
| always |
mucawáta
|
| and |
ténno
|
| angry, to be very |
napé-nai naxerúaxa pára
|
| arm (forearm) |
se-cotan
|
| arm (upper) |
se-imahaha
|
| arrow |
demo
|
| ashes |
ahona
|
| at present |
messús
|
| ax |
kialn
|
| babe |
kwā́n
|
| bad |
tcúta
|
| ball for musket |
kecila-demuks
|
| barrel |
búdel
|
| basin |
koje ön
|
| beads |
kujahin
|
| beans |
kudec
|
| bear |
ǒ's
|
| beef |
didot, tíkĕmai
|
| behold, to |
tcá
|
| belly |
a-luk
|
| big |
kunin
|
| bird |
kúdn
|
| bird, a common |
tekotsen
|
| biscuit |
kuejam
|
| bison |
didot
|
| black |
ma, pál
|
| blue |
tsō'l
|
| board |
kuaham
|
| boat |
awán, elucun
|
| bow, a |
gái, kruin
|
| bowl |
kok
|
| boy |
kolohs, níktam
|
| bread |
kwiáṃ
|
| bread, fresh |
kokam
|
| break, to |
táhama
|
| breast |
kanín
|
| brush |
tesselénia
|
| bucket of tin |
koláme
|
| build (a fire), to |
kosáta
|
| building |
bá-ak, kaham
|
| bull |
didot
|
| by and by |
messús
|
| cabin |
bá-ak, kaham
|
| calf |
koco
|
| calico |
kádla
|
| calumet |
kadiol
|
| camp |
bá-ak, kaham
|
| can |
tá
|
| cannon |
etjam
|
| canoe |
awā́n, elucun, uahahim
|
| capture, to |
haítn
|
| cask |
kaa-konam
|
| cat |
gáta
|
| catch, to |
haítn
|
| cattle |
didot
|
| cherish, to |
ka
|
| chicken |
kúdn, wólya
|
| chief |
hálba
|
| child |
kwā́n
|
| chin |
em-imian hanéna
|
| cigarette |
káhe, swénas
|
| circular |
lá-akum
|
| cloth |
kwíss
|
| clothing |
a-lams
|
| cold |
delin
|
| come! |
éwē
|
| come, to |
gás
|
| come here! éwē |
gás, wána
|
| come quick! |
éwē
|
| converse, to |
kaúpn
|
| cord |
bacina
|
| com |
kwiáṃ
|
| cow, a |
nen, didot
|
| cowhorn |
teke-dolan
|
| crane |
kĕdō'd, koln
|
| curlew |
kwojol
|
| dangerous |
tcúta
|
| dart |
kusila
|
| day |
bákta
|
| dead |
mál
|
| dear |
mutá
|
| deer |
dóatn, tekomandotsen
|
| deerskin |
kesul
|
| desire, to |
tá
|
| disk-shaped |
lá-akum
|
| do, to |
kosáta
|
| dog |
kec
|
| don’t cry! |
ăhămmic
|
| dress |
kádla, kwíss
|
| drink, to |
kouaen
|
| duck |
kue, medá-u
|
| dugout |
awā́n
|
| eagle |
balsehe
|
| eat, to |
aknámas
|
| egg |
dáhome
|
| eight |
haíkia
|
| exhausted |
kwá-al
|
| eye |
em-ikus
|
| eyebrows |
im-lahue
|
| fabric |
kwíss
|
| fall, to |
amóak
|
| far off |
nyá wól
|
| farewell! |
atcáta
|
| father |
béhema
|
| feathers |
hamdolok
|
| female |
nen
|
| fine |
plá
|
| finger |
étsma
|
| fire |
húmhe, kwátci, kwoilesem
|
| fire-pot |
koko
|
| fire-sticks |
akta demaje
|
| fish |
áṃ, kiles
|
| fish-hook |
kusila
|
| five |
nā́tsa
|
| flagon |
kedika
|
| flour |
ámhătn
|
| fly, a |
kamej
|
| foot |
eham, kékeya
|
| four |
hayo
|
| French, the |
kalbasska
|
| friend |
aháyika
|
| get away! |
ăhắmmic
|
| gimlet |
klani
|
| girl |
kā́da
|
| give, to |
báwûs
|
| glass |
kusila
|
| glassware |
kujahin
|
| globiform |
lá-akum
|
| go, to |
gás, yé
|
| go away! |
wána
|
| going to |
tcápn
|
| gone |
budáma
|
| good |
kuìst-baha, plá
|
| good bye! |
atcáta
|
| goose |
lá-ak
|
| gown |
kádla, kwíss
|
| grass |
awátcxol
|
| great |
yá-an
|
| grindstone |
hama
|
| grow, to |
kwā́n
|
| gun |
kisulp
|
| gunpowder |
kalmel
|
| hair |
ekia aikui
|
| hand |
étsma
|
| handsome |
hamála
|
| harpoon |
kusila
|
| hasten, to |
kóta, xankéye
|
| hat |
kalama
|
| hatchet |
matcíta
|
| hate, to |
matákia
|
| he |
tál
|
| head |
en-okea
|
| healthy |
klabán
|
| heart |
láhama
|
| hen |
kúdn, wólya
|
| hog |
tapcewá
|
| horn of cow |
teke-dolan
|
| horse |
kanueüm, kuwáyi
|
| house |
bá-ak, kaham
|
| hungry |
ámel
|
| hurry, to |
kóta, xankéye
|
| hurt, to |
kassítcuwakn
|
| hush |
ăhắmmic
|
| hut |
bá-ak, kaham
|
| I |
náyi
|
| injure, to |
kassítcuwakn
|
| it |
tál
|
| jug |
kahan
|
| jump, to |
éṃ
|
| kettle |
kukujol
|
| kill, to |
ahúk
|
| kitten |
gáta
|
| knee |
en-klas
|
| knife |
bekekomb, kusila, silekáyi
|
| know, to |
kúmna, kwáss
|
| large |
yá-an
|
| lark |
kutsen
|
| laugh, to |
kaíta
|
| leg |
em-anpok
|
| let us go! |
wána
|
| lie down, to |
wú-ak
|
| little |
kwā́n, níktam
|
| lodge |
bá-ak, kaham
|
| long |
wól
|
| long ago |
upāt
|
| love, to |
ka
|
| maize |
kwiáṃ
|
| make, to |
káhawan, kosáta
|
| man |
ahaks, tecoyu, úci, yámawe
|
| manufacture, to |
káhawan
|
| marry, to |
mawída
|
| mast |
kesul
|
| mat |
didaham
|
| me |
náyi
|
| metal |
kusila
|
| milk |
tesnakwáya
|
| mine |
náyi
|
| molasses |
téskaus
|
| moon |
a-uil
|
| mosquito |
gắ
|
| mother |
kanín
|
| mouth |
emi-akwoi
|
| much |
wól
|
| music |
yŏ'ta
|
| musket-ball |
kecila-demuks
|
| my |
náyi
|
| neck |
em-sebek
|
| needle |
aguíya, besehena
|
| nice |
plá
|
| nine |
haíkia
|
| no! |
kóṃ
|
| nose |
em-ai aluak
|
| not |
kóṃ
|
| now |
acáhak
|
| oak-apple |
ēkskitula
|
| obnoxious |
tcúta
|
| octopus |
áṃ
|
| one |
nā́tsa
|
| oyster |
dắ
|
| paddle |
em-luajem
|
| pail |
kok
|
| pain, to cause |
kassítcuwakn
|
| pan, frying- |
koláme
|
| paper |
imetes akuam
|
| past |
budáma
|
| peas |
kudec
|
| pelican |
ōkman
|
| perform, to |
kosáta
|
| pickax |
kialn
|
| pig |
kalbasska, madóna
|
| pimento |
kesesmai
|
| pin |
besehena
|
| pinnacle |
kesesmai
|
| pipe |
kadiol
|
| pistol |
ka ai kuan
|
| plaice |
ampaj
|
| plate made of tin |
kesila-konan
|
| plenty of |
wól
|
| plover |
sebe
|
| potato |
yám
|
| pound, to |
kássig
|
| powerful |
wól
|
| prairie chicken |
kúdn, wólya
|
| presently |
acáhak
|
| pretty |
hamála
|
| produce, to |
káhawan
|
| push, to |
dán
|
| quick, to come |
xankéye
|
| rain |
wí-asn
|
| read, to |
gwá
|
| red |
tamóyika
|
| return, to |
gás
|
| round |
lá-akum
|
| run, to |
xankéye, tólos
|
| saber |
teheye
|
| sail |
a-lams
|
| salt |
dem, ketac
|
| sand |
kohon
|
| satisfaction, expression of |
baa
|
| say, to |
kaúpn
|
| scat! |
ăhămmic
|
| see, to |
tcá
|
| serpent |
aúd
|
| seven |
haíkia, nā́tsa
|
| sew, to |
teksilea
|
| sexual organs, male |
em-ibak
|
| she |
tál
|
| ship |
awā́n, elucun
|
| shirt |
gusgáma
|
| shoe |
kameplan
|
| shoot, to |
ódn
|
| shoulder |
em-sehota
|
| sick |
a-eas, kwátco
|
| side to side, to pass from |
lon
|
| sit, to |
háka
|
| sit down! |
háka
|
| six |
haíkia, háyo
|
| skin of deer |
kesul
|
| skip, to |
éṃ
|
| sleep, to |
ĭṃ, neianana
|
| small |
kwā́n
|
| smoke |
ánawan
|
| snake |
aúd
|
| soon |
messús
|
| Spaniards |
kahamkeami
|
| speak, to |
gaxiamétĕt, kaúpn
|
| stag |
tekomandotsen
|
| stand, to |
yétso
|
| stomach |
a-luk
|
| strike, to |
gá-an
|
| strong |
wól
|
| suck, to |
énno
|
| sugar |
téskaus
|
| sun |
klos, dóowal
|
| sweet |
téskaus
|
| swim, to |
nótawa
|
| talk, to |
kaúpn
|
| tall |
yá-an
|
| tar |
kuja
|
| tattooings |
bacenana
|
| tear, to |
táhama
|
| teat |
kanín
|
| tell, to |
kaúpn
|
| ten |
hábe
|
| textile |
kwíss
|
| that |
tál
|
| there |
nyá
|
| thigh |
em-edal
|
| thine |
áwa
|
| this |
tál
|
| thou |
áwa
|
| three |
kaxáyi
|
| thy |
áwa
|
| tired |
kwá-al
|
| tobacco |
a-kanan, káhe, dé
|
| tongue |
a-lean
|
| Tonkawa Indian |
Tcankáya
|
| too |
ténno
|
| tooth |
dolonakin, é
|
| tooth-brush |
tesselénia
|
| touch, to |
tcaútawal
|
| tree |
akwiní
|
| turtle, a large green |
haítnlokn
|
| two |
haíkia
|
| understand, to |
kúmna
|
| useful |
plá
|
| vermilion |
kadüm
|
| vessel |
awā́n, elucun
|
| walk, to |
shak, yé
|
| wall |
kesul
|
| want, to |
tá
|
| water |
klai, komkom
|
| water-hen |
uapa
|
| weep, to |
owíya
|
| well |
klabán
|
| where? |
mudá
|
| whiskey |
labá-i
|
| whistle, to |
áksōl
|
| white |
péka
|
| wicked |
tcúta
|
| wide |
yá-an
|
| will |
tcápn
|
| wind |
bá, eta
|
| wine |
klebö
|
| wish, to |
tá
|
| wolf |
kec
|
| woman, a |
acade
|
| wood |
kesul
|
| work, to |
takína
|
| yes |
ihié-ă
|
| yesterday |
tuwámka
|
| yonder |
nyá
|
| you |
áwa
|
| young of an animal |
kwā́n
|
| youngster |
níktam
|
- ^ Swanton, John. 1940. Linguistic material from the tribes of southern Texas and northern Mexico.
