Appendix:Natchez word list

Natchez word list:

Brinton (1873)

Note: Natchez words from Albert Gallatin included in Brinton (1873) are given in a separate column.

Gloss	Natchez (Brinton)	Natchez (Gallatin)
again	hvmv
all	lvtvse	latakop
ant	wĕ’le
apple (big-peach)	vpesurer
arm	a’hvlv	ish
ax	iyvmk	ohyaminoo
arrow		eshakwo
Back	u’sus
back, lower part	okco’cu
bad	wvtvks; mesmeskep	wattaks
ball	puhshv
beans	popkĕ
bed	pĕ’tkup
bedstead	ha’pvtv’yv
Bible (big book)	a’tolser
bird	sorkor	shankolt
young bird	sokolenu
black	cokokuph	tsokokop
blackberry	onu
blue	haähsep	haasip
book	a’tol
boy	kvpena’nu	tamunoonoo
boy, small	tvmhkvpe’nanu
bread	pĕhĕ’lu	beheloo
breath	heleksĕ’nēs
bear		tsokohp
blood		itsch
boat		kwagtolt
body		iwit
bone		ikwel
brother		kakanesha
buffalo		wastanem
cabbage	ki
cake	pĕhĕ’lu cvkv’lgup (globular bread)
cat	wenvtu
cat, young	wenvte’nu
chair	cu’spedĕl
chicken	kvbahtev’
chicken, young	kvbahte’nu
chief	cu’nv	tarnwap
chin	unkwvyv
circular	lutumkuph
clean	kahve’v
corn	ha’kuyv	hokko
cow	wvstan
calf	wvstanenu
cylindrical	lutugv
child		tsitsie
cold		tzitakopana
day	we’tv	wit
deer	ca’	tza
deer, young	caye’nu
dog	wvskup	waskkop
dog, young	wvskupenu
dress, (a)	pv’evlv
daughter		mahnoonoo
ear	ē’puk	ipok
east	kwahsep, kakunef
eye	oktur	oktool
earth (or land)	wihih
fire	u’wvh	wah
flowers	kvhvëlu’se
foot	a’tv
foot, broad part of	atpĕ’sev	hatpeshè, feet
frog	ēcakst
father		abishnisha
fish		henn
friend, my		ketanesoo
ginseng (white medicine)	omkvhap
girl, large	horv
girl, little	hole’nu	hohlenoo
good	sokonen	sokone
grass	ĕ’wĕl	ohwell
grasshopper	shela’tkēha
green	poökup	chwellhayah
God	aleksandiste	tza
hair, or leaves	tōyv
hair, (of the head)	ĕ’dĕn	etene
hand	ē’sv
palm (of hand)	ēspĕ’hsĕv	ispeshe
handkerchief	shemhawes
handkerchief, large	shemhawesker
head	a’puyv	apoo
heel	atv’ntcv
high	es’hvk
hog	kwĕ’hser
hog, young	kwĕhsele’nu
horse	wvskupser
horse, young	wvskupsele’nu
house	ĕ’dv	hahit
heart		oontza
hill		kweya
hat		wahiloohie
husband		tamahl nesoo
Indian, red man	tvmh-pakup	tapakop
infant	se’ce
ice		koowatanul
king, or chief	cu’nv
kneepan	oksuyv
knife	pihĕwes	pyhewish
lake	a’hvyv
large	lēkep	lehkip
leg, lower part	atka’hkvr
leg, calf of	atwen’cev
life (breath)	heleksĕ’nēs
lips	e’hecer
lizard	sakulcvcvt
lizard, blue-tailed	ehepapv
leaf		tsiatoll
lightning		pooloopooloonul
male	kvpe’nv
man	tvmh’kvpena’	tomhukpena
many	tvlu’en	pookoseh
meat	wen’cev	wintse
medicine	omv
money	nvrkv’tuho’p
moon (white sun)	kwa’hsep kvha’p	kwasip
morning	tuwa’cen
mouth	e’heyv	heche
muskmelon	yeweskmvtvk
mother		kwalneshoo
needle	a’tul
negro	cokonuh
night	mvyukuph	toowa
north	cetakuph
nose	la’mve	shamats
no		kooshats
oak		tssoelekep
old		tapsel
Pants	okvphv’sku
peach	vpesur
person	tvmh
person, young	tv’myv
piebald	kvsahtēp
pillow	hĕ’sunts
pipe	hakhesk
place	luhu
plum	ahtvpesur
potato	vcv
pumpkin	yewe’skvyv
pine tree		tsohl
quickly	somōl
rain	nvsv	nasnayobik
rib	kutvpker
river (large water)	kuhnsher	wōl
rock	o’fvh
red		pahkop
saddle	pĕtkupes
salt	wih
scissors	hvpha’wes
sea	wa’rv	kootshel
sea, large	warsher
shirt	pofhesku
shoes	pupvce	popatse
short	mocmockup
small	cekeskap, (pl) cekestanu, (sing)	tsikisti tenoo
snake	u’lv	woollah
snow	rowiyv	kowa
soap	kencuahvlles
sour	kvyumhkuph
south (warm place)	hvmepvstek
spherical	popupkup
stars	tuku’r	tookul
stockings	ho’stcahawes
stove	uwvh-luhu
straight	svpupkup
sugar	owih
sun	kwahsep	wahsil
sweet	cvkvlguph
sister, my	aluwuch	nesoo
sky		nasookta
son		akwalnesuta
spring		amekone
stone		ohk
summer		amehika
table	kenkv’skushvpvt
tall, or long	wvtakuph, wvtvntakuph
teeth	e’ntv	int (tooth)
thigh	a’nkwvyv
toad	waskv’lkui
tobacco	hakvu	hakshoo
tobacco pipe	hakhesk
today	kawet
tree	cuyv	tshoo
turkey	sokorser
turkey, young	sokorselenu
turnip (large cabbage)	ki’ansher
town		walt
valley		patkop
wagon	cetu’tukup
water	kuhn	koon
watermelon	yeweskvyap
well! (interject, of assent)	makup, makupiye
white	kahap	hahap
white man	royokup
wicked (person)	tvmhtvma’te
wild (of animals)	tvmhkoyugo
wisdom	helbunvlles
woman	tvmar	tahmahl
woman, young (girl)	tvmalenu
warrior		kaastshel
wife		stepe nesoo
winter		kwithitsetakop
wolf		uttuwah
wood		tshootop
yellow		hahiahop
yes		mahkoop
young		tapkoppinah
I	tugĕha	tukehah
thou		uhkehah
live (this here)		akoonikia
we		tukahanehi
one	we’tan	witahu
two	a’wete	ahwetie
three	ne’de	nayetie
four	tenv’wete	ganooetie
five	spē’de	shpedee
six	la’hvnvf	lahono
seven	un’hkwv	ukwoh
eight	v’pkvtepes	upkutepish
nine	wete’pkvtepes	wedipkatepish
ten	ogu	ōkwah
eleven	ogu wetan kou’se
twelve	ogu awete kou’se
thirteen	ogu ne’de kou’se
fourteen	ogu tenv’wete kou’se
fifteen	ogu spede kou’se
sixteen	ogu la’hvnvf kou’se
seventeen	ogu vnhkwvk ou’se
eighteen	ogu vpkvtepeskou’se
nineteen	ogu wetep kvtepes kou’se
twenty	ogaphv	okapoo
twenty-one	ogaph wetan kou’se
thirty	ok nĕ’de
forty	ok kenvf
fifty	ok spēde
sixty	ok la hvnvf
seventy	ok vn h kwv
eighty	ok vpk vtepes
ninety	ok wete pk vtepes
one hundred	pu pu we’tan	poopwitahu
two hundred	pupu a’we’te
one thousand	puputvmse we’tan	pooptalshel
one million	pupu tvmser we’tan
to see	erhvlles
to write	pushvlles
to die	hawvteës (sing.), wewvteëkek (pl.)
to kill	tahanks (sing, obj), wewvthvlles (pl. obj)	appawe
to hear	ep’lehvlles
to lift	hĕkĕrhvlles
to sweep	pĕrhvlles
to wash	cuahvlles (see soap).
to cleanse	kahvhvlles (see clean).
to blacken	cokohvlles (see black).
to sit	hĕ’ces (sing.), hĕtukses (pl.)
to stand	cashvkes (sing, and pl.)
to come	kahvsahkus (sing.), hvhapesahkus (pl.)
to run	kwvrhĕs kus (sing.), hĕkĕrhvkes (pl.)	kwalneskoop
to be lost	wvthvkes (sing.), wvtvhvkes (pl.)
to be about	hv’petes (s.); hvpe’kses (dual); wehvkes (pl.)
to go	hahtes (s.) ; haksēs (d.); pĕhĕgus (pl.)
to have come (?)	hvĕhtek (s.); hvëksek (d.); kvpeëkuk (pl.)
to lie down	hv’ces (s.); hvtv’nces (d.); hvlvhv’ces (pl.)
to eat	kenhvskus	kimposko
to drink		pokoo
to sleep		nanole
to walk		naktek

See also

• Appendix:Natchez Swadesh list