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From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:22:24 -0700
Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
Todays word is yukan. (le anpetu wicoiye kin han yukan eya pelo.)
1. yukan: to be. Osni yukan lila iyomakpi yelo/ye. (I am very
happy because its cold).
2. yukan: make room. Yukan yo/ye wanna imokin kte lo/ksto. (Make
room, I am going to bed now).
3. yukan: is there any? Wakalapi yukan hwo/he? (Is there any
coffee?)
4. yukan: to shake off. Kanta kin le na yukan yo/ye. (Shake
these plums off).
Anpetu waste yoha po. (Have a good day).
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute