From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:48:39 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is e-mail in Lakota
 
Holidays are here and we will be seeing a lot our relatives:  here is
some common kinship terms in Lakota.
 
1.  leksi:  (uncle)  lek-shee
 
2.  tunwin:  (aunt)  toon-ween  (guttural T)  (nasal N)
 
3.  sicesi:  (cousin) shee-ch'-e-shee (glottal stop')  female to male
cousin Lakota way
 
4.  cepansi  (cousin)  che-pan-shee  (guttural P, nasal N)  female to
female cousin Lakota way
 
5.  tanhansi:  (cousin)  tan-han-shee  (guttural T, nasal N)  male to
male cousin Lakota way
 
6.  hankasi:  (cousin)  han-ka-shee  (nasal N)  male to female cousin
Lakota way
 
7.  toska:  (nephew)  to-sh-ka  (guttural T)
 
8.  tojan:  (niece)  to-zhan  (guttural T, nasal N)
 
9.  takoja:  (grandchild)  ta-ko-zha  (guttural T)
 
* Si Tanka Wokiksuye, remember them in your prayers..
 
Anpetu waste yuha po,
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute