Assiniboine
Assiniboine is a Siouan language spoken in United States and Canada. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Assiniboine (; also known as Assiniboin, Hohe, or Nakota, Nakoda, Nakon or Nakona, or Stoney) is a Nakotan language of the Northern Plains. The name Assiniboine comes from the term Asiniibwaan, from Ojibwe, meaning 'Stone Sioux'. They were called this because the Assiniboine people used heated stones to boil their food. In Canada, they are known as 'Stoney Indians', while they call themselves Nakoda, from the term Nakota 'allies'.
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Words in Assiniboine
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | wįyą | |
| person | wiCaSta* | |
| name | Caje* | |
| eye | iSta* | |
| ear | nuje* | |
| nose | pasu* | |
| tooth | hi* | |
| tongue | Ceji* | |
| hand | nabe* | |
| blood | we* | |
| bone | huhu* | |
| skin | wiCa* | |
| knee | Cakpe* | |
| breast | aze* | |
| liver | pi* | |
| water | miní | |
| fire | peda* | |
| sun | hawi* | |
| star | wiCaxpi* | |
| stone | iZuZa* | |
| mountain | iyaxe* | |
| tree | Ca* | |
| leaf | waxpe* | |
| night | hahebi* | |
| dog | šunga | |
| fish | hoga | |
| louse | heya* | |
| one | waZi* | |
| two | nuba* | |
| you | niye* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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