Sugar: -tsikeˀt-
utsikeˀtaˀ sugar, salt, honey
[oo-tsee-keh-eh-tah-ah]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-tsikeˀt- noun root ‘sugar, salt, honey’
-aˀ noun suffix
utsikeˀtuˀtęh It is of the nature of sugar. It is sweet.
[oo-tsee-keh-eh-oo-oo-tenh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-tsikeˀt- noun root ‘sugar, salt, honey’
-uˀtę- verb root ‘to be of such a nature’
-h stative aspect
kwižuh utsikeˀtuˀtęh Is it sweet?
[kwee-zhooh]
teˀutsikeˀtuˀtęh It is not sweet.
[the-eh-oo-tsee-keh-eh-oo-oo-tenh]
teˀ- negative
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-tsikeˀt- noun root ‘sugar, salt, honey’
-uˀtę- verb root ‘to be of such a nature’
-h stative aspect
hutitsikeˀtaˀ de hatinyǫˀmąhaˀ White people’s sugar.
hutitsikeˀtaˀ their sugar
[hoo-tee-tsee-keh-eh-tah-ah
huti- masculine plural patient ‘their (m)’
-tsikeˀt- noun root ‘sugar, salt, honey’
-aˀ noun suffix
hatinyǫˀmąhaˀ They (m) are white people.
[hah-tee-nyon-on-mah-ha-ah]
hati- masculine plural agent ‘they (m)’
-nyǫˀmąha– verb root ‘to be white people’[1]
-ˀ stative aspect
ǫndahkǫt de yatsikeˀtǫgyah The sugar that the bee makes.; honey.
ǫndahkǫt bee, wasp
[on-dah-kont][2]
yatsikeˀtǫgyah It makes sugar.
[yah-tsee-keh-eh-ton-gyah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’
-tsikeˀt- noun root ‘sugar, salt, honey’
-ǫgy- verb root ‘to make’
-ah habitual aspect
wahtaˀ de yatsikeˀtǫgyah Maple sugar
wahtaˀ maple tree
[wah-tah-ah]
w- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-aht- noun root ‘maple’
-aˀ noun suffix
urąndaˀ maple sap, syrup
[oo-ran-dah-ah]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-rąnd- noun root ‘maple sap, syrup’
–aˀ noun suffix
tayetsikeˀtǫˀ Give, pass me sugar
[tah-yeh-tsee-keh-eh-ton-on]
ta- imperative
-ye- 1st person singular agent ‘me’
-tsikeˀt- noun root ‘sugar’
-ǫ- verb root ‘to give’
-ˀ imperative aspect
tayerąndǫˀ Give, pass me maple syrup.
[tah-yeh-ran-don-on]
ta- imperative
-ye- 1st person singular agent ‘me’
-rąnd- noun root ‘maple sap, syrup’
-ǫ- verb root ‘to give’
-ˀ imperative aspect
[1] This term was originally applied to the French. The original meaning is not known.
[2] The breakdown of this word is not known. It could end with the verb root –ǫt- ‘to attach, be attached.’