Click on the audio player below each word to hear it spoken. CLICK HERE to download a printable PDF with all of the "e" words and images in flash card format (with QR codes, so you can listen to audio via your smartphone). UPDATE: These new printouts also feature bonus content, with sentences from the archives that contain the key vocabulary words, and additional audio where available. If you print the flash cards double-sided, the example sentences will print on the reverse side of the vocabulary word (e.g. sentences containing "tsek " will print on the back of the "tsek " flash card, etc.).
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element. Example sentences from the language archives: Da Qets = The Wiyot name for Pepperwood (it probably means “where the sweet anise is”) [Birdie James & Amos Riley] Spoken by Nettie Rossig :Your browser does not support the audio
element. Example sentences from the language archives: tsek daqoun = children (more than one) [Della Prince]Your browser does not support the audio
element. Tsek ji vulh gusu gaqh. = A child was born. [Della Prince]tsek dalasemilh = umbilical cord (lit. ‘child’s string’) [unknown speaker, 1889]Tsek wayits da dutaduwilh. = The child is kicking the dog. [Jerry James]Tsek vusaqilh. = The child has a fever. [Elsie Barto?] rrou’ tsek rrik = my childhood [Della Prince] Many Wiyot words can start with "m" OR "v" with no change in meaning (see words with "m" and words with "v" ). Spoken by Nettie Rossig (melh ) & Della Prince (velh ):Your browser does not support the audio
element. Example sentences from the language archives: Melh dasilh. = S/he is sharpening the axe. [Della Prince]Your browser does not support the audio
element. gourr melh = this axe [unknown speaker, 1889]Siga’qiwilh melh chi dalou’dalilh. = He cut himself with the axe when he dropped it. [Elsie Barto]Velh lusouyit! = Grind the axe! [Elsie Barto] This may be short for a longer word libe’l (found in some of the example sentences below). Spoken by Nettie Rossig :Your browser does not support the audio
element. Example sentences from the language archives: Ha be’l ! = Cousin! (when speaking directly to them) [Della Prince, Jane Searson]Your browser does not support the audio
element. yil rru libe’l / rri libe’l = my cousin [Della Prince / Elsie Barto?]Douwa ki libe’l ? = Where is your cousin? [Elsie Barto]wu libe’l uwu’l = his/her cousin [Della Prince] Spoken by Della Prince :Your browser does not support the audio
element. Example sentences from the language archives: we’n wulinu’l = stars (lit. ‘sky’s eyes’) [Della Prince]Your browser does not support the audio
element. We’n Twulh = The Sky Falls (a story told by Jerry James & Della Prince)we’n hushurreni’milh = mole (lit. ‘the sky pushed his hands aside’; from the story We’n Twulh) [Della Prince]We’n Dalim = a place near Bucksport (lit. ‘the sky lies there’; from the story We’n Twulh) [Della Prince] This is a short form of the longer word we’san (seen in example sentences below): Spoken by Weaver Denman , Nettie Rossig , & Della Prince :Your browser does not support the audio
element. Example sentences from the language archives: Rrou we’s hi digamu. = I cut my hand. [Della Prince]Your browser does not support the audio
element. We’s anu’l shaw hi rruqhlhayurr = His hands were pushed sideways. [Jerry James] (from the story We’n Twulh ‘The Sky Falls’)Ha’ jou we’sh anat. = I’m waving my hands. [Elsie Barto?]Rru rrou we’s da klhet. = My hand hurts (lit. ‘is hot’). [Elsie Barto]We’s anu’l tsu’rayuqh. = His/her hands are dirty. [Jane Searson]