Death, thy victory,
Death, thy victory . . .
The rubber plant is free.
Thou sinister albatross.
(The rubber plant is free . . . .)
Death thy victory.
I count the nights, the sistrum sounds,
The hoopoe awaits me,
And the linden trees quiver.
~Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum
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| a | do:ba |
| acoma | Acoma |
| acorn | da'wi mo'le |
| acorns | da'wi mowe |
| am | deyaye |
| and | dap |
| ankle | mo'leyakkwinne |
| antelope | ma'wi |
| apache | Wilats'u:kwe |
| apple | mansa:na |
| apricot | mo:chikwa |
| april | Li'dekwakkya Ts'ana |
| are | a:deyaye |
| arm | asinne |
| armor | kemlabananne |
| arrow-point | dimu:shi |
| arrow-shaft | lamme |
| arrow | sho'le |
| ash | lu'le |
| ashes | luwe |
| ask | ayyathla- |
| aspen | lanil k'oha |
| august | Onan U'la'k'yakwamme |
| aunt | tsilu |
| autumn | Miyash:nak'ya |
| axe | k'i'l'e |
| baby | wiha ts'ana |
| bacon | hamo:nanne |
| badger | donashi |
| banana | ts'ubiyanne |
| basket | ts'i'le |
| bat | eshotso |
| battle | ethlanaka |
| be | deya- |
| bean | no'le |
| beans | nowe |
| bear | anshe |
| beard | tsibonninne |
| beaver | biha |
| bed | bewinne |
| beef | wa:kyashi |
| beet | mo'shilowa |
| belt | e'ninne |
| berry | kela shi'uni |
| bird | wotsana |
| black | k'winna |
| blanket | ba'inne |
| blood | ade |
| blue-green | li'anna |
| bolt | madonne |
| bone | samme |
| bow | bi'lanne |
| bowl | sa'le |
| boy | aktsek'i |
| bread | mu'le |
| breast | mehananne |
| breath | yanhakunanne |
| broom | bebe |
| brother | bubba |
| brown | sossona |
| bucket | de'le |
| buffalo | so:wolo |
| buffer | a:walolokk'yanakya |
| bullroader | numnuanne |
| burro | moshok'o |
| butter | mandeki:ya |
| buzzard | shu'ts'ina |
| bye | mas'thla:hi |
| cactus | ko'shi |
| cake | mulo: chikwa |
| candy | mu:chiwa |
| canoe | lelonne |
| canteen | mehhe'do |
| carrot | ke:wats |
| cedar | homa: k'yahaya |
| chain | hewiyullinne |
| chair | lembayyanne |
| charcoal | noke |
| cheese | kwik'ya: lo'onanne |
| chest | bo'hadanne |
| chicken | doko:ko |
| child | k'yasse |
| chile | k'ola |
| chili | k'ola |
| chin | lewechinne |
| cigarette | bonne |
| clan | annodinne |
| clasp | madonne |
| cloud | lo'le lonanne |
| club | dam k'yapnanne |
| coal | uwaku |
| cochiti | Kudi:kwe |
| coffee | nochabi:we |
| cold | tsenna |
| comanche | Kumanchi:kwe |
| come | iy- |
| converse | ashhu'wa- |
| cookie | mulochikwa |
| coot | hi:lu'ki |
| corn | mi'le |
| cornmeal | sak'o:we |
| corselet | kemlabananne |
| cotton | bittsemi |
| cottonwood | bola |
| coyote | suski |
| crane | k'o:lotda |
| crow-bar | hek'yatsotda wopdewishnakya |
| crow | k'walashi |
| cup | dudunakya sa'le |
| cupboard | sapbokya |
| darkness | dek'winna |
| daughter | kyatsik'i |
| day | yadonne |
| december | Ik'ohbu Yachunne |
| deer | shohhida |
| desk | lembowanne |
| dirt | so'le |
| do | lesne |
| dog | wattsida |
| doom | ashekya |
| door | awe:nanne |
| down | Manikkyakwi |
| dream | halowananne halowa |
| dress | eha |
| dresser | kwanleya wpbokya |
| drill | ladonne |
| duck | eya |
| dwell | k'yakwe- |
| eagle | k'yak'yali |
| ear | lashokdinne |
| earth | awidelinneaweklinne |
| east | Dewankwi |
| eat | ido- |
| effeminate | lahmana |
| egg | doko:ko mo'le |
| eight | ha'elekk'ya |
| elbow | mokchinne |
| elder | lashshina:kwe |
| eleven | asdemthla doba yaldo |
| elk | tsaylusi |
| emerge | kwayi- |
| enemy | inakwe |
| enter | kwado- |
| evening | sunnaha |
| eye | dunanne |
| face | nobonninne |
| falcon | tsililik'o |
| fat | ishana:we |
| father | datchu |
| february | Onan U'la'k'yakwamme |
| female | okya |
| fence | k'umme |
| fifty | apdennak'yan asdemthla |
| file | hechishnakya |
| finger | asi |
| fingernail | shonchinne |
| fire | aklinne |
| fireplace | aklikyananne |
| firewood | dawe |
| fish | k'yashhida |
| five | apde |
| flicker | hokwisho |
| floor | awela |
| flour | owe |
| food-bowl | idonakya sa'le |
| food | ido:we |
| foot | wekwinne |
| forehead | hakinne |
| fork | heshonchinne |
| forty | a:widenak'yan asdemthla |
| four | a:wid'e |
| fox | lanak'o |
| frankfurter | mossi:ya |
| frog | dakkya |
| fruit | k'iaboti mowe |
| garlic | mokkwi |
| gelatin | che:li |
| ghost | haba |
| girl | kyatsik'i |
| give | uts'i- |
| glass | dudanukya sa'le |
| glue | k'yabik'ya:we |
| go | a:n- |
| goat | chisa:du |
| good | k'okshi |
| goose | owa |
| grandfather | nana |
| grandmother | hotda |
| grape | mobiyanne |
| grapes | mobiya:we |
| gray | lokk'yana |
| grease | ishana:we |
| green | ashena |
| hail | mobinanne |
| hair | daya:we |
| ham | bitsu:di shi'le |
| hamburger | shiheya:we |
| hammer | hedoknakya |
| hand | asinne |
| hano | De:wa:kwe |
| hatchet | k'i'le |
| hatchet | k'i'ts'ana |
| have | illi- |
| hawk | tsililik'o |
| head | oshokkwinne |
| hear | hadiya:- |
| heart | ik'e:nanne |
| heater | desukk'yanakya |
| hello | kesh:i |
| her | okya |
| hill | debokyalanne |
| him | ottsi |
| hoe | waba"ananne |
| honey | k'yali:we |
| honeydew | me:mo'le |
| hopi | Amu:kwe |
| horse | du:shi |
| house | k'yakwenne |
| hundred | asi: asdemla |
| husband | oyemshi |
| i | Ho' |
| ice | lem k'yayanne |
| inhabit | k'yakwe- |
| iron | its'alchonakya |
| is | deyaye |
| isleta | K'yash shida:kwe |
| january | Dayamcho Yachunne |
| jay | maya |
| jelly | che:li |
| jemez | Hemushi:kwe |
| jug | k'yawihnakya de'le |
| july | Dayamcho Yachunne |
| june | Ik'ohbu Yachunne |
| juniper | ayik'o |
| kerosene | dow habiyak'ya:we |
| kettle | woleyakya de'le |
| kin | ulani |
| kiva | ki:wihtsinne |
| knee | oshhinne |
| knife | achiyanne |
| know | ayyu'ya:- |
| ladder | letsilonne |
| ladle | shok'onne |
| laguna | K'yana Lana:kwe |
| lake | k'ya:dulinne |
| lamp | habiyanne |
| land | ulohnanne |
| lard | ishana:we |
| large | lana |
| leg | sakwinne |
| leggins | kekewulla:we |
| lemon | le:man |
| lettuce | ha'k'yammanne |
| light | dek'ohannanne |
| lightning | wilolonanne |
| linoleum | he'sho bew'ullinne |
| lip | ishhinne |
| listen | anhadiya:- |
| loin-cloth | billanne |
| long | dashana |
| loom | billanne |
| loom | lemme |
| lung | yupshalinne |
| magenta | shanutdeyanne |
| male | ottsi |
| man | tsawak'i |
| mano | yalinne |
| march | Li'dekwakkya Ts'ana |
| mask | kokko |
| match | letchinne |
| mattress | bewinne |
| may | Yachun Kwa'shi'amme |
| me | hom |
| meadowlark | dahchi l chi |
| meat | shi'le |
| melon | melu:na |
| metate | ak'e |
| mexican | tsibolo:wa |
| milk | kwik'ya:we |
| mishongnovi | A'lela:kwe |
| moccasin | mokk'wa |
| moccasins | mokk'wa:we |
| mohave | Mahalu:kwe |
| moon | yachunne |
| mop | lepbewin k'oshonakya |
| morning | shamle |
| mother | tsitda |
| mountain-lion | hokdi dasha |
| mountain-sheep | halik'u |
| mountain | yalanne |
| mouth | awadinne |
| muller | yalinne |
| mutton | kyane:lu |
| nadir | Manikkyakwi |
| nail | hek'yatsotdanne |
| navajo | A:bachu |
| neck | k'isinne |
| necklace | dakunne |
| needle | siminne |
| nephew | dahle |
| night | dehlinanne |
| nine | denalekk'ya |
| no | ethla |
| north | Bishlankwi |
| nose | no'linne |
| nostrils | nowa'a:we |
| not | kwa' |
| november | Yachun Kwa'shi'amme |
| oak | da'wi |
| obsidian | ak'wikkwi |
| october | Li'dekwakkya Ts'ana |
| one | dobinde |
| onions | mokkwi:we |
| oraibi | Ule:wa:kwe |
| orange | olenshi |
| oriole | onothliko |
| oven | he'bok'onne |
| owl | muhukwi |
| paiute | Bayutsi:kwe |
| pancake | he:yahonnine |
| pancakes | he:yahoni:we |
| parrot | mula |
| patato-chip | k'yabimo i:ts'iya'a:we |
| peach | mo:chikwa |
| peach | mo:yahoni |
| peas | nok'yamolli:we |
| people | a:ho'i |
| pepper | k'ola |
| person | ho'i |
| pick | ak'okya |
| pig | bit'su'di |
| pillow | bayyanne |
| pima | Bi:ma:kwe |
| pine | ashek'ya |
| pinion | he'sho k'uwe |
| pinon-nuts | he'sho k'uwe |
| pinon | he'sho |
| pitch-fork | hek'oya'chinne |
| planter | le:k'yallokk'yanakya |
| play | ik'osh- |
| pleiades | kwilelekk'ya:kwe |
| pliers | helabatts'ikya |
| plum | si'luela mowe |
| pop | k'yachikwa:we |
| popcorn | dak'una:we |
| popcorn | dak'uk'yanakya |
| porch | bochin ullanne |
| porcupine | chibi |
| pot | de'le |
| potato-chip | k'yabimo i:ts'iya'anne |
| potato | k'yabimo'le |
| pottery | de'le |
| prairie-dog | k'ushi |
| prayer-stick | delikinanne |
| priest | shiwani |
| pumpkin | me:mo'le |
| pumpkins | me:mowe |
| purple | shikkwamunne |
| put | ullu- |
| quiver | shopbokya wahdanna |
| rabbit | okshik'i |
| radish | mo'shilowa |
| rain | lidokkya |
| rainbow | amidolanne |
| rake | heshonchinne |
| rattle | chi'monne |
| raven | kodolo'a |
| red | shilowa |
| relative | i:yanikina |
| relatives | i:yanikina:we |
| rice | wits'ana:we |
| river | k'yawinanne |
| roadrunner | boyyi |
| robe | shocha |
| rock | a'le |
| roof | bo'yanne |
| room | delitdonne |
| root | kwi'mia'tchikwa |
| rope | do'ninne |
| rug | bisa:linne |
| run | ye:lah- |
| salt | ma:k'ose |
| san Felipe | Wep Labatts'i:kwe |
| san Idelfonso | Dopbolliya:kwe |
| sander | le:k'yallokk'yanakya |
| santa ana | Damaya:kwe |
| santa domingo | Wahkya:kwe |
| saw | lididinanne |
| say | ben- |
| screw | madonne |
| sea | k'ya:dul |
| see | una- |
| september | Li'dekwakkya Ts'ana |
| seven | kwilelekk'ya |
| shadow | delu'wanne |
| sheep | kyane:lu |
| sheep | kyane:lu |
| shield | allanne |
| shirt | utchunne |
| shongopovi | Shumahba:wa:kwe |
| short | koni |
| shoulder | chudinne |
| shovel | he:lemme |
| sibling | hanni |
| sickle | chimayashnakya |
| sink | sak'oshonakya |
| sister | kyawu |
| sit | imo- |
| six | dobalekk'ya |
| skillet | he'lalkwe:nanne |
| sky | a'bo'yanne |
| sleep | ala- |
| small | ts'ana |
| smoke | lik'yayanne |
| snake | chitdola |
| snow | u'lalle, ubinnaye |
| soil | sowe |
| son | tsawak'i |
| soup | woleya:we |
| south | Ma'k'yayakwi |
| speak | ben- |
| spear | lansa |
| spider | dohsido |
| spindle | ladonne |
| spirit | haba |
| spoon | sho'onne |
| spring | Delakweynanne |
| spruce | k'yala ts'ilo |
| squash | mo:deyalla |
| squirrel | yashi |
| stairs | lewiyetchi:we |
| stand | ela- |
| star | mo'yachunne |
| stars | mo'yachu'a:we |
| stew | woleya:we |
| stew | woleya:we |
| stick | lamme |
| stone | a'le |
| stove | helemodinanne |
| sugar | ma:chikwa |
| summer | Olo'ik'yananne |
| sun | yadokkya |
| sweet-breads | k'opbowa:we |
| syrup | k'e:k'yawe |
| table | lembowanne |
| tablecloth | bewi yaldonne |
| take | ahh- |
| tamale | k'ola mu |
| tamales | k'ola muwe |
| tea | ha:k'yawe |
| teach | anikk'ya- |
| television | unakya lelonne |
| tell | adine- |
| ten | asdemthla |
| them | a:ottsi |
| think | tse'ma- |
| thirteen | asdemlan ha'i yaldo |
| thirty | ha'ik'yan asdemla |
| three | ha'i |
| thunder | dowowonanne |
| tobacco | ana |
| toe-nail | dupni shonchinne |
| toe | dupninne |
| tomato | dome:da |
| tongue | tonninne |
| tooth | o'nanne |
| torch | howowok'yanakya |
| tortillas | hebatchi:we |
| town | luwallanne |
| translator | ts'ina i:kwihoyn'ona |
| turkey | dona |
| turquoise | li'akwa |
| twelve | asdemthla kwili yaldo |
| twenty-one | kwilik'yan asdemthla doba yaldo |
| twenty | kwilik'yan asdemthla |
| two | kwili |
| ultimate | ekwi'a |
| uncle | datchu ts'ana |
| understand | yu'he:du |
| ute | Yu:da:kwe |
| valley | dewul etdonne |
| venison | na'le |
| village | luwallane |
| vinegar | k'ya'obi:we |
| walapai | Walaba:kwe |
| wall | he'inne |
| walpi | Wal bi:kwe |
| war | ethlanaka |
| warp | billanne |
| was | deya'kya |
| water | k'yawe |
| watercress | pi'k'aia |
| watermelon | mol'aknana |
| were | a:deya'kya |
| west | Sunha:kwi |
| what | kwapbi |
| wheat | kyawe |
| white | k'ohanna |
| wife | o:ye |
| wildcat | debi |
| willow | bila |
| wind | binnakkya, li'dekwannanne |
| window | a'walolonne |
| window | ashho'wanne |
| winter | Dehts'inanne, Dehts'ina |
| wolf | yuna:wiko |
| woman | makk'i |
| woodpecker | dumdununu |
| wrist | asi ts'ananne |
| year | debikweynanne |
| yeast | mots obi:we |
| yellow | lupts'inna |
| yes | eya |
| you | doh |
| yuma | Yu:ma:kwe |
| zenith | i:yamakwi |
| zia | Tsi'ya'a'kwe |
| zuni | Shiwi |