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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Jonathan<BR>
Oglu is a noun meaning ‘fortune’ , whereas wapi or wapika means ‘fortunate’ or ‘be fortunate’. I must say the latter is the one I have seen more often<BR>
Bruce<BR>
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On 6/9/05 5:46 pm, "Jonathan Holmes" <okibjonathan@yahoo.com> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Bruce,<BR>
This helps a great deal. Thanks for taking the time with it. Just one question though. Is there much of a difference between the use of <I>oglu</I> and the use of <I>wa'pika</I> for the term "fortune"?<BR>
Thanks,<BR>
Jonathan <BR>
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<B><I>Bruce Ingham <bi1@soas.ac.uk></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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It looks as though it is intended to mean “Little Brother go with good fortune around the world or all over the world” . However I don’t know whether it is correct in Lakota or is a translation from another language like English. MisuN is the vocative use “Oh Little Brother”. Oglu does mean ‘fortune, luck’, although I have not seen it used often. Makha Sitomni or Makha sitomniyaN means ‘all over the world’. The yalo part is slightly odd. If it means ‘he goes’ one would expect yelo. If it means “go!”. One would expect yayo or iyayo.<BR>
Bruce<BR>
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On 6/9/05 6:20 am, "Jonathan Holmes" <okibjonathan@yahoo.com> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Howdy,<BR>
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I have a friend that asked me recently if I could translate the following phrase.<BR>
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<I>Misun oglu waste maka sitomni yalo<BR>
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It looks like Lakota (primarily because I recognize <I>waste</I> or "good" and <I>maka</I> or "earth" as being Lakota), but the rest I'm not so sure about. Is it perhaps because of mis-spelled words? <BR>
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Any help or advice would be appreciated.<BR>
Jonathan<BR>
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