Lakota help?

[Jonathan Holmes]

toksa = "later"
ake = "again"
waun = "I am"
kte = indicates "future"
 
 






























 
 
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--- On Wed, 3/4/09, David Kaufman <dvklinguist2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: David Kaufman <dvklinguist2003 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Lakota help?
To: "Siouan List" <siouan at lists.Colorado.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 2:15 PM






Hi all,

A friend of mine just sent me a phrase she got out of a magazine supposedly in Lakota: Doska Ake Waunkte, for goodbye, although she says it actually translates to: "I will see you again on earth or in the spirit world".  I'm interested in the word Waunkte, which I could not find either in my Dakota dictionary or in the online AISRI dictionary for Lakota; it looks like it may have something to do with 'spirit'?  I'm thinking this may be cognate with Biloxi maNkde, as in Kuti MaNkde 'god' - 'Spirit Above' ?  Anyone have a translation for Lakota 'waunkte' that may prove or disprove this theory?

Dave




      
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