Caddo to English Online Dictionary
| English Word | Part of Speech | HASINAI translation | Hear the Caddo word |
|---|---|---|---|
| brain or mind | n. | ca-ah | Listen |
| trees (pl.) | n. | ca-ah-nah'-ah | Listen |
| tree (singular) | n. | co-duch'-ah | Listen |
| door | n. | ca-hane-swah'-cha | Listen |
| ghost | n. | ca-ha-uh' | Listen |
| thunder | n. | ca-min | Listen |
| to pass away. | v. | cah-ay'-hut | Listen |
| to laugh | v. | cah-ah-hun'ay-you | Listen |
| bone | n. | cah-ah-nah'-cha | Listen |
| to meet | v. | cah-ah-nee-um'-mah | Listen |
| to cut | v. | cah-ah-neh' | Listen |
| 1. Ghost Dance 2. to hold hands | n. | cah-ah-see-cha'-nee | Listen |
| to attack | v. | cah-ah-we-dah'-cooh | Listen |
| to cough | v. | cah-ah-wish'-nooh-ah | Listen |
| to tire | v. | cah-ah-yah'-choot | Listen |
| 1. to fight 2. war | v., n. | cah-be-nah'-sah | Listen |
| hair | n. | cah-be yoon'-na | Listen |
| hair | n. | cah-be-yoon'-na-ah | Listen |
| war | n. | cah-bin-a'-sah | Listen |
| traditional (woman's) Caddo dress with large collar | n. | cah-bish'-nah-ah | Listen |
| speckled | adj. | cah'-biss | Listen |
| leaf | n. | cah-bus'-toh | Listen |
| thread | n. | cah'-but-ooh | Listen |
| gopher | n. | cah-ca-yah'-ah | Listen |
| string | n. | cah-cah-bah'-tsa | Listen |
| cloud | n. | cah-cah-che'-ah | Listen |
| cabbage | n. | cah-cah-cun'-na-ah | Listen |
| flood | n. | cah-cah-e'-pah-tah | Listen |
| number | n. | cah-cah-nay'-dah-wits'-ah | Listen |
| arbor | n. | cah-cah-say'-day-ah | Listen |
| cigarettes | n. | cah-cah-wah-nah'-ah | Listen |
| saw | n. | cad-cah-we-ah | Listen |
| ditch | n. | cah-cah-yah' tsa | Listen |
| lake | n. | cah-can-e'-sah | Listen |
| vest | n. | cah-coo'-its'-sah | Listen |
| shell | n. | cah-dah-cush-nah'-ah | Listen |
| chief; leader | n. | cah-de | Listen |
| chief; leader | n. | cah-di | Listen |
| officer | n. | cah-de'-soon'-dah | Listen |
| skin | n. | cah-dun'-na | Listen |
| hide; leather | n. | cah-dun'-nooh | Listen |
| buckskin horse | n. | cah-dus'-cah | Listen |
| to float | v. | cah-e-cha'-da-ya | Listen |
| pears | n. | cah-e-swe-wah-ho'-kit | Listen |
| screech owl | n. | cah-e-tsi | Listen |
| smoke | n. | cah-e-ush'-ah | Listen |
| day | n. | cah'-es-cha'-ah | Listen |
| meal of cooked food | n. | cah-ha-nah'-tsa-ah | Listen |
| house | n. | cah-ha-ne-say'-ah | Listen |
| eye glasses | n. | cah-ha'-wist | Listen |
| breeze | n. | cah-hoat'-in-nuh-nah'-kit | Listen |
| electrical storm; lightning | n. | cah-how-din'-ooh-nah | Listen |
| hill | n. | cah-hun-mo'-sa | Listen |
| woman dance: "standing and singing" | n. | cah-kee'-ah-kuh nih-kee-nay'-oh | Listen |
| cowardly (I am cowardly) | adj. (informal) | cah-kee'-ah nee-o' | Listen |
| brave (I am brave.) | adj. (informal) | cah-kee'-ah-shu'-we | Listen |
| to hit | v. | cah-kee'-din | Listen |
| ribbons | n. | cah-kee-bin-ay'-ah | Listen |
| string | n. | cah-kee-bin'-tsa | Listen |
| to cry | v. | cah-kee-cah'-cah | Listen |
| automobile | n. | cah-kee-chuh'-ti | Listen |
| boil; inflamed swelling under skin | n. | cah-kee'-cus-ned | Listen |
| to cut | v. | cah-kee'-cush | Listen |
| to sleep | v. | cah-kee'-de-kee | Listen |
| to ride | v. | cah-key'-dit-ooh | Listen |
| to gather; to collect, as in harvest | v. | cah-key-do'-nee | Listen |
| bite | n. | cah-kee'-dooh | Listen |
| peas | n. | cah-kee-dun'-nay'-ah | Listen |
| to hunt | v. | cah-kee-hay'-wah-oot | Listen |
| to cook | v. | cah-kee-hun'-nah | Listen |
| to help | v. | cah-kee-hung'-cah-hay | Listen |
| to kill | v. | cah-kee'-keeh | Listen |
| to break | v. | cah-kee'-nee-yooh | Listen |
| to sing | v. | cah-kee-neh'-oh | Listen |
| to like | v. | cah-kee-no'-noot | Listen |
| to make | v. | cah-kee'-nah | Listen |
| hand game | n. | cah-kee-se-cut'-cha | Listen |
| to finish | v. | cah-kee-te-tsu-kin | Listen |
| easily seen or understood; clear not confused | adj. | cah-kee-tun-che-nee | Listen |
| to walk around | v. | cah-kee-us swe-yah-ah | Listen |
| to eat | v. | cah-kee-ush-no'-yah | Listen |
| to walk | v. | cah-kee-yah-swe'-ah | Listen |
| to live | v. | cah-kee-yah' | Listen |
| to be; exist | v. | cah-kee'-ah | Listen |
| to buy; purchase | v. | cah-key-cah'-neeh | Listen |
| to visit | v. | cah-key-cut'-dah-ah | Listen |
| to build; make; create | v. | cah-key-nah | Listen |
| empty | adj. | cah-key-we-hah | Listen |
| to boil | v. | cah-kin'-cus-neh | Listen |
| to find | v. | cah-kin'-dah-ah | Listen |
| to move | v. | cah-kin-ho'-nee | Listen |
| drum dance; 1st dance of night; Caddo history | n. | cah-kit-em'-bin | Listen |
| village headman | n. | cah-nah-ha | Listen |
| needle | n. | cah-nah-tswe'-teh | Listen |
| to arrange things | v. | cah-nay'-ah | Listen |
| path | n. | cah-ne-oot-tsah-ne'-ha | Listen |
| metal bowl | n. | cah-noosh'-ta | Listen |
| mole | n. | cah-o-ah-say'-oo-nah | Listen |
| to be bothered | v. | cah-o-chum'-may | Listen |
| cap | n. | cah-o'-dah-ha | Listen |
| to wonder | v. | cah-o-me-tsa'-see-nine-cooh-ooh | Listen |
| that dance (specific) | n. | cah-o'-shun-nee-sah | Listen |
| pitiful; poor | adj. | cah-o'-tsa-a | Listen |
| need | n. | cah-o'-tsis-nah | Listen |
| dunce | n. | cah-o'-tsun-ning-coo-oh | Listen |
| goat | n. | cah'-one-nus-tsi | Listen |
| meat (usually beef) | n. | cah'-oo'-tooh | Listen |
| to answer; echo | v. | cah-oo-ko'-yah-hoe'-nen | Listen |
| cotton | n. | cah'-ooh | Listen |
| to ache in one particular area | v | cah-oot'-nah-way | Listen |
| to ache, generally, all over | v. | cah-oot'-no'-wih | Listen |
| to desire | v | cah-own'-e-kah | Listen |
| chicken | n. | cah-pah'-tsi | Listen |
| chicken hawk | n. | cah-pah'-tsi cah-ko'-ah | Listen |
| coffee | n. | cah-peh' | Listen |
| coat | n. | cah-put' | Listen |
| mosquito | n. | cah'-sah | Listen |
| leg | n. | cah-shu | Listen |
| blackbird | n. | cah' shuh | Listen |
| blizzard | n. | cah-sooh | Listen |
| icy limbs on trees | n. | cah-sue | Listen |
| weed | n. | cah-sun'-ooh | Listen |
| me; self | pronoun | cah-tse | Listen |
| bottle | n. | cah-un | Listen |
| to burn | v. | cah-un'-cah | Listen |
| hot pepper | n. | cah-un'-cah-us | Listen |
| little plums | n. | cah-us cah'-dee | Listen |
| big plums | n. | cah-us' cah-e-chun'-nah-ah | Listen |
| peaches ("hairy fruit") | n. | cah-us choo'-tooh | Listen |
| apples | n. | cah-us hine'-cooh | Listen |
| shawl | n. | cah-wah-sin'-neeh | Listen |
| cloth | n. | cah-we-cha | Listen |
| ceramic bowl | n. | cah-wis | Listen |
| eye glasses | n. | cah'-wist | Listen |
| Neches River | n. | Cah-ye-tsi | Listen |
| baby | n. | cah-yo'-tsi | Listen |
| drum | n. | cai'-cooh | Listen |
| bells | n. | cai'-coo-tze | Listen |
| flint | n. | cai-e' cah-cai'-ah | Listen |
| "place of crying" | n. | Cha-cah-nee-nah | Listen |
| skillet | n. | Cha-kah-eh' | Listen |
| bow | n. | cha-wee | Listen |
| terrapin | n. | cha'-yah | Listen |
| floor | n. | cah-yun'-nah-hum | Listen |
| alike in looks | adj. | Chah'-dooh pew-dah-ney'-ah | Listen |
| identical twins | n. | Chah'-dooh pew-dah-ney'-ah | Listen |
| to wait; postpone an action | v. | chah-teh' | Listen |
| December | n. | Cho'-ka-see ti-ti | Listen |
| Fox | n. | Cho-oss | Listen |
| hummingbird | n. | choh'-coo-nee | Listen |
| currents; water or air moving in a direction | n. | choh'-cah-koot | Listen |
| fur | n. | chu-tooh | Listen |
| tomatoes | n. | chun'-ti-nooh | Listen |
| prunes | n. | chun'-de-cooh | Listen |
| eyes | n. | coo-ah-chun'-ah | Listen |
| face | n. | coo-ah-chun'-cah-ah | Listen |
| alone | adj. | coo'-ah-nah | Listen |
| buttock | n. | coo-ah-nah-tsu'-nah | Listen |
| body | n. | coo-ah-nee'-yah | Listen |
| nose ("Where the nose is.") | n. | coo-ah-sue'-ah | Listen |
| hip | n. | coo-ah-yah-do'-sah | Listen |
| full | adj. | coo-bin-day-nah | Listen |
| sky | n. | coo'-cah-cha'-ah | Listen |
| common; plain | adj. | coo-chah-doo pen-dah-ney'-ah | Listen |
| liver (animal) | n. | coo-cun-coo | Listen |
| get away. | interjection | coo-dee'-dah-yut | Listen |
| "Don't!" or "Quit!" or "Stop!" | phrase | Chay'-ah'! | Listen |
| spring | n. | coo-kah-yah-dah'-cha | Listen |
| Fish Dance; "going sideways" | n. | Coo-kee-we'-neh-bee' | Listen |
| doctor of medicine | n. | coo'-nah | Listen |
| to the north. | adj., adv. | coo-nah-coo'-hoo-dooh | Listen |
| to the east | adj., adv. | coo-nah-dis'-cah | Listen |
| to the west | adj., adv. | coo-nah-dis'-chooh | Listen |
| to the south | adj., adv. | coo-nah-ti-dooh | Listen |
| doubtful | adj. | coo-nah'-nooh | Listen |
| roof | n. | coo'-me-sah'-ne-coo-ah | Listen |
| house fly | n. | coo-neh' | Listen |
| melon | n. | coo-noo-ha-sah'-ah-coo | Listen |
| pumpkin | n. | coo-nooh-cah-ke-cus'-neh | Listen |
| town | n. | coo-num-me'-tah | Listen |
| worm | n. | coo-ooh | Listen |
| caterpillar | n. | coo-ooh ha-e'-may | Listen |
| come eat | v. | coo-sah'-yah | Listen |
| to have or own | v. | coo'-tsa | Listen |
| elbow | n. | coo-um-me-coo'-sah | Listen |
| water | n. | cooh'-cooh | Listen |
| Sabine River | n. | Cooh'-cooh-ah-tsi-yo | Listen |
| to move away | v. | cooh-dee' | Listen |
| early, spring grapes | n. | cooh'-weeh | Listen |
| alligator | n. | cooh'-whooh | Listen |
| rain | n. | cooh'-yah | Listen |
| 1. death (formal; human) 2. "He's gone." | n., v. | coot'-ne'-ah | Listen |
| traditional Caddo dress | n. | cum-bish'-nah-eeh | Listen |
| air | n. | cun-ah-ho'-tsa-ah | Listen |
| glass mirror | n. | cun-che'-bah | Listen |
| window | n. | cun-che-bah cah-we'-cha-ah | Listen |
| mud | n. | cun-dut-ooh | Listen |
| to announce a dance | v. | cun-o'-shun-nee | Listen |
| hail | n. | cus | Listen |
| beads | n. | cus-see | Listen |
| necklace | n. | cus-see-nah-kim'-be | Listen |
| horse fly | n. | cup'-pah-a' | Listen |
| knife | n. | cut' | Listen |
| turtle | noun | ch'-a-yah | Listen |
| scorpion | noun | cha-wat | Listen |
| bow | noun | cha-wih | Listen |
| bow | noun | cha-way | Listen |
| quiver | noun | cha-ba' | Listen |
| fuzzy | adj. | ch'-uht'-uh | Listen |
| January | noun | Chay'-kah'-day | Listen |
| December | noun | Chay-kah'-day | Listen |
| men, braves | n. | cuu-wi | Listen |
| Bangs-cut-off | name | Cha-su-ku-shi | Listen |
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