Caddo to English Online Dictionary
| English Word | Part of Speech | HASINAI translation | Hear the Caddo word |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Come in!" | phrase | Dah-yah'-yut! | Listen |
| "Come in!" | phrase | Dah-yay'-hat! | Listen |
| "Get down!" | phrase | Dah'-wish-ah! | Listen |
| "Sit down." | phrase | Dah'-wi-nah | Listen |
| "His or her name is ____." | phrase | Dim'-ba-ki'-i-hah ____. | Listen |
| "This is ____." | phrase | Di'-i ____ da-ah. | Listen |
| "Here (giving something)." | phrase | Di-hi'-i. | Listen |
| "What is this?" | phrase | Di'-i di-kat da-ah? | Listen |
| "Is this a ____?" | phrase | Di'-i ____ say'-ah? | Listen |
| "Is this a ____?" | phrase | Di'- ____ sa-ay'-yah? | Listen |
| "Who is this?" | phrase | Di'-i wit'-tan'-na-ah? | Listen |
| "What are you doing?" | phrase | Di-ka-da'-an-i-hah? | Listen |
| here | noun | dit'-tih ha-i-i-a | Listen |
| White-bread (person); "bread, white" | n. | Dac-Ga-tha-Gai-yu' | Listen |
| "Watch me." | phrase | Dah-kui'-bah | Listen |
| "Are you busy?" | phrase | Di-ka-hay' sa'-a-ni-hah? | Listen |
| Sit here. | phrase | Dit'-tih da'-a-wi-nah | Listen |
| Get up (out of a chair). | phrase | Dah'-nih-sa-hay | Listen |
| "What do you want?" | phrase | Di'-ka-daw'-nit'-u-hah. | Listen |
| "What do you want?" | phrase | Di'-ka-daw'-nit'-ah? | Listen |
| "Do you want bread?" | phrase | Dash'-kay sa'-aw'-nit'-ah? | Listen |
| "Give me the ____." | phrase | Dah'-ku'-iih ____. | Listen |
| "Here it is." | phrase | Di-hii | Listen |
| "Be careful/behave!" | phrase | Da'-aw-ts'-ah'-naa-nit | Listen |
| "You're lying." or "You lied." | phrase | Da'-han'-nin'-ki-hah. | Listen |
| "You're lying." or "You lied." | phrase | Da'-ham-min'-ki-hah | Listen |
| 3 (three) | number | da-haw' | Listen |
| 5 (five) | number | dis'-si'-kah | Listen |
| 6 (six) | number | dan'-kih | Listen |
| 8 (eight) | number | da-haw'-si-kah | Listen |
| pepper | noun | dii'-ti'-uh-tsi' | Listen |
| cracker/cookie | noun | dash'-kat'-ti'-ti' | Listen |
| cake | noun | dash'-kat' hab-it-saw | Listen |
| fry bread | noun | dash'-kat (nah) ha-saa'-yuh | Listen |
| fry bread | noun | dash'-kat ka-yust'-uh | Listen |
| beans | noun | da-bas | Listen |
| "What do you want?" | phrase | di-ka-daw'-ni-tii'-hah | Listen |
| "What do you want?" | phrase | Di-ka-daw'-nit'-a' | Listen |
| "Pass me the ____." | phrase | Da'-ku'-ih ____ | Listen |
| "Eat this!" | phrase | dii' daa-yah | Listen |
| "Drink this!" | phrase | dii' daa-yah'-k'-ah | Listen |
| to cry | v. | da-cah'-ah | Listen |
| to lay | v. | da'-sah | Listen |
| to jump | v. | da-we'-dah-shah | Listen |
| Do it. | v. (informal) | da'-nah | Listen |
| dear | n. | dah | Listen |
| to hit | v. | dah-bin | Listen |
| beans (similar to black beans) | n. | dah-bus | Listen |
| to yell | v. | dah'-cah | Listen |
| to cut | v. | dah-cush | Listen |
| soup | n. | dah-coo-cah-nit'-widish | Listen |
| purple | n. | dah-cun'-co | Listen |
| to go to sleep | v. | dah'-de-kee | Listen |
| forest | n. | dah-din'-neh | Listen |
| to give | v. | dah'-e | Listen |
| you help. | v. | dah-hung'-cah-hay | Listen |
| muscle; sinew | n. | dah'-neh | Listen |
| pick it up | v. | dah'-nooh | Listen |
| tell him | v. | dah-noom'-bah-nah | Listen |
| tripe | n. | dah-tooh | Listen |
| basket | n. | dah-wat' | Listen |
| to run | v. | dah-we-us-ah'-bin | Listen |
| "Here." | phrase | dit-tih ha'-i'-ah | Listen |
| "Light the fire!" | phrase | dam'-ban' | Listen |
| to get down | v. | dah'-we-shah | Listen |
| drink (command) | v. | dah-yah'-cah | Listen |
| come in | v. | dah-yea'-hoot | Listen |
| to carry | v. | dah-yeun'-nee | Listen |
| get out! | v. | dah-yo'-cah | Listen |
| today | n. | de-ha-es-cum'-kee-sah | Listen |
| pepper | n. | de'-tooh-tse | Listen |
| bay horse | n. | dee'-tum-ah ha'-tee-no | Listen |
| horse or pony | n. | de'-tum-ah | Listen |
| fart | n. | dee-tooh | Listen |
| dog | n. | dee'-tsi | Listen |
| noon | n. | dis'-cah | Listen |
| noon-meal; lunch | n. | dis-cah | Listen |
| here; at this place | adv. | dit-teh | Listen |
| sparrow hawk | n. | do-kist'-tsi | Listen |
| wool | n. | do'-no-see | Listen |
| stallion | n. | do-noo-de'-tum-ah | Listen |
| rabbit | n. | do'-ooh | Listen |
| careful; done with close attention | adj. | doet'-cha-sun | Listen |
| pork | adj. | dooh'-hooh' | Listen |
| colt | n. | doot'-ti-ti | Listen |
| to listen | v. | dough-cay'-bah | Listen |
| to talk | v. | dough'-cah-yah-nah-ah | Listen |
| to play | v. | dough-oo-tay'-one | Listen |
| bring it; get it | v. | dump'-mah' | Listen |
| bread | n. | dush'-cut | Listen |
| skillet bread; pan bread | n. | dush'-cut nah-de'-cut | Listen |
| cookies; "little bread" | n. | dush'-cut-ti-ti | Listen |
| cake; "sweet bread" | n. | dush'-cut hah-beh'-tso | Listen |
| shadow | n. | dush-koon'-nah-ah | Listen |
| ribbon headdress for women | n. | dush-tooh | Listen |
| mouse | n. | dut' | Listen |
| dog | noun | dii'-tsi' | Listen |
| horse | noun | dii'-ta-mah | Listen |
| deer | noun | da' | Listen |
| mouse | noun | dat | Listen |
| rabbit | noun | du'-u' | Listen |
| prairie dog | noun | du'-ut | Listen |
| bumblebee | noun | daa'-kuh | Listen |
| red-tailed hawk | noun | du-kish'-ts'-i | Listen |
| "This is a/n ____." | phrase | Dii' ____ da'-ah. | Listen |
| gun or firearm | noun | daa'-chah | Listen |
| "Give me the/a/n ____." | phrase | Dah'-ku'-ih ____! | Listen |
| tongue | noun | dit'-uh | Listen |
| buttocks | noun | dut'-uh | Listen |
| "Unlock the door." | phrase | Da'-awn'-hah-kah-tih-suh | Listen |
| "Open or close the door." | phrase | Dan'-chash-ki-yu | Listen |
| "Who is this or that?" | phrase | Dii' Nah' wit-an'-na'-ah'? | Listen |
| "What color is it?" | phrase | Di'-kap'-pi-day'-ah'? | Listen |
| purple | adj. | dah-kank'-uh | Listen |
| seventy-five cents | noun | dan'-kih is'-ka-nay | Listen |
| "Give me some money!" | phrase | Dah'-ku'-ih sun-nah! | Listen |
| Wednesday | noun | Da-haw' Ha(y)-a-shuh | Listen |
| Friday | noun | Dis-sik'-an Ha(y)-a-shuh | Listen |
| "Today is Sunday." | phrase | Duh'-ya' isch'-ay'-ah I-ni-ku'. | Listen |
| today | noun | Duh'-ya' ka'-isch'-ay'-ah | Listen |
| "Be careful." | phrase | Da'-aw-ts'-ah-naa'-nit! | Listen |
| "Speak Caddo!" | phrase | Daw'-ka-na'-ah Ha-si'-nay! | Listen |
| "What is this?" | phrase | Dii' di-kat da'-ah'? | Listen |
| (mescal-bean) doctor | n. | da-i-ti-no | Listen |
| ask forgiveness | v. | Dum-ba-ka-o-tsi-ha-a-di-na' | Listen |
| "six human (peoples) out came" a reference to the emergence from the earth of the traditional six tribal divisions of the Caddo. | phrase | d'q-ki ha-i-ya-no kin'-a-o-ta | Listen |
| darkness | n. | dash-ku-i | Listen |
| Sorrel | n. | Doh-kish | Listen |
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