Caddo to English Online Dictionary
| English Word | Part of Speech | HASINAI translation | Hear the Caddo word |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Welcome!" | phrase | Na'-a-wih! | Listen |
| "What is that?" | phrase | Nah' di-kat da-ah? | Listen |
| "That is a ____." | phrase | Nah' ____ da-ah. | Listen |
| "Is that a ____?" | phrase | Nah' ____ say'-ah? | Listen |
| "What is that called?" | phrase | Nah' si'-dim'-ba-ki'-i-hah? | Listen |
| "Who is that?" | phrase | Nah' wit'-tan'-na-ah? | Listen |
| "I'm reading." | phrase | Nush'-t-us tsi'-ba'-wha | Listen |
| one of the northern [Caddo] family localities | na-ha'-i-ne' | Listen | |
| Caddo dialect | na-ci-du'-c | Listen | |
| "lots of people living at ha'ine'." | phrase | na-ha'-in-e' ku-o-sho'-da-cha | Listen |
| boy under ten | n. | nut-yit'-i-t-'i} | Listen |
| girl under ten | n. | nu-ty-i-t'i-t'i} | Listen |
| maiden, eighteen or twenty | n. | nu-ti-tsi | Listen |
| cry baby | phrase | ni-o-tsi | Listen |
| "How do you do that?" | phrase | Nah' si-da'-a-di-hah | Listen |
| "How do you do that?" | phrase | Nah' si-di'-i-di-hah | Listen |
| "Like this." | phrase | Nah' si'-nah | Listen |
| "women's room" | noun | nat'-tih tu-ta'-a-bah | Listen |
| "Shoot!" or "Golly!" or "Goodness!" | phrase | Nah' ay'-shah! | Listen |
| "That's it!" | phrase | Na-hah'! | Listen |
| "I don't know." | phrase | Nuk'-ka'. | Listen |
| maybe | phrase | Nuk'-ka' | Listen |
| "How much does that cost?" | phrase | Nah sit'-tun'-dah-ts'-a'-ah'? | Listen |
| "How much is hanging on it?" | phrase | Nah sit'-tun'-dah-ts'-a'-ah'? | Listen |
| jerky, (poundmeat) | noun | ni-dim'-bin | Listen |
| egg | noun | nus-bik'-uh | Listen |
| egg | noun | ni-bi' | Listen |
| grapes | noun | na'-ah | Listen |
| "Eat that!" | phrase | Nah' daa-yah | Listen |
| "There he or she is." | phrase | nah' ha'-i'-ah | Listen |
| Bear Dance | noun | Nuh' Ka'-aw'-shan | Listen |
| bear | noun | n'-aw'-tsi' | Listen |
| turkey | noun | nu' | Listen |
| chicken | noun | nu'-tsi' | Listen |
| pig | noun | nah-kush | Listen |
| piglet | noun | nah-kush'-ti'-ti' | Listen |
| horned owl | noun | ni-hih | Listen |
| "That is a/n ____." | phrase | Nah' ____ da'-ah. | Listen |
| book or paper | noun | nush-t'-uh | Listen |
| pen or pencil | noun | na-kii'-shuh | Listen |
| this day | n. | na-say'-sah-cha | Listen |
| plate | n. | nah-cah-ca'-sah | Listen |
| suitcase | n. | nah'-cah-cun-chah'-toh | Listen |
| Ageline River | n. | Nah-cha-wi | Listen |
| intestines | n. | nah'-chooh | Listen |
| north | n. | nah-coo'-dooh | Listen |
| bone | n. | nah'-cooh | Listen |
| hog | n. | nah'-cush | Listen |
| armadillo | n. | nah-cush'-cha-yah | Listen |
| pig | n. | nah-cush'-ti-ti | Listen |
| ankle | n. | nah'-do-heh | Listen |
| socks | n. | nah-e-nun-chut'-dah-hun | Listen |
| pecans | n. | nah-he'-yah | Listen |
| apron | n. | nah-hay'-be | Listen |
| to look at oneself | v. | nah-kee | Listen |
| tie | n. | nah-kee-bim'-beh | Listen |
| dress | n. | nah-kee-cah'-son | Listen |
| blouse | n. | nah-kee-cah'-son-cah-coo-ta-sah | Listen |
| dress material | n. | nah-kee-cah-son'-cah-we'-cha-ah | Listen |
| shirt | n. | nah-kee-cah'-son-shoo-we | Listen |
| heater | n. | nah-kee-cah'-tooh | Listen |
| drinking glasses | n. | nah-kee-cha-nee-coh'-tu-weh | Listen |
| weight | n. | nah-kee-cah'-win-nah | Listen |
| pants | n. | nah-kee-toon-cha'-son | Listen |
| cooking stove | n. | nah-kee-hun'-nah cah-bin'-nah | Listen |
| table | n. | nah-kee'-hush-no' eh-ah-cha | Listen |
| drum dance | n. | nah-kee-kim'-be | Listen |
| bracelet | n. | nah-kee'-nah-sin-cha | Listen |
| bed | n. | nah-kee'-sah | Listen |
| sewing machine | n. | nah-kee'-soot | Listen |
| pencil | n. | nah-kee'-shu | Listen |
| wooden chair | n. | nah-kee'-toh-cah'-yatch-ah | Listen |
| earring | n. | nah-kee-tsu'-wit | Listen |
| fork | n. | nah-kee-wah-ti'-cha | Listen |
| food | n. | nah-kee'-yah | Listen |
| match | n. | nah-keen'-cah-nah | Listen |
| beads | n. | nah-kim-be | Listen |
| pillow | n. | nah-kim-be'-tse | Listen |
| fan | n. | nah-kin-oon'-uh-nah | Listen |
| 1. belt 2. buckle | n. | nah-kin-che'-bin | Listen |
| Ghost Dance (Arapaho) | n. | nah-see'-sah'-nah | Listen |
| fall ("when leaves begin to fall") | n. | nah-sah-cah-koe'-we | Listen |
| next week | n. | nah-say'-ta-nah-hon'-dah | Listen |
| big acorns | n. | nah'-shee | Listen |
| kidney | n. | nah-seeh' | Listen |
| foot | n. | nah'-shooh | Listen |
| hot | n. | nah'-teh-dooh | Listen |
| south | n. | nah-ti-dooh | Listen |
| appaloosa horse | n. | nah'-tso-nee | Listen |
| down | adv. | nah'-we | Listen |
| "show-off" | adj. | nah-wi'-dish-da-ah | Listen |
| to dream | v. | nah'-yah-cooh' | Listen |
| box | n. | nah-yah-we-coo | Listen |
| policeman | n. | nate'-dah-yun-ha | Listen |
| nurse | n. | nate'-dah-yun-nush'-ah-ha | Listen |
| husband ("companion around the fire") | n. | nate'-tsi nah-cah-wish-ah | Listen |
| (joke) fighting companion | n. | nate'-tso-tah-nee'-ah | Listen |
| mouth | n. | nay'-wah-chee | Listen |
| back | n. | nee'-coo-hey | Listen |
| fire | n. | nee'-cooh | Listen |
| stream | n. | nee-dah'-heh | Listen |
| white owl | n. | nee-hee | Listen |
| road | n. | nee-ot'-tsi | Listen |
| feather | n. | nee-tooh | Listen |
| arm | n. | nee-we'-sooh | Listen |
| moon | n. | neesh | Listen |
| yesterday | n. | nees'-choo | Listen |
| boiled | adj. | nit-ah-cah-oh' | Listen |
| chairman ("one who sits in the chair") | n. | nit-tso-sah-dos-cha-ah | Listen |
| turkey | n. | nooh' | Listen |
| Turkey Dance | n. | nooh'-cah-o'-shun-nah | Listen |
| eggs | n. | noos'-bick-ooh | Listen |
| calf (anatomy) | n. | note'-chey | Listen |
| bear | n. | note'-tsi | Listen |
| night | n. | nup'-bah | Listen |
| newspaper | n. | nush'-tu | Listen |
| neck | n. | nut'-see-heh | Listen |
| chair | noun | na-kit'-aw | Listen |
| feather | noun | nit'-uh | Listen |
| fan | noun | nah-kin'-un'-hu'-nah | Listen |
| container | noun | nah-ki-kaw'-nih | Listen |
| purse | noun | nah-ki-kaw'-nih su-nah | Listen |
| notebook | noun | nah-ki-kaw'-nih nush-t'-uh | Listen |
| belt | noun | nah-kin'-ch'-ay'-bin | Listen |
| skirt | noun | nah-kii-win'-chah | Listen |
| dress or shirt | noun | nah-ki-kah'-san | Listen |
| pants | noun | nah-kii-tsun-ch'-ah'-san | Listen |
| earrings | noun | nah-kii-tsu'-u-nih | Listen |
| foot | noun | na'-a-suh | Listen |
| kidney | noun | nah-sih | Listen |
| girl ("little woman") | n. | nut'-teh-tsi | Listen |
| summer | noun | na-hat'-ti-du' | Listen |
| winter | noun | na-hak-kuh-du' | Listen |
| fall | noun | nah-kaa-bash'-da-wih | Listen |
| "He's ____'s father." | phrase | Nah' ____ aa'-sin. | Listen |
| husband; wife; "the one you live with" | noun | nayt-pit'-wa'-i-hah | Listen |
| husband; wife; "the one you live with" | noun | nayt-pit'-waw'-i-hah | Listen |
| Nacogdoches Band (of Caddo) | noun | Na-ku'-ki-daaw'-tsi' | Listen |
| Natchitoches Band (of Caddo) | noun | Na'-shit'-ush | Listen |
| (towards) north | noun | nah hah-kuh-duh | Listen |
| (towards) south | noun | nah hat-ti-du' | Listen |
| river | noun | ni-daa'-hih | Listen |
| "Finally we're home." | phrase | Na-hah' day'-ni-wh'-dah | Listen |
| "How much does that cost?" | phrase | Nah' sit-tun'-dats'-a'-ah'? | Listen |
| night | noun | nap'-ba' | Listen |
| calendar | noun | na-ki'-san'-nah-nah | Listen |
| (Fourth of) July | noun | Nas'-ah'-at-sus | Listen |
| October | noun | Nip'-baa-ti'-ti' | Listen |
| November | noun | Nip'-baa (h)a'-i-may | Listen |
| yesterday | noun | ni'(h)-is-chuh | Listen |
| day before yesterday | phrase | ni'(h)-is-chuh sik-ku-ti' | Listen |
| "What is that?" | phrase | Nah' di-kat da'-ah? | Listen |
| our father all home | n. | naa-wan-ti-ku-ki'-das | Listen |
| Sugar Creek | n. | na-wi-di'-cha-bi-tso' | Listen |
| Fort Cobb | n. | na-su-na-da' | Listen |
| Anadarko | n. | na-wa-shi-ta | Listen |
| big field | n. | na-tu-a-ha-im-a-i-ko-in-a | Listen |
| big field | n. | na-na-tu-a-im-ai | Listen |
| morning star dace | n. | na-i-d'a-cha-wa-ni-ish-a | Listen |
| "feather, erect" | phrase | ni-da'-a | Listen |
| Peyote leader; "road he was sitting" | n. | niya·'tsi hit'o'caa' | Listen |
| Moon-Head | name | Nish-kan-tuh | Listen |
| "when it was" | phrase | ni-ha-i-a | Listen |
| when the world was new or young; (when it was; green or new, not ripe); start of story | phrase | ni-nu-ki-ha-i'-ya ha-sa-ku | Listen |
| when it (earth, time, existence, etc.) was… | phrase | ni-nu-ki-ha-i'-ya | Listen |
| Spring Creek | n. | Na-i-ku-tsi | Listen |
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