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I took this photo last fall while  visitng my father, my brother and his mother near Põlva, Estonia. The following song lyrics are from the  #archival recording of Emilie Kõiv (74.a.v.), in #Põlva 1966. ( #Eesti #KirjandusmuuseumiEesti #RahvaluuleArhiiv - Estonian Folklore Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum) The lyrics, a request to the moon to give youth and strength to the body. were put to music by the #Estonian band @tradattack  Check out the video in the link in the bio! About Estonian: A #Finno_Ugrik language spoken in Estonia, related to Finnish, Hungerian and several other smaller language groups throughout Northeastern Europe and the many areas of the former Soviet Union. The Finno-Ugrik languages are an Eastern languages unrelated to the other Indo-European languages of the area. Estonia’s unique language and musical culture played a large role in there revolution against the Soviet colonizing forces, often refered to as “The Singing Revolution”. Let’s never forget the power of our voices and unite them always in resistance, healing, and celebration. Learn more at singingrevolution.com Estonian Lyrics: kuukene, kullakene, armas aotähekene, vota minno hindäle! Saas mu kihä kinmäs, jahumatt jaksas! English Lyrics: Dear moon, (lit. Little moon, little gold) sweet  dawn star take me to yourself! May my body get strong, and resistant! VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: #Estonian #English #Garifuna #Spanish #kuu - #moon - #kati - #luna kuld - gold - golu - oro armas - beloved - hínsiewati - querido #täht - #star -#warúguma - #estrella andma - to give - íchiga - dar keha - body - úgubu - cuerpo nooruslikkus - youthfulness -niburei - juventud jõud - strength, energy - érei - fuerza In Estonian -kene is a suffix that builds diminutives from nouns. ex: kuu (moon), kuukene (little moon), kivi (stone), kivikene (small stone) In Garifuna you can form the diminutive, by adding the marker -reü (small/child), ex: vélu (pond), vélu-reü (small pond) #endangeredlanguageartproject #endangeredlanguages #estonianlanguage #garifunalanguage #singingrevolution #songlyrics #voicesunited #estonia https://www.instagram.com/p/BnzV5rxgk6X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bun3zuocwpdp

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Something special and fun I’m working on, translating some netflix descriptions to practice #swahililanguage and #Garifunalanguage . Still a work in progress, but imagine if we had at least subtitles in all of our languages available as a learning resource. Let’s get on it! @marvel @marvelstudios , if you want to do something really cool hire a #starvingartist, help support our efforts to be heros for our communities and languages! #languagewarriors About Garifuna: A mix of Arawak and Carib languages with African phonetics and influence, since the Garifuna are descendants of Arawak, Carib, and African people. Interestingly there is a word in Garifuna for person, MUTU, which in Swahili the word for person is MTU. Any connection? Coincidence? Garifuna Institute link in bio. Some #superheronames below: Kiswahili - English - Garifuna Nyeusi Panther #BlackPanther Motete Weitimati Würiti Buibui Mtu #Spiderman Wügüri Anasi Ngurumo Mungu #Thor Bungiu Waruhuyu Daktari wa Ajabu #DoctorStrange Surusia Amuti nyeusi - black - würiti buibui - spider - anasi *Mtu - man, person - wüguri[Carib word], eyeri [Arawak word](man); *mutu, gürigia (person) ngurumo - thunder - waruhuyu mungu - god - bungiu ajabu - strange - amuti #languagepreservation #africanlanguages #arawaklanguages #endangeredlanguageartproject #endangeredlanguages #worldlanguages #netflicks #blackpanthermovie #marvelcomics #marvelentertainment #comicbookartist #contemporaryartist https://www.instagram.com/p/BnyfbgUlB0G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3c8snsjukqht

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Something special and fun I'm working on, translating some netflix descriptions to practice #swahililanguage and #Garifunalanguage. Still a work in progress, but imagine if we had at least subtitles in all of our languages available as a learning resource. Let's get on it! About Garifuna: it is a mix of Arawak and Carib languages with African phonetics, since the Garifuna are decendents of Arawak, Carib, and African people. Interestingly there is a word in Garifuna for person, MUTU, which in Swahili the word for person is MTU. Any connection? Garifuna Institute link in bio. Some vocabulary below. . #superheros #superheronames #englishlanguage #blackpanther #spiderman #thor #doctorstrange #kiSwahili #Nyeusipanther #buibui_mtu #Ngurumo_Mungu #Daktari_wa_Ajabu nyeusi - black buibui - spider *Mtu - man, person ngurumo - thunder mungu - god ajabu - strange #Garifuna #Motete_Weitimati_Würiti #Wügüri_Anasi #Bungiu_Waruhuyu #Surusia_Amuti motete weimati - panther Würiti - black anasi - spider Wügüri(Carib word) or eyeri (Arawak word) *mutu, gürigia - person waruhuyu - thunder bungiu - god surusia - doctor ámuti - strange #marvel #languagepreservation #africanlanguages #arawaklanguages #endangeredlanguageartproject #endangeredlanguages #worldlanguages #netflicks #blackpanthermovie #speakourlanguages #movies #marvelcomics #marvelentertainment https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnub-nHliHD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10p47ul3kame3

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Did you know that the Garifuna language spoken across the eastern cost of Central America, is an Arawak language related to the Taino language, the language of the native people of the Caribbean  that first encountered the European colonizers. Efforts are being made to revitilize the Taino language through comparative studies of endangered languages of the Caribbean, including  #Arawaklanguages like Garifuna, and Lokono spoken in South America. Here is a little Garifuna lesson inspired by some song lyrics in Arabic from the Lebanese band @mashrouleila. To sharing a cup with someone you love, writing in #ourlanguages and chasing away the demons! #garifunalanguage mátun bachati nuguya pero, nátun bachatirügü túma nagûtü, aban túma núguchu, bachati, memegi lúma whisky #arabiclanguage ما أشربش الشاي أنا, بس أنا بشرب الشاي بس, مع جدتي ومع أمي ، الشاي ، بس مع الويسكي #englishlanguage Me, I don't drink tea, but I drink tea only, with my grandma And with mom, tea, but with whiskey #spanishlanguage Yo no bebo té, but Bebo té solamente, con mi abuela Y con mámi, el té, pero con whiskey VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR bachati - tea - té - شاي nuguya - I - Yo - أنا nagûtü - my grandmother - mi abuela - جدتي núguchu - my mom - mi máma - امي nátun - I drink - yo bebo - اشلرب mátun nuguya -I don’t drink - No bebo - ما أشربش mátuntina - I didn’t drink - No bebí - لم أشرب nátunyon - I am drinking it - La estoy bebiendo - عم اشربها gurátina - I drank - bebí - شربت nátubon - I will drink it - la bebere - سأشربها túma nugûtü - with my grandma - con mi abuela - مع جدتي túma núguchu - with my mom - con mi mámi - مع امي núma - with me - conmigo - معي búma - with you - contigo - معك túma - with her - con ella - معها lúma - with him - con él - معه wúma - with us - con nosotros - معنا húma - with y’all - con ustedes - معكم húma - with them - con ellos - معهم #ما_اشربش_القزوزة_ و_لا_الشاي_أنا #مشروع_ليللى #mashrouleila #djin #modernlanguages #endangeredlanguages #endangeredlanguageartproject #languagerevitilization #decolonize #withmymom #conmiabuelita https://www.instagram.com/p/BnqO2cvABQp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5eau9yu1nn28

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Prayer and song, sound and intent, energy and breath, all these things a human needs to practice manifesting in order to reclaim their voice and their power. #tainolanguage Okama 2x – Listen Yukahu Bawa Maorokoti – Yukahu of the sea without grandfather Wabancex Atabey – Goddess Wind Goddess water and earth Hahom 2× – thank you #Potawatomilanguage Ahaw Mamogosnan – oh creator Migwetch jak she gego – thank you for everything Ga gishtoyen – that you have created Ewi madmoygo – I pray Mteno – only (for) Mno bmadzewen – Good health Mine jitmowen – and help Kowabmak ndenwenmagnek 3x – watch over my relations Igwien – heart felt thanks #buddhistmantra Nam Myoho Renge Kyo 3x - Faith and devotion to the Mystic Law of Cause and Effect #prayers #ancientprayers #modernfaith #buddhistpractice #meditation #languagepreservation #endangeredlanguageartproject #okama #listen #hahom #thankyou #migwetch #kowabmak_ndenwenmagnek #watchovermyrelations #nammyohorengekyo #南無妙法蓮華經 #thehumanvoice #song #sound https://www.instagram.com/p/BnpueN8g4_3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y2hkeymygv61

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每自作是念 mai ji sa ze nen Always I think to myself. 以何命衆生 i ga ryô shujô How can I guide living beings 得入無上道 toku nyû mu-jô dô Help them enter into the unserpassed way 速成就佛身 soku jôju busshin And quickly attain the body of enlightenment -Lotus Sutra, 16th Chapter This is my constant thought in existence, a daily affirmation of not only how I want to live, but also who I am trying to exist as in this world. Suffering is abundant in this world, and I have to work daily to heal within so that I can help others heal themselves. What is called enlightenment, is not an easy thing to understand and express. It is in essence a daily practice, a daily struggle to remain conscious and engaged in empathetic action with the worlds within and outside of the self that are seemingly separate but always in constant unity throughout. I am struggling today as I do many days to work on my personal suffering, so that it won't separate me from others. For the past years I've been helping take care of my now 90 yr old grandmother. Although she does have chronic physical pain, it is often the pain in her heart and mind, the suffering she has been scarred by, the suffering that makes one powerless and hopeless and trapped in oneself, that I try to help her with the most. It is a difficult path to persue, that of transforming the pain within the heart and the mind. But I hope and pray with all my heart that even when I doubt in myself I can't keep fighting for my happiness and that of everyone around and far away from me. I pray as well for all of you struggling through your personal journeys. May we all overcome our obstacles and accomplish our dreams and goals in this life. A special shout out to all the #caregivers out there taking care of others, don't forget to take care of yourselves as well. #Nam_Myoho_Renge_Kyo #nammyohorengekyo #南無妙法蓮華經 #gongyo #lotussutra #amen #prayer #kowabmakndenwenmagenek #watchovermyrelations #buddhism #endangeredlanguageartproject #selfcare #family https://www.instagram.com/p/Bno2p1cgjnG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13kln96y8hm5p

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Feeling super burnt out, stressed and anxious right now, grandma is in the hospital again. I was going to do a post about #caregiving and #selfcare , but instead I decided I’d self-care and let #1996 me inspire me to just #draw and enjoy. Here is a #comicbookcover with some reimagining of an #xmen team and some words inspired by their #superheronames. Note Black Hawk isn’t an x-men, but I wanted to incorporate the #Sauk #warrior as homage to an important #NativeAmericanHero that has been on my mind since I started this project just a bit over a year ago now. Shout out to @max_tepetlahua for helping translate names and represent Mazahua language or Hñaatto, a language of Mexico. #jubelee #xman / #nategray #domino #storm #wolverine #BlackHawk or TheGreatBlackHawk #Sauklanguage pehtawêwa – to make fire neniwa - man nemenwapi – have good vision Kehchimehpowi – there’s a storm raging Nenemehkiwa – thunder Wâwâthêtonôki – lightning bolts Mahwêwa – wolf Makatêmeshikêhkehkwa – Big Black Hawk #Potawatomilanguage Bashkdék – firecraker Nniwet, nene – man Mno-gizhgek – good day Niskadet – it's storming Jigwé – thunderer (Thunder Clan) Jigwékya – it’s thundering Bekw'ewage – wolverine Mkedé-Bébamset – Black Hawk Bébamset – large hawk Bonsé – chicken/cooper hawk Meshtenyé, tthë'is – red-tailed hawk #Mazahualanguage #lenguajeMazahua #Hñaatto Yeezappî – Mano-cohete, firecraker-hand Bezo – hombre -man Hooppaa – suerte , buen día, luck, good day Bünthî ( #otomílanguage #Hñähñu ) tormenta / tempestad – storm, tempest Tsimiño – cría de coyote – coyote cub Ndapoxönï – Gran-negra-águila – Big-black-eagle #endangeredlanguageartproject #lenguajesdemexico #mexico #lenguajesmesoamericanos #endangeredlanguages #talksauk #indigenouslanguages #comicbookartist #illustration #contemporaryartist #chicago #ÉSHEGAGO #BLACKHAWKS #heros #heroes #marvelcomics https://www.instagram.com/p/BnoSPHMlkUM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ap3m4i81lntr

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Ahaw Kwé, migwetch jak she gego ga gishtoyen! Oh woman, thank you for everything you have created! #thankyouwoman Let's make sure to appreciate, thank, respect and support all women, menstruating and non, for all that they endure, create and live in this world! And remember the better we get at respecting and honoring women the better we get at respecting and honoring our Mother Earth! Here are some words inspired by this regram thanks to @lakhotiyapi #Lakhotalanguage #woman – #wíŋyaŋ Grandmother Earth – Unčí Makȟá moon – haŋhépi wí proud – ítan #Lokonolanguage : OTHIKOAN [ochikoan] (vi): menstruate. Kathi-ma n-a na nonoathi othikoan. “Women menstruate monthly.” #Hiaro – woman Kathi [kachi] – moon, month Tatan – strong #Garifunalanguage #Würi, #hiñaru – woman Hati – moon, month Idani – cycle Irufungutu – beautiful Dídeitu – strong Düwürügütu – proud #Tainolanguage #Inaru – woman Kati, karaya – moon #atabey – mother earth, goddess of the bodies of water and fertility #wabancex – goddess of the wind that rides the waves, menstruation, the indomitable female energy #maorilanguage : Mate - monthly cycle, menstruation, period #Oodhamlanguage 'I:da'a - this woman cu:va : to menstruate for the first time cu:va'am : a girl menstruating for the first time hug[ï]cud : to eat clay (ritual eating of clay by a girl at puberty or a woman after giving birth) ex: Napt 'ehugïc? Did you eat clay? #Sauklanguage #ihkwêwa – woman #nekya – my mother tepehkikîshethwa moon Kîshethwa – month, sun, moon îninâhi, nâhinâhi - at that time wêwenethiwa – to be beautiful, pretty wîshikethiwa – to be strong mîshâtênemowa – to be proud, glad #Potawatomilanguage : #Kwé – woman #ngye – my mother Dbek gizes – moon Wdewpi – at this time Mnwabmenagwek – to be beautiful Mishgwezet – to be strong Wédaséwet – to be courageous Kyétnamzet – to be confident Bmadzet – to be alive #endangeredlanguageartproject https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnj-LiSgrly/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iyze7w7alsae

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Ready to see @mashrouleila Her is a #sketch and some #phrases in #Garifunalanguage about the #night for all the #childrenofthenight #ابن_اللتل Gúñon lé - this night Halíyunbádibusan gúñon lé? - where are you going tonight! Gurásuwe - nightingale Gurásuwemèhason? - was it a nightingale? Áriyebu - at night, at midnight Merédetiñu há abéüdaha úraga sún áriyebu. - they didn't stay and tell stories all night. Ámuti ligáburi dán lé áriyebu. - the weather changes at night Law gúñon lügûra - on that night Irahü gúñon - child of the night #languagelearning #languagerevitalization #arawaklanguage #endangeredlanguageartproject #drawing #mashrouleila #contemporaryartist (at Lincoln Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZ4uzNA82Z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1518cc30036tg

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Super excited to go see @mashrouleila tonight! In honor of tonight here is a sneak peak at a translation I'm working on of their song #Roman. As you can see it's a #work in progress check it out and read the description on youtube. Below #songlyrics #Garifunalanguage #englishlanguage Checkout the video on youtube #mashrouleila "Romans" https://youtu.be/NF__cpsDmZk #لغة_العربية العربك مش ناوى ابلع اكاذيبك I don't intend on swallowing your lies magunraguabadina bayehani(n) الكلام رح يحرق حلقى The words will burn my throat tágudaba dimurei nagülerugu مش ناوى اشرح ناواياك I don't intend on dissecting your intentions Madifilihabadina babusienrani(n) خلى لسانك بقفصه Keep your tongue in it's cage Ígiragüda bey eredera biñeñei lihagei dunuru. خلى الوقت اللى اعطيته لك Keep the time that I gave you Ígiragüda bey eredera buma dan le níchigabuga bun. و اخنق النفس اللى كنتها لك and suffocate my self, what she was for you añaradaguagüda – suffocate, asfixiar mutu - oneself, uno pron. Árügüdagua ungua – contain oneself بس قبل ما تقبرنى But before you bury me lubaragien me – ere pre قلى شو كان سعرى Tell me what was my price Ariengu bei namun atira buga nebegi(n)? (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZnVHEgywq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mhwfmj8cb2o3

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Just made this Cree, English and Taino swadesh of some basic grammar and phrases. #creelanguage #nehiyawewin #algiclanguages #tainolanguage #wahiyahü #arawaklanguages #swadesh #languagerevitalization #languagelearning #endangeredlanguageartproject #americanlanguages #nativeamericanlanguages #polyglot #languagenerd #englishlanguage

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#Regram what an awesome picture by @mircea_a of our beloved #chicagorabbits #Éshegago_mzhëwé #rabbit #cottontailrabbit #chicago #Éshegago #Shekâkôheki #Shekâkôhekimeshwêha #Potawatomilanguage #mzhëwé - cottontail rabbit Wabozo - snowshoe hair Wabozo wisnewen - salad/lettuce #ojibwelanguage #waabooz (oog) - rabbit (s) #Sauklanguage #meshwêha - rabbit meshwêhêha - bunny meshwêhiwîtheniweni - lettuce (rabbit food) #lakhotalanguage #maštíŋčala - rabbit #tainolanguage #Kemi - small rabbit #Garifunalanguage #Másaraga - rabbit #oodamlangugage #Toobï - cottontail rabbit 2. cu:v - jackrabbit 3. cuk-cu:v[ï] , pl: cuck-cu:v[ï] - black tail jackrabbit 4. cu:vig/ cu:vag s- Stat impers Unit: to be full of jackrabbits in one location cuck-cu:vig/ cu:vag s- Stat Comp: to be full of black tail jackrabbits in one location to:ta-cu:vig/cu:vag s- Stat Comp: to be full of white tail jackrabbits in one location 5. Hegam mo şa ge'egeḑaj hab 'e'a'aga "cu:vï" c hegam mo şa 'i ce'ecemaj 'aş hab uḑ "toobï". Those which are rather big are called "jackrabbits" and those which are quite small are said to be "cottontails". 6. to[h]a-cu:vï [pl: to:ta-cu:vï]: white tail jackrabbit 7. Cu:vï 'i Ge:şk: name of a village (where a rabbit fell) 8. Cu:v-Ku'adam NComp (?): a nickname for a group of people (rabbit eaters) 9. cu:v[ï]-hugig NComp: rabbit food, food eaten by rabbits. vuḑ cu:v[ï]-hugig Stat Expr: to be the food eaten by rabbits ex: Pi 'int(<'ant) o hu:. D(<vuḑ) 'o obş(<vabş) cu:v-hugig. I won't eat that. It's just rabbit food (at Chicago, Illinois)

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Taino nursery rhyme/song I just composed. Let's all let are children know we are listening to them. #wearelisteningtoyou #wokamabobumun #nurseryrhymes / #childrenssongs #endangeredlanguageartproject #tainolanguage #arawaklanguage #Garifunalanguage #Lokonolanguage #endangeredlanguages #languagerevitalization #listentoyourchildren #childeducation Okama 2x – listen! Dabibi – my mom Okama 2x listen! Dababa – my dad Bokama da dabibi? – ( Did you hear me, my mother.? Bokama da dababa? Did you hear me, my father? Han, dokama bu darahü! – Yes, I heard you my child! Han, dokama bu darahü! - Yes, I heard you my child! Bubibi, bubaba, wokama-bo bumun. – your mother, your father, we are listening to you. Hahom humun, dabibi dababa – thanks to y'all, my mother my father Hahom bumun warahü – thanks to you our child Okama 2x Ditu Okama 2x Datiao Bokama da ditu? Bokama da datiao? Han, dokama … Grammar notes L: Dokama bu – I hear/d you L: Dokama bumun; G: bún – I listen/ed to you L: Dokama-bo bumun – I am listen-ing to you L: Dokama-fa bu; G: Dokama-ba – I will hear you

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Tag #endangeredlanguageartproject and your rain pics and videos with any of the following words for rain and in your language too! #Oodamlangugage #juukï = to rain Ju:kï 'o ge:ş. Rain is falling. T o ge:şad g ju:kï. Rain will be falling (for some time). Ge 'et(<'at) cuhug ju:. It rained all night. #Potawatomilanguage #Gméya - rain Gmowen- It is raining Gmowas- light rain. Tkwëbisa - cool rain #Sauklanguage #kêmiyâki -rain kêmiyâki pyêmikatwi - rain’s coming kemiyânipîthehkâhi - raincoat kemiyâwi - it’s raining #tainolanguage #para -rain Wakia Baba, turey toka, busika wakia para yukubia - Our Father, (in the) sky is, give us rain (and) plants Ta-Taino: Wababa, tureyroku buka, busika wamun para tuma yukubia - Our father, in (the) sky you are, give to us rain and(with) plants #Lokonolanguage #Oni - rain Oni kha - rainy season Madon kha de, minkoma kho oni jojoton de. - If I were without a roof, the rain would wet me greatly.” Sare ba adoton bawa, onikhi thythebethama badi. “Cover yourself well, or when it rains it will drip on you.” Dakanabynthe oni, dadalhida dandynbia thoboradi bahyn. - Hearing the rain coming, I ran arriving home before it (the rain). Tholhirokokathe to oni; minfathe kho thykhin. - The rain (clouds) is making it dark; it is going to rain hard. #Garifunalanguage #áhuya - rain hmm nínya lún lerédera lán áhuya gúnyon. - “hmm” I said to him “it tends to rain at night”’ aríha numúti láhuya lán húuya luma garábali bwíngha gíyen San Juán. - I saw that it was raining and wind was blowing and San Juan was also flooded. #lakhotalanguage #maǧážu - rain mniwózaŋ - steady rain wígmuŋke - rainbow Wígmuŋke kiŋ waŋláka he/hwo? - Did you see the rainbow? #mat_hekid_o_ju #when_it_rains #lluvia #下雨了 #あめがふる #pluie #endangeredlanguageartproject #languagerevitalization #nativeamericanlanguages #endageredlanguages

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Mat Hekid O Ju: (Papago: When it Rains) A collection of poems in the Pima and Papago languages written in the summer of 1980 by students and teachers at the Native American Language Institute in Albuquerque, NM. The title Mat Hekid O Ju, was given in recognition of a poem written in Papago by Elizabeth Salcido , a first grader in 1974. This particular poem created much enthusiasm and inspiration among the adult students writing poems in this collection. Never disregard the power of a child's words and actions. Below are some rain words and phrases in O’odham (Papago Pima): add a comment in your language and tag #mat_hekid_o_ju #when_it_rains #rain #ju:kï #endangeredlanguageartproject #papagolanguage #oodham ju:kï - rain ju:k= to rain jukiabig N [pl: jujkiabig]: rainy season ex: 'E-'et(<'at)-'ai g jukiabig. The time has come for the rainy season. jukiabig vuḑ Stat Expr: to be the rainy season ex: K hekid uḑ 'i jukiabig? When is the rainy season? jukşp - to rain on obj ex: Natkï o tjukş ? Are we going to have rain (is it going to rain on us)?Cuhug 'at tjukş. Last night it rained (on us). Tkï o tjukş. It's going to rain (on us). jujkid - to ask for rain ex: T o jujkï g ma:kai. The medicine man will ask for rain. Ju:kï 'o ge:ş. Rain is falling. T o ge:şad g ju:kï. Rain will be falling (for some time). Ge 'et(<'at) cuhug ju:. It rained all night. Nt o cum huhha g ñka:ñga t(<kut) 'oia ge ju:. I was going to haul my wheat but it rained. Ha'akia 'i cevagï 'an hab cu'ig 'eḑa pi ju:. There were lots of clouds (in the sky) but it did not rain. Sju:kima 'o cu'ig. It looks like rain. M 'ac hekid 'i cum stvaccvim k hemho a(<va) jujku. Every time we are in the mood to swim it rains. S hems 'i o ju:! I thought it was going to rain (but it did not). B(<'ab) 'o him g ju:kï. The rain is coming this way. jukïto - to stop raining ex: T o 'ip jukïto pt haha vo 'ei g 'ekaijka. Wait until after the rain to plant your seeds. --Ju:k ju:k ju:k 'am haha 'i jukïto. It rained, rained, rained and then it stopped raining. (at Chicago, Illinois)

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Ahaw noden, migwetch jak she gego ganishtoyin #Potawatomilanguage Oh wind, thank you for everything you have created #endangeredlanguageartproject #noden #wind #viento #風

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Taino calling of the Cemis Okama, okama Listen, listen Yukahu Bawa Maorokoti Okama, okama Wabansex Atabeira Okama okama Yukahu Atabey Hahom Atabey Thank You Mother Earth #okama #listen #escucha #entend #ascolta #nisikilize #聞いて #听一听 #hörzu #hahom #thanks #gracias #merci #grazie #asante #ありがとう #感谢 #danke #شكرا #tainolanguage #languagerevitalization #borikén #chicago #Éshegago #endangeredlanguageartproject (at Chicago, Illinois)