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Miccosukee-Seminole Dictionary
Seminole Indian News
"Since The Miccosukees have no written language, words will have to be spelled
phonetically. Save this and all future issues for your complete
dictionary."
| English |
Miccosukee |
Muskogee
(Seminole) |
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| Vol. 1 No. 1 |
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August 1961 |
| Man |
nog-nee |
who-non-wah |
| Woman |
tay-gee |
hoke-tee |
| Boy |
nog-no-chee |
who-non-wah-chee |
| Food |
impigee |
whom-pee-tah |
| I want |
tsa-banah |
cha-yah-jus |
| I want food |
impigee-tsabanah |
whompeeton-cha-ee-ahjus |
| Town |
Okalee |
Tah-low-fah |
| My friend |
ah-ma-chamee |
ah-he-shee |
| How much is this? |
in-nah-kah-poh |
in-na-choe-mah |
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| Vol. 1 No. 2 |
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September 1961 |
| Indian Man |
yaht-kitis-nognee |
istee-cha-tee |
| Big |
chobee |
thah-kee |
| Wind |
fah-blee-chee |
ho-tah-lee |
Hurricane
(Big Wind) |
fahbleechee-chee |
ho-tah-lee |
| Land |
yahg-nee |
ee-kah-nah |
| Water |
okee |
oo-yoo-wah |
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| Vo1. No. 3 |
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October 1961 |
| Hand |
ill-bih |
in-kih |
| Head |
you-see |
ee-kah |
| Eye |
ee-tee |
ee-toos-wah |
| Mouth |
ee-chee |
ee-cho-kwa |
| Ear |
hok-chobee |
hotch-koh |
| Legs |
you-blee |
hots-kwa |
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| Vol.1 No.4 |
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December 1961 |
| Black |
loo-chee |
lus-tee |
| Red |
kitis-chee |
chah-tee |
| Yellow |
lug-ni |
lah-ne |
| Green |
ho-note-bee |
ho-la-tee |
| Horse |
ca-wah-yee |
cho-thokoh |
| Bird |
phone-she |
focsh-wah |
| Money |
ka-nowee |
too-koo-nawah |
PLACE NAMES
Seminole Indian News
December 1961
No.1, Vol.4, p.2
NAME |
MEANING |
| Chokoloskee |
"Old house" in the Muskogee
language, the name of the Island near Everglades City. |
| Pa-ha-yo-kee |
"Grassy" in Miccosukee, and
White man shortened it to Pahokee; the name of a town in Lake Okeechobee. |
| Ochopee |
Farm, "any kind of farm" in
Miccosukee. It is a farming town on the Tamiami Trail. |
| Ah-mo-glee |
"My home" in Miccosukee.
It has become Immokalee a town on Road 29. |
| Ocalee |
"Still water" in Miccosukee
and is what you would say if you had been wading through lots of water and came on lots
more water - "Still water". This became Ocala, the town in Central
Florida. |
| O-kee-fo-lo-gee |
"Funnel of water" in
Miccosukee. It has become Okeefonokee, the name of the big southeast Georgia swamp. |
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