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)

Vol. 1 No. 1		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

Vol. 1 No. 2		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

Vo1. No. 3		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

Vol.1 No.4		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

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.