Ludzī kīļ: Topical Wordlist
Ludzī kīļ: Topical Wordlist
This section contains a short thematic wordlist of Lutsi terms. I chose these words based on the everyday life that Lutsi speakers may have encountered living in their forested rural village environment. The terms in this list are written in my Lutsi practical orthography and according to the pronunciation of speakers from Lielie Tjapši. The terms themselves are taken from materials collected by August Sang, Paulopriit Voolaine, Heikki Ojansuu, and Oskar Kallas.
Village and Countryside
bread -- leib 
butter -- vyezi 
cat -- kașș    
chimney --   
   kommēn
cow -- lihm 
dog -- pinī
goat -- kițș 
goose -- āh̦ 
hen -- kanā           
horse -- hopen
house -- majā             
oats -- kāraq            
pig -- tsika             
rooster -- kikäs room -- tarē 
rye -- rügǟ                 
sheep -- lammaș wheat -- nizuq
window -- akna
Body and People
arm/hand -- käzī body -- kihǟ 
boy -- pois
child -- lațș 
coat -- kask 
ear -- kyrv 
ears -- kyrvaq 
eye -- silm
eyes -- silmäq 
friend -- sypr 
girl -- tütrik
hat -- küpǟr 
head -- pǟ 
leg/foot -- jalg 
man -- mīs 
mouth -- sū
pants -- kādzaq 
shirt -- hamēq 
shoes -- kängäq tooth -- hammas
woman -- nāņe 
Nature
bear -- kahr 
birch -- kyiv 
bird -- tsirk 
earth -- mā 
fir -- kūze 
forest -- myts 
fox -- repän 
grass -- rūh̦
ice -- jegǟ 
lake -- jäŗv̦, jǟŗv̦
moon -- kū 
Milky Way -- 
  Tsirgutī 
oak -- tamm 
pine -- pettäi rainbow --  
  jumalalūk
rock -- kivī
snow -- lumī
sun -- päiv
tree -- pū
water -- vezī
wind -- tūl 
wolf -- suzī
world -- māilm
Time
year -- āstak
month -- kū
week -- nätäļ
day -- päiv
spring -- kevväi
summer -- suvī
autumn -- sükǖz
winter -- talv
Monday --
  ēspäiv
Tuesday --
  tȳzepäiv
Wednesday --
  kolmapäiv 
Thursday -- 
  neļäpäiv 
Friday -- 
  rīde
Saturday -- 
  pūļpäiv
Sunday -- 
pühǟpäiv
Month names
January --
 vastse āstaga kū 
February --
  kündle pǟva kū
March -- 
  kevǟjäne kū
April --
  mahla kū
May --
  liht kū
June --
jāni kū
July --
  haina kū
August --
  lēbä kū
September --
  sügǖzene kū 
October -- 
  vihma kū
November -- 
  hiņgaigu kū
December -- 
taļvīne kū
Numerals
1     üțș
2     kațș
3     kolq
4     nelli
5     vīz̦
6     kūz̦
7     sǟdze
8     katēza
9     ütēzä
10   kümme
11   üțșteiskümme
12   kațșteiskümme
15   vīz̦teiskümme
20 kațșkümmend
22 kațșkümmend  
       kațș
30 kolqkümmend
40 nellikümmend
50 vīz̦kümmend
100 sadā
200 kațșsadā
600 kūz̦sadā
1000 tuhat
5000 vīz̦tuhat
2014 kațștuhat     
nelliteiskümme
 
             
             
             
             
             
            Two old Lutsi men (Lielie Tjapši, 1937)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_813_37
Woman harvesting wheat (Lielie Tjapši, 1937)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_813_45
Rowing a wooden boat on Lake Ludza (1936)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_756_58
Tekla Jarošenko, great-grandmother of the last fluent speaker of Lutsi (Lielie Tjapši, 1937)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_813_4
 
            Sauna (Mazie Tjapši, 1936)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_756_56
 
            View of Mazie Tjapši village (1936)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_756_61
 
             
             
             
             
            