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


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