Lesson 12 - Sound-A-Like Words & Numbers
Sound - A - Like Words -
The following words are presented as an illustration
of words with similar spellings, but with very different
sounds and meanings:
Chilao Tsi-lao' Mean, angry
Chijis Tsi'-dzis Baby, small
Pedgi Ped-ge' To return
Pegdi Peg-de' To fart
Majigo Ma-dzi-go' Bad
Mgeso M-ge'-so Eagle
By request, the following numbers are repeated
from an earlier issue of the news:
Pazok Pah-zohk' One
Mis (Nis) Mis (Nis) Two
Nas Nahs Three
Iao I-ah-oh' Four
N8lan No(n)-lahn' Five
Ngwed8z Ng-(oo)we-do(n)z' Six
T8nbaw8z To(n)-bah-wo(n)z' Seven
Ns8zek Nso(n)'-zek Eight
Noliwi No-li-we Nine
Mdala M-dah-lah Ten
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The Abenaki words for numbers are different for animate and inanimate
subjects. These are the simple translations for the numbers
for counting:
One Pazekw
Two Nis
Three Nas
Four Iaw
Five Nlan
Six Nguedz
Seven Tbawz
Eight Nszek
Nine Noliwi
Ten Mdala