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