Oneida-English/English-Oneida Dictionary

Oneida is an endangered Iroquoian language spoken fluently by fewer than 250 people. This is the first comprehensive dictionary of the Oneida language as used in Ontario, where most of the surviving speakers reside.

Karin E. Michelson is an Associate Professor of Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, State University of New York. Mercy A. Doxtator is retired from her position as Oneida-language teacher at the Standing Stone School at Oneida-of-the-Thames. She was Director of the Oneida Language Centre from 1993ù97.

Preface

ix

Introduction

1

(3)

Oneida Orthography

4

(4)

Pre-pausal or utterance-final forms

6

(2)

Overview of Oneida-English Entries

8

(5)

Entries for Bases

8

(3)

Verb bases

8

(2)

Noun bases

10

(1)

Affixes and Clitics

11

(1)

Particles

12

(1)

Simple Entries

12

(1)

Guide to Oneida-English Entries

13

(43)

Lounsbury's Definition of Base

13

(2)

A Revised Definition of Base

15

(4)

Looking up a base

18

(1)

Verb Bases

19

(21)

Active verbs, designated v.a.

19

(3)

Motion verbs, designated v.m.

22

(1)

Stative verbs, designated v.s.

22

(5)

Subentries with prepronominal prefixes

27

(6)

Subentries with incorporated nouns

33

(3)

Bases that have N in the head of the entry

36

(1)

The COMPOSED OF part of the entry

37

(2)

The DERIVED BASES part of the entry

39

(1)

The NOTE part of the entry

39

(1)

Noun Bases

40

(4)

Bases designated n.

40

(2)

Bases designated N

42

(1)

Bases designated v. > n.

42

(1)

Bases designated V > N

43

(1)

Entries for Other Bases

44

(1)

Bases designated v./n.

44

(1)

Bases designated human n.

44

(1)

Bases designated kin term.

45

(1)

Bases With Alternants

45

(4)

Bases with alternants separated by

45

(3)

Bases that end in (Λ)-, (u)- or (e)-

48

(1)

The Example Sentences

49

(2)

Phonological Patterns

51

(4)

Speaker variation

53

(2)

References Cited

55

(1)

List of Abbreviations

56

(1)

ONEIDA-ENGLISH DICTIONARY

57

(822)

Guide to English-Oneida Entries

879

(4)

ENGLISH-ONEIDA DICTIONARY

883

(394)

APPENDICES

1277

(121)

Introduction

1279

(2)

Appendix 1: Nature

1281

(37)

1.1. Animals

1281

(2)

1.2. Birds

1283

(1)

1.3. Bugs

1284

(1)

1.4. Parts of animals, birds, or bugs

1285

(1)

1.5. Trees

1285

(1)

1.6. Plants (non-edible)

1286

(1)

1.7. Natural objects and formations

1287

(6)

1.8. Weather and meteorological phenomena

1293

(5)

1.9. Directions

1298

(1)

1.10 Division of time into units and phases

1298

(2)

1.11. Seasons

1300

(1)

1.12. Months

1301

(1)

1.13. Days of the week

1302

(1)

1.14. Numbers

1303

(1)

1.15. Colours

1304

(1)

1.16. Shapes

1305

(1)

1.17. Foods

1305

(3)

1.18. Food preparation

1308

(5)

1.19. Eating and drinking

1313

(4)

1.20. Tastes

1317

(1)

Appendix 2: People

1318

(56)

2.1. Family and kinship

1318

(4)

2.2. Generations

1322

(1)

2.3. Designations for or about people and their work

1323

(3)

2.4. Body parts

1326

(9)

2.5. Having a body part

1335

(2)

2.6. Appearance and physical condition

1337

(4)

2.7. Personality and mental states

1341

(6)

2.8. Processes that affect the body

1347

(9)

2.9. Grooming

1356

(2)

2.10. Position of the body

1358

(4)

2.11. Getting into a position

1362

(5)

2.12. Perception

1367

(1)

2.13. Speaking

1368

(6)

Appendix 3: Household and Community

1374

(23)

3.1. Clothing and accessories

1374

(4)

3.2. Dressing and undressing

1378

(4)

3.3. Cooking implements

1382

(2)

3.4. Cleaning gear, appliances, furniture, decor, and parts of houses

1384

(4)

3.5. Tools and heavy equipment

1388

(1)

3.6. Transportation

1389

(1)

3.7. Community buildings and structures

1390

(1)

3.8. Games, toys, and musical instruments

1391

(1)

3.9 Money

1392

(1)

3.10. Measures

1392

(1)

3.11. Attaching and placing objects

1393

(4)

Appendix 4: Exclamations and Slang

1397

(1)

4.1. Exclamations

1397

(1)

4.2. Slang

1398

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