Problem:IOL/2004/i4/en

IOL 2004 Problem #4 Lakhota
Consider some words of Lakhota language (in Latin transliteration):

(a) Match the following words with their translations given in misarranged order: k'e$$\gamma$$a, k'eza, phešniža, suza, xu$$\gamma$$a

it sparks, it is fractured, the surface is in a scratched condition, it has a slight bruise, the surface is in a scraped condition

(b) Translate into Lakota:

(c) Explain the meaning of the word ži.

⚠ The letter x is pronounced similarly to English h as in hard; the letter$$\gamma$$ is the devoiced correlate of x; š and ž are pronounced similarly to sh as in shoe and s as in pleasure, respectively. The letters k '  and ph signify specific Lakhota consonants, and ĩ, i, e signify specific Lakhota vowels. Lakhóta is an Indian language (Siou family). It is spoken by 6000 people in the USA and Canada.

—Ivan A. Derzhanski