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|'''m<sup>i</sup>niža'''||''it is curled but can be smoothed again''
|'''m<sup>i</sup>niža'''||''it is curled but can be smoothed again''
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|'''g<sup>e</sup>leza'''||''it is ruled: <nowiki>| | |</nowiki>''
|'''g<sup>e</sup>leza'''||''it is ruled:'' <nowiki>| | |</nowiki>
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|'''nuγa'''||''it is hard and immovable (e.g. a gnarl on a tree)''
|'''nuγa'''||''it is hard and immovable (e.g. a gnarl on a tree)''
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|'''kĩža'''||''a blending high-pitched tone sounds (e.g. a trill)''
|'''kĩža'''||''a blending high-pitched tone sounds (e.g. a trill)''
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|'''g<sup>e</sup>leγa'''||''it is striped''
|'''g<sup>e</sup>leγa'''||''it is striped:'' ▋ ▋ ▋
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'''(c)''' Explain the meaning of the word '''ži'''.
'''(c)''' Explain the meaning of the word '''ži'''.


⚠ The letter ''x'' is pronounced similarly to English ''h'' as in ''hard''; the letter''γ'' 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<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' and ''p<sup>h</sup>'' signify specific Lakhota consonants, and ''ĩ'', ''<sup>i</sup>'', ''<sup>e</sup>'' signify specific Lakhota vowels. Lakhóta is an Indian language (Siou family). It is spoken by 6000 people in the USA and Canada.
⚠ The letter '''x''' is pronounced similarly to English ''h'' as in ''hard''; the letter '''γ''' 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<nowiki>'</nowiki>''' and '''p<sup>h</sup>''' signify specific Lakhota consonants, and '''ĩ''', <sup>'''i'''</sup>, <sup>'''e'''</sup> 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
—Ivan A. Derzhanski

Latest revision as of 17:49, 1 May 2020

IOL 2004 Problem #4 Lakhota

Consider some words of Lakhota language (in Latin transliteration):

kĩza a single high-pitched tone sounds
žata it (e.g. a road) forks into two parts
šuža it is badly bruised
γi it is brown
miniža it is curled but can be smoothed again
geleza it is ruled: | | |
nuγa it is hard and immovable (e.g. a gnarl on a tree)
miniγa it is shrunk permanently
zi it is yellow
šli thick liquid is being squeezed out
kĩža a blending high-pitched tone sounds (e.g. a trill)
geleγa it is striped: ▋ ▋ ▋

(a) Match the following words with their translations given in misarranged order:

k'eγa, k'eza, phešniža, suza, xuγa

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:

a thin liquid is being squeezed out
it is soft and movable (e.g. an enlarged gland under the skin)
it is red hot
it is semi-hard and movable (e.g. a cartilage)
it is branching into several directions

(c) Explain the meaning of the word ži.

⚠ The letter x is pronounced similarly to English h as in hard; the letter γ 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