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Collection: Directories and Documents > Tanis Thorne Native Californian & Nisenan Collection

Learn a Little Miwok (1 pages)

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Learn a Little Miwok oo Living closely with Nature, the Miwok developed a rich vocabulary to describe the natural world around them. The following words have their Miwok name pronounced in approximate English spellings transcribed from a vocabulary published by the University of California in 1908. Mortar cups in rock: CHAW 'SE Acorn(s): MOO-YOO Black Oak: TEL-LEE-LIE Deer: OO0-WYU-YA..~— ----— se = Grizzly Bear: COSOO-MA-TIE (thought to be the origin of "Yosemite") Earth (World): WALL-LIE Sun: HIGH-YE-MA Moon: KO-MAY Mosquito: O0O-YOO-KOO-SOO Yes: HOO No: EH-WOO0-TOO Dance: KA-LA-NYOO Boy: NANYA TIE Girl: OHSA TIE a