Myaamia people have been visiting, and eventually living in, Meetaathsoopionki ‘Washington D.C.’ for as long as the city has existed. Built on the the homelands of eastern Algonquian speaking peoples, the city we know today as Meetaathsoopionki was officially named the capital of the United States in 1790. Construction began three years later and the…
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nakaani-kaloosioni: alaakani ‘Old Word: dish’
Have you ever been eating with your Myaamia relatives and heard this: alaakani ayoolo! ‘Use a plate!’ That word, alaakani, we sometimes translate as ‘dish’ because just like that English word, alaakani in Myaamiaataweenki has a very broad meaning that covers all manner of plates, cups, and crockery! Now, usually we start these posts about…
weehki-kaloosioni: aayaacimwaakani ‘New Word: Phone’
If you look up ‘phone’ in the dictionary, you will find the Myaamia word aayaacimwaakani. If you have been around the Myaamia language for a while you may have heard other variations of this word to mean phone, but for the sake of this post we will stick to the word on the dictionary. So,…
My, Your, & His/Hers in Myaamiaataweenki Part 2
In part 2 of Possession in Myaamiaataweenki, we will explain how possession works in common (inanimate) nouns that can stand alone. But first, a quick refresher from the first part of this series! Remember, there are two types of nouns in Myaamiaataweenki: common (also called inanimate) and special (also called animate). Here, we will cover…
weehki-kaloosioni: oonsaawiminaapowi ‘New word: Lemonade’
Sometimes creating a new word in Myaamiaataweenki requires days or even weeks of work researching in the archives and asking our relatives in other tribes questions about how they name something. But every once in a while a new word emerges in a moment and immediately feels right to everyone (and passes muster with the…
Talking about Temperature of Spaces and Places
Co-authored by Hunter Lockwood and Jarrid Baldwin Here at the Myaamia Center in Southwestern Ohio it is growing colder by the day. So why not heat things up by learning a few words to remind us of warmer days? Before we get started, you should know that even though the words we’ll talk about today…
Intro to Myaamiaataweenki Language Course
Are you interested in learning the Myaamia language? Have you been wanting to start using it in your home with your family? If you want to take the first step, you might consider Intro to Myaamiaataweenki, a 6-week course intended to give you an introduction to the language. Join us on Monday evenings at 7:30…
weehki kaloosioni: koohkoošhkinaahkwa ‘New Word: Armadillo’
Throughout our history Myaamia people have constantly encountered animals that were new to us and created words to talk about those animals. In the late 1800s, many Myaamia people lived around and worked within the circuses that wintered near Iihkipisiononki ‘Peru, Indiana’ and created new names or repurposed old names for the animals they found…
My, Your, & His/Hers in Myaamiaataweenki Part 1
There are two different ways an inanimate noun can be possessed by someone in Myaamiaataweenki (see this post for the difference between animate and inanimate nouns). The first are the types of nouns that require possession (the speaker must indicate who owns the noun). Examples of these are a number of body parts. The second…
weehki kaloosioni: šoohkwaakana ‘New Word: Car’
The Myaamia word we’re going to introduce today is our word for ‘car’ šoohkwaakana. This term was created years ago, but it’s a very useful one! So let’s talk through what the different pieces of the word mean and other related words that you can use. šoohkw + aakan + a ‘slide’ + ‘tool that…
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