Ludzī kīļ: Topical Wordlist
Ludzī kīļ: Topical Wordlist
This section contains a short thematic wordlist of Lutsi terms. I chose these words based on the everyday life that Lutsi speakers may have encountered living in their forested rural village environment. The terms in this list are written in my Lutsi practical orthography and according to the pronunciation of speakers from Lielie Tjapši. The terms themselves are taken from materials collected by August Sang, Paulopriit Voolaine, Heikki Ojansuu, and Oskar Kallas.
Village and Countryside
bread -- leib
butter -- vyezi
cat -- kașș
chimney --
kommēn
cow -- lihm
dog -- pinī
goat -- kițș
goose -- āh̦
hen -- kanā
horse -- hopen
house -- majā
oats -- kāraq
pig -- tsika
rooster -- kikäs room -- tarē
rye -- rügǟ
sheep -- lammaș wheat -- nizuq
window -- akna
Body and People
arm/hand -- käzī body -- kihǟ
boy -- pois
child -- lațș
coat -- kask
ear -- kyrv
ears -- kyrvaq
eye -- silm
eyes -- silmäq
friend -- sypr
girl -- tütrik
hat -- küpǟr
head -- pǟ
leg/foot -- jalg
man -- mīs
mouth -- sū
pants -- kādzaq
shirt -- hamēq
shoes -- kängäq tooth -- hammas
woman -- nāņe
Nature
bear -- kahr
birch -- kyiv
bird -- tsirk
earth -- mā
fir -- kūze
forest -- myts
fox -- repän
grass -- rūh̦
ice -- jegǟ
lake -- jäŗv̦, jǟŗv̦
moon -- kū
Milky Way --
Tsirgutī
oak -- tamm
pine -- pettäi rainbow --
jumalalūk
rock -- kivī
snow -- lumī
sun -- päiv
tree -- pū
water -- vezī
wind -- tūl
wolf -- suzī
world -- māilm
Time
year -- āstak
month -- kū
week -- nätäļ
day -- päiv
spring -- kevväi
summer -- suvī
autumn -- sükǖz
winter -- talv
Monday --
ēspäiv
Tuesday --
tȳzepäiv
Wednesday --
kolmapäiv
Thursday --
neļäpäiv
Friday --
rīde
Saturday --
pūļpäiv
Sunday --
pühǟpäiv
Month names
January --
vastse āstaga kū
February --
kündle pǟva kū
March --
kevǟjäne kū
April --
mahla kū
May --
liht kū
June --
jāni kū
July --
haina kū
August --
lēbä kū
September --
sügǖzene kū
October --
vihma kū
November --
hiņgaigu kū
December --
taļvīne kū
Numerals
1 üțș
2 kațș
3 kolq
4 nelli
5 vīz̦
6 kūz̦
7 sǟdze
8 katēza
9 ütēzä
10 kümme
11 üțșteiskümme
12 kațșteiskümme
15 vīz̦teiskümme
20 kațșkümmend
22 kațșkümmend
kațș
30 kolqkümmend
40 nellikümmend
50 vīz̦kümmend
100 sadā
200 kațșsadā
600 kūz̦sadā
1000 tuhat
5000 vīz̦tuhat
2014 kațștuhat
nelliteiskümme
Two old Lutsi men (Lielie Tjapši, 1937)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_813_37
Woman harvesting wheat (Lielie Tjapši, 1937)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_813_45
Rowing a wooden boat on Lake Ludza (1936)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_756_58
Tekla Jarošenko, great-grandmother of the last fluent speaker of Lutsi (Lielie Tjapši, 1937)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_813_4
Sauna (Mazie Tjapši, 1936)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_756_56
View of Mazie Tjapši village (1936)
Photo: A. Sang, ERM_Fk_756_61