asu’ - foot

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pâkîsu’ - knee, kneecap

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pîhâkawi’u’ = shoulder (shoulder joint area)

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paksu’ - head

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Mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and sister-in-law — ckurus [c= ‘ts’ sound]

Nora Pratt says, "ckurus"

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Here’s a fun song I created (with a little help from my grandkids), using the phrases we’ve been learning here. This song is in the Skidi dialect (SK). The Southband (SB) version is in Episode 56.

If you need to review these phrases, please listen to episodes 49 - 55.

Enjoy!

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kustawêču’ - son-in-law (Southband dialect)

kustawiču’ - son-in-law (Skidi dialect)

Tribal linguist Taylor Moore commented that in the recordings he listened to, it wasn’t clear whether it was a ‘c’ [‘ts’ sound], or a č [‘ch’ sound].

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kurahus - old man; longtime husband.

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rikûktaku’u - my husband; the one who is with me in a spousal relationship.

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čustit - old woman; longtime wife

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