All words and phrases were taken from the Comanche Dictionary, Preliminary Verison for Students ( Third Edition) It can be purchased from Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Committee.... Several words will be added weekly. Scroll down for Comanche Alphabet as used for the spellings of these words.
COMANCHE ALPHABET
a - sounds like o in pot, a in father
b - sounds like v in having
e - sounds like a in gate, or ei in weight
h - sounds like h in happy
i - sounds like ea in neat, ee in keep
k - sounds like k in skip
m - sounds like m in meat
n - sounds like n in neat
o - sounds like o in hope but more like the au in caught
p - sounds like p in speech
r - sounds like the tt in better or the t in writer, or d in rider
s - sounds like s in same
t - sounds like the t in stop
u - sounds like the oo in root or scoop
w - sounds like the w in weather but almost like kw
y - sounds like y in yet
Double vowels like:
aa
ee
ii
oo
uu
are all pronounced like regular vowels, but just held longer.
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COMANCHE LANGUAGE
Comanche Language
(numu tekwapu)
A
animal - unu; unuu
antelope clan - Kwaharu
Apache, Ft Sill - Esikwita
apple - amawoo
Arapaho - Sarii Tuuka
arbor, shade - huuki
arm - aama, puura
armadillo - awono o
armpit - ana
arrive - pitu
arrow - paaka
Asian - Kwi ekwusi Taibo
ask a question - tubiinitu
aspirin - papi kama natsu u
at - ku
aunt - paha, pia
B
B.O. - ana kwana
baby - onaa
back - pitusu
back (of body) - kwahi
back, on one's - parai
backbone - kwahi tsunipu
bacon - hokhe tumuinu
bad, be real - naru uyahtu
bad, feel - ai nuusukatu
bad breath, have - kupusi kwanaru
badger - tabi unuu
bag - wosa
bake - nohkoru; nooko
ball - naasuupee
ball, play - naasuupeetu
banana - aakaa
bath, take a - namakwuruitu, pahabitu
bathroom - kwita kahni, kwitapu kahni
bathtub - pahabi aawo
be careful!! - nabusuwai
bead - tsomo
beans - pihuura
beans, butter - taihi pihuura
beans, navy - tosa pihuura
beans, red - eka pihuura
bear - wasape
bear ( a child) - tuan
bear grease - wasape nahyu
beard - motso
beautiful - nansuyaketu
beaver - arubu, arabu
bed - kahpi; norunapu
bedroom - habi kahni
beer - saa totsi paa
before - noha
behave - yuu naakaru
believe - tokwisuaka
believe, not - notoksi
bellyache - saapu nuutsikwaru
berries - pokoo; pokopi
big - piapu
bird - huutsuu
birth, to give - tuan
black person - tuhu taibo
blackberry- tuhu pako
Blackfoot tribe - Tuhu Nape
bladder - kono siipu
blanket - uhu
blanket, man's - tenahpu uhu
blood - puhpi
blow ( nose) - muroinu
blow ( of wind) - nuetu
blue - ebibitu
body odor - ana kwana; haaki kwanaru
bogey man - muupitsu
bone - tsunipu
book - tuboopu
born - pahi
boss - kaheeka, paraiboo
bottom (rear end) - kwiita
boy (young) - tuinuhpu
bracelet - ma witsohko
braid - wuhtamu
braid hair - tuutabe
branch of tree - mooka
bread - nohkopu; tohtiiya
break wind - pisun
breakfast, eat - taa tuhkaru
breath - tsohopu
breath, have bad - kupusi kwanaru
bridle - tupi tsa nika
broken - koopapu
broom - tuunoa
broth - saapu
brother, elder - pabi
brother, younger - tami
brown sugar - ootupitu pihna
brush - natsihtuye
brush dance - puhinoopu
buckskin - paaki
buffalo - numu kuutsu; tasiwoo
build a fire - kohtooru, kuhtorui
bucket, water - hibi wihtua; paa wihtua
buckskin dress - pikapu kwasu; pikapusui
bug - kwitamorupaa ("he rolls his poop around")
bump into each other - natsarokwen
bunched up - nara okatu
buried - puka i
burn - tuka; weharu
burp - akwarui
bury - puka
bustle - siha piyaa
butt sticking out - piikwutsaru
buy - tumuuru
C
Cache - kabitsi
Cactus - naruyu wokwe; taihibi wokweebi
Caddo - Karoo
cake - pihna nokopu
call - nimai
call on phone - nimaini
candy - pihnaa pokopi
cantaloupe - taibo pihnaa
car - potsukaa
cedar - waapi
cedar teepee pole - waawaata
cemetery - koipuha puk kwabikahnu; puka sokoni
chair - nakaru
chest - nunapu
Cheyenne - Sarii Tuuka; Sia Naboo
chicken - kooko
chicken house - koko kahni
chief - paraiboo
child - tuepuru
chile pepper - eka tukumahiya
Chinese Person - ku ekwusi Taibo
Christian - puha taibo; naba wuutiapu
Christmas, have - waahimaru
church(building) - puha kahni
Clans - Antelope(Kwaharu)
- Cyril area clan(Ohnono(nuu)
- Honey Eaters(Pihnaatuka(nuu.pl)
- Root Eaters(Yapai nuu)
- Wanderers(Noyuhkanuu)
- Worn Away People(Wianuu)
clay - sekwiku
clean - matsuumaru
clock - taabe; taabenha
close - tsaatumu!
close, get - wuupitukau
cloud - tombi; tomoobi
cloudy - tomakatu
coat - pia kwasu
coffee - huuba
Comanche person - numu; nuumu
Comanche language - numu tekwapu
Comanche, speak - numu tekwa
Come - kimaru
Come in! - ihkaake!
Container - awo
Contest - nanakwakun
Cook - tuhkanitu
Cookie - Pihna nokopu; Pihna nookopu
Corn - hanibi;haniibi
Cornbread - haninookopu; hani tusupu nookopu
Cornmush - kootsapu
Corner - kiipu
cornmeal - hanitusupu
Count - turutsuu!
Cow - pimoroo
Cowardly - pihisi?apu
Cowboy - kuutsu taibo
Coyote - Kaawosa;kutseena;tseena
Coyote, baby - tuetseena
Crawdad - wa?rokuyaa
Crazy - Posa;Poisa
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