Spoken Word Help
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Očhéthi Šakówiŋ
Očhéthi Šakówiŋ
O čhé thi Ša wiŋ
This is the name for all the bands of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people. When all the bands would come together, there would be seven council fires.
proper name
  • Seven Council Fires
  • Great Sioux Nation
Related
očhéthi
noun
  • fire pit
  • fireplace
  • stove
Related
o-
prefix
  • creates certain nouns
  • gives certain words a more general meaning
  • with a number of verbs creates complex forms
čhethí
active verb
  • to build or make a fire
šakówiŋ
numeral
  • seven

Practice

The čh makes the "ch" sound like chair.
o čhé thi
The th sound is a normal "t" (like the 't' in tea). Some phonetic orthographies place a letter "h" at the end to signify the aspiration.
o čhé thi
The k is shortened (like the 'k' in ski).
ša wiŋ
Some more practice for the k sound.
ka ke ki ko ku
The is a nasalized vowel sound.
ša wiŋ
Examples
íŋaŋ
noun
  • stone, rock

Transliterate (Lakota language)

Deloria (deloria)
Manhart (manhart)
RST (rosebud)
Txakini (txakini)
Ullrich (ullrich)
White Hat (whitehat)