aŋpétu
Lakota
Alternative forms
Etymology
From aŋpá (“dawn”) + étu (“there is, to exist”).
Cognate with Dakota ąpétu and Assiniboine ąbédu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃ˈpetu/
Noun
aŋpétu
- day, daytime
- Aŋpétu kiŋ lé él wakȟályapi latkáŋ he? ― Did you drink coffee today?
Derived terms
- aŋpétu haŋkéyela (“before the day is over”)
- aŋpétu iyóhi, aŋpétu iyóhihi (“daily”)
- aŋpétu kiŋ lé, lé aŋpétu tin (“today”)
- aŋpétu tókča (“weather”)
- aŋpétu tȟahéna, aŋpétȟahéna (“before the day is over”)
- aŋpétu wašté (“good day”)
- aŋpétuka (“specific day (in the past)”)
- aŋpétuwi (“sun”)
- days of the week (appendix): Aŋpétu Wakȟáŋ · Aŋpétu Tȟokáhe · Aŋpétu Núŋpa · Aŋpétu Yámni · Aŋpétu Tópa · Aŋpétu Záptaŋ · Owáŋkayužažapi [edit]
Verb
aŋpétu(impersonal)
References
- Jan Ullrich, editor, compiled by Ben Black Bear Jr. and Richard Two Dogs (2023), “aŋpétu”, in New Lakota Dictionary App[1] (electronic app), Kyle, SD: Lakota Language Commission, via LLC Bookstore
- Jan Ullrich, editor (2011) [2008], New Lakota Dictionary, 2nd edition, Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Commission, page 53