This themed learning page for minayona, nipoopa ci ayoolhka – drinks, soups and more – brings together Peoria words for everyday drinks, soups, liquids, and the good things you put in them, with audio and English to help you hear and practice each one. Use this page in real life throughout your day: in the morning when you drink coffee, tea, or water; at school or work when you pour juice or fill a water bottle; at lunchtime when you eat soup; in the evening when you share a hot drink or broth with family; and even during late‑night snacks when you reach for milk, cider, or something warm to drink. As you move through the page, say the Peoria words out loud while you actually pour a drink, stir soup, add honey or sugar, drop ice into a cup, dip miincipi waawiinaakani – cornbread – into soup or broth, eat a biscuit or muffin with a hot drink, and say that the drink or soup tastes good when it really does. For example, with weenkaapoweeki – it is a good tasting drink, soup, broth, or ask wiinkaapoweewinko? – is it a good tasting drink, soup, broth?, so the Peoria words stick on your tongue and in your mind.
A list of drinks, soups, and liquids.
(inanimate nouns)
Peewaalia
English
Audio
aamaawia paankosikani
honey
aašoohkoonaapowi
ice water
anikwa nipoopi
squirrel soup
iihkisaminki
maple syrup
kaakipakwaapowi
tea (the drink)
kiišaaphkami
hot water
kociihsaapowi
coffee (the drink)
kociihsa nipoopi
bean soup
mankiišaahkaapowi
sassafras tea
mankiišaapowi
liquid medicine
minayoni
drink, beverage
minayona
drinks, beverages
moohswa nipoopi
deer soup, deer broth
mihšiiminaapowi
apple juice, apple cider
noonaakanaapowi
milk
nipi
water
nipoopi
soup
oonsaawiminaapowi
lemonade, lemon juice
paankosikanaapowi
sugar water
seenipiikaapowi
juice (generic term for any juice squeezed out)
tahkinkami
cold water, spring
wiinaahkatwaapowi
spice bush tea
wiinkaapowi
a good tasting drink, a good tasting broth, a good tasting soup
Here are some items that may be put in or eaten with your drinks, beverages and soups.
(These are inanimate nouns.)
Peewaalia
English
Audio
aamaawia paankosikani
honey
aašoohkooni
ice, a piece of ice (singular)
aašoohkoona
pieces of ice, ice (plural)
iihkisaminki
maple syrup
miincipi waawinaakani
cornbread
miincipi waawinaakana
cornbread(s) pieces/slices of cornbread (cornbread plural)
paankosikani
sugar
siihsipaahkwi
maple sugar
soonkanki waawinaakani
cracker
soonkanki waawinaakana
crackers
waawinaakani
biscuit, muffin (and similar breads)
waawinaakana
biscuits, muffins
pahkweešikani
wheat bread
wiihkapipahkweešikani
sweet bread, cake
wiihkapiwaawinaakaanhsi
cookie
wiihkapiwaawinaakaanhsa
cookies
wiihkapiwaawinaakani
pastry
wiihkapiwaawinaakana
pastries
Here are some Peoria words for items that may be put in drinks, beverages and soups or for eating with them, that are expressed using inanimate intransitive verbs. These verb forms are used for the item itself, because verbs are an essential core of Peoria language. Many items in Peoria are expressed using verbs this way instead of a noun.
English translation of word: common English name(s) of the item; [in the brackets is the verb meaning].
Peewaalia
English
Audio
eempalehki
light bread, sourdough bread {singular}
(can be used for any bread that rises from yeast/fermenting/leavening)
[ it rises from fermenting/being sour, it is leavened ]
eempalehkia
light bread(s), sourdough bread(s) {plural}
(can be used for any breads that rises from yeast/fermenting/leavening)
[ they(inanimate) rise from fermenting/being sour ]
Peewaalia
English
Audio
keetwi meenani
what are you drinking?
keetwi kati minani
what do you want to drink?
nipi meenaani
I am drinking water
meenaani
I am drinking, I drank, I drink
meenani
you are drinking, you drank, you drink
kociihsaapowinko minani
do you drink coffee?
kiikoonko kati minahilaani
do you want me to get you something to drink?
kociihsaapowinko kati minahilaani
do you want me to get you coffee to drink?
neetaweelintamaani
I want it, I expect it, I would like to have it
neetaweelintamani
you want it, you expect it, you would like to have it
neetaweelintanki
he wants it. she wants it,
he / she expects it, he / she would like to have it
kociihsaapowi neetaweelintamaani
I want coffee
kaakipakwaapowi moošaki neetaweelintamani
you always want tea
kaakipakwaapowi moošaki neetaweelintamaani
I always want tea
iihi, nipi neetaweelintanki
yes, he wants water
nipi ayoolhka neetaweelintamaani
I want more water
wiinkaapoweewinko
is it a good tasting drink, soup, broth?
weenkaapoweeki
it is a good tasting drink, soup, broth
nipoopi weenkaapoweeki
the soup tastes good, the soup is good tasting.
ooniini moohswa nipoopi weenkaapoweeki
this deer soup/broth tastes good.
moohswa nipoopi weenkaapoweeki
it is good tasting deer soup/broth
nipoopi aalimiihtwaani
I am cooking soup
noonki kaahkiihkwe kati aalimiihtooyankwi anikwa nipoopi
today we(inclusive) will be cooking squirrel soup
nipoopi manehkweetaawi
Let’s eat soup!
nipoopi meenihkweeci
he eats soup, he is eating soup
meenihkwiaani
I am eating something soft, mushy or liquid, I am drinking soup, I drank soup, I am drinking /drank liquid medicine, I ate something soft, mushy or liquid
meenihkweeyani
you are eating something soft, mushy or liquid, you are drinking soup, I drank soup, you are drinking /drank liquid medicine, you ate something soft, mushy or liquid
Choose Your Peoria Beverage Words.
In the morning, pour your real drink, such as kociihsaapowi – coffee – , tea, water, juice, or another minayoni . Hold the cup in your hand, look at it, say the Peoria word for what you are drinking, take a sip, and if it really tastes good, say weenkaapoweeki . You can also say a short line like, “I am drinking kociihsaapowi .”
Say it. Use It. Drink It. Put It In Your Drink. Say It Again.
At school or work, use a real cup, bottle, or drink. First, say the Peoria word for the drink before you pick it up. Next, pick it up and say the word again. Then fill the bottle or pour the drink and say the word one more time. If you add paankosikani – sugar -, honey, or ice, say the Peoria word for each thing as you put it in, then look at the drink and say the Peoria word for the whole drink again before you take a sip.
Say It. Eat It. Taste It. Say It Again.
At lunchtime, when you eat soup or broth, say the Peoria word for the soup if you know it, such as anikwa nipoopi or moohswa nipoopi . Stir the soup, lift the spoon, blow on it, taste it, and if it is good tasting, say weenkaapoweeki .
Say It When You Hold It. Say After A Bite.
When you have miincipi waawiinaakani with soup, pick up the cornbread and say miincipi waawiinaakani while you hold it. Then dip the miincipi waawiinaakani into the soup or broth, or take a bite of waawiinaakani – biscuit, muffin – with your drink.
Say It Before You Snack. Ask & Answer Yourself In Peoria. Say It Again.
In the evening or during a late-night snack, choose any drink, soup, or broth from this page and say the Peoria word before you drink or eat it. After you taste it, ask yourself wiinkaapoweewinko? and answer out loud with iihi – yes – or moohci – no. Then say the Peoria word for the drink, soup, or broth again so it stays on your tongue, in your ears, and in your mind as part of your whole day.
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