2006-08-27 19:32:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
By "Paiute" you are referring to two different languages--Southern Paiute and Northern Paiute. Fortunately, they are related and the words wind up being similar. In Southern Paiute, also known as Colorado River Numic (including the dialects of Chemehuevi, Southern Paiute proper, and Ute), the word for 'spiritual power' is pua. The 'shaman' (or in common terms 'medicine man') is puakantï (literally, 'one who is characterized by spiritual power'). In Northern Paiute, the words are similar, puha is 'spiritual power' and puhabbï or puhakïma is 'shaman' (literally, 'spiritual power user' or 'spiritual power man').
Note that Sweetnuts is well-meaning, but the Yokuts language is unrelated to Paiute so his information is useless to you.
2006-08-27 23:13:04 · answer #1 · answered by Taivo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-15 05:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the word for magic is 'tripne' it comes from my grandpa eddie a yokut elder who is fluent in the languages
i remember the word tripne pronounced "trip knee"cause he was a shaman, and he used the word alot to our people; but as for the word medicine man i cant remember the word exactly but it will come to me maybe tonite in a dream? who knows
2006-08-27 19:41:32 · answer #5 · answered by sweetnuts14 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋