Note: Natchez words from Albert Gallatin included in Brinton (1873) are given in a separate column.
| Gloss | Natchez (Brinton) | Natchez (Gallatin) |
|---|---|---|
| again | hvmv | |
| all | lvtvse | latakop |
| ant | wĕ’le | |
| apple (big-peach) | vpesurer | |
| arm | a’hvlv | ish |
| ax | iyvmk | ohyaminoo |
| arrow | eshakwo | |
| Back | u’sus | |
| back, lower part | okco’cu | |
| bad | wvtvks; mesmeskep | wattaks |
| ball | puhshv | |
| beans | popkĕ | |
| bed | pĕ’tkup | |
| bedstead | ha’pvtv’yv | |
| Bible (big book) | a’tolser | |
| bird | sorkor | shankolt |
| young bird | sokolenu | |
| black | cokokuph | tsokokop |
| blackberry | onu | |
| blue | haähsep | haasip |
| book | a’tol | |
| boy | kvpena’nu | tamunoonoo |
| boy, small | tvmhkvpe’nanu | |
| bread | pĕhĕ’lu | beheloo |
| breath | heleksĕ’nēs | |
| bear | tsokohp | |
| blood | itsch | |
| boat | kwagtolt | |
| body | iwit | |
| bone | ikwel | |
| brother | kakanesha | |
| buffalo | wastanem | |
| cabbage | ki | |
| cake | pĕhĕ’lu cvkv’lgup (globular bread) | |
| cat | wenvtu | |
| cat, young | wenvte’nu | |
| chair | cu’spedĕl | |
| chicken | kvbahtev’ | |
| chicken, young | kvbahte’nu | |
| chief | cu’nv | tarnwap |
| chin | unkwvyv | |
| circular | lutumkuph | |
| clean | kahve’v | |
| corn | ha’kuyv | hokko |
| cow | wvstan | |
| calf | wvstanenu | |
| cylindrical | lutugv | |
| child | tsitsie | |
| cold | tzitakopana | |
| day | we’tv | wit |
| deer | ca’ | tza |
| deer, young | caye’nu | |
| dog | wvskup | waskkop |
| dog, young | wvskupenu | |
| dress, (a) | pv’evlv | |
| daughter | mahnoonoo | |
| ear | ē’puk | ipok |
| east | kwahsep, kakunef | |
| eye | oktur | oktool |
| earth (or land) | wihih | |
| fire | u’wvh | wah |
| flowers | kvhvëlu’se | |
| foot | a’tv | |
| foot, broad part of | atpĕ’sev | hatpeshè, feet |
| frog | ēcakst | |
| father | abishnisha | |
| fish | henn | |
| friend, my | ketanesoo | |
| ginseng (white medicine) | omkvhap | |
| girl, large | horv | |
| girl, little | hole’nu | hohlenoo |
| good | sokonen | sokone |
| grass | ĕ’wĕl | ohwell |
| grasshopper | shela’tkēha | |
| green | poökup | chwellhayah |
| God | aleksandiste | tza |
| hair, or leaves | tōyv | |
| hair, (of the head) | ĕ’dĕn | etene |
| hand | ē’sv | |
| palm (of hand) | ēspĕ’hsĕv | ispeshe |
| handkerchief | shemhawes | |
| handkerchief, large | shemhawesker | |
| head | a’puyv | apoo |
| heel | atv’ntcv | |
| high | es’hvk | |
| hog | kwĕ’hser | |
| hog, young | kwĕhsele’nu | |
| horse | wvskupser | |
| horse, young | wvskupsele’nu | |
| house | ĕ’dv | hahit |
| heart | oontza | |
| hill | kweya | |
| hat | wahiloohie | |
| husband | tamahl nesoo | |
| Indian, red man | tvmh-pakup | tapakop |
| infant | se’ce | |
| ice | koowatanul | |
| king, or chief | cu’nv | |
| kneepan | oksuyv | |
| knife | pihĕwes | pyhewish |
| lake | a’hvyv | |
| large | lēkep | lehkip |
| leg, lower part | atka’hkvr | |
| leg, calf of | atwen’cev | |
| life (breath) | heleksĕ’nēs | |
| lips | e’hecer | |
| lizard | sakulcvcvt | |
| lizard, blue-tailed | ehepapv | |
| leaf | tsiatoll | |
| lightning | pooloopooloonul | |
| male | kvpe’nv | |
| man | tvmh’kvpena’ | tomhukpena |
| many | tvlu’en | pookoseh |
| meat | wen’cev | wintse |
| medicine | omv | |
| money | nvrkv’tuho’p | |
| moon (white sun) | kwa’hsep kvha’p | kwasip |
| morning | tuwa’cen | |
| mouth | e’heyv | heche |
| muskmelon | yeweskmvtvk | |
| mother | kwalneshoo | |
| needle | a’tul | |
| negro | cokonuh | |
| night | mvyukuph | toowa |
| north | cetakuph | |
| nose | la’mve | shamats |
| no | kooshats | |
| oak | tssoelekep | |
| old | tapsel | |
| Pants | okvphv’sku | |
| peach | vpesur | |
| person | tvmh | |
| person, young | tv’myv | |
| piebald | kvsahtēp | |
| pillow | hĕ’sunts | |
| pipe | hakhesk | |
| place | luhu | |
| plum | ahtvpesur | |
| potato | vcv | |
| pumpkin | yewe’skvyv | |
| pine tree | tsohl | |
| quickly | somōl | |
| rain | nvsv | nasnayobik |
| rib | kutvpker | |
| river (large water) | kuhnsher | wōl |
| rock | o’fvh | |
| red | pahkop | |
| saddle | pĕtkupes | |
| salt | wih | |
| scissors | hvpha’wes | |
| sea | wa’rv | kootshel |
| sea, large | warsher | |
| shirt | pofhesku | |
| shoes | pupvce | popatse |
| short | mocmockup | |
| small | cekeskap, (pl) cekestanu, (sing) | tsikisti tenoo |
| snake | u’lv | woollah |
| snow | rowiyv | kowa |
| soap | kencuahvlles | |
| sour | kvyumhkuph | |
| south (warm place) | hvmepvstek | |
| spherical | popupkup | |
| stars | tuku’r | tookul |
| stockings | ho’stcahawes | |
| stove | uwvh-luhu | |
| straight | svpupkup | |
| sugar | owih | |
| sun | kwahsep | wahsil |
| sweet | cvkvlguph | |
| sister, my | aluwuch | nesoo |
| sky | nasookta | |
| son | akwalnesuta | |
| spring | amekone | |
| stone | ohk | |
| summer | amehika | |
| table | kenkv’skushvpvt | |
| tall, or long | wvtakuph, wvtvntakuph | |
| teeth | e’ntv | int (tooth) |
| thigh | a’nkwvyv | |
| toad | waskv’lkui | |
| tobacco | hakvu | hakshoo |
| tobacco pipe | hakhesk | |
| today | kawet | |
| tree | cuyv | tshoo |
| turkey | sokorser | |
| turkey, young | sokorselenu | |
| turnip (large cabbage) | ki’ansher | |
| town | walt | |
| valley | patkop | |
| wagon | cetu’tukup | |
| water | kuhn | koon |
| watermelon | yeweskvyap | |
| well! (interject, of assent) | makup, makupiye | |
| white | kahap | hahap |
| white man | royokup | |
| wicked (person) | tvmhtvma’te | |
| wild (of animals) | tvmhkoyugo | |
| wisdom | helbunvlles | |
| woman | tvmar | tahmahl |
| woman, young (girl) | tvmalenu | |
| warrior | kaastshel | |
| wife | stepe nesoo | |
| winter | kwithitsetakop | |
| wolf | uttuwah | |
| wood | tshootop | |
| yellow | hahiahop | |
| yes | mahkoop | |
| young | tapkoppinah | |
| I | tugĕha | tukehah |
| thou | uhkehah | |
| live (this here) | akoonikia | |
| we | tukahanehi | |
| one | we’tan | witahu |
| two | a’wete | ahwetie |
| three | ne’de | nayetie |
| four | tenv’wete | ganooetie |
| five | spē’de | shpedee |
| six | la’hvnvf | lahono |
| seven | un’hkwv | ukwoh |
| eight | v’pkvtepes | upkutepish |
| nine | wete’pkvtepes | wedipkatepish |
| ten | ogu | ōkwah |
| eleven | ogu wetan kou’se | |
| twelve | ogu awete kou’se | |
| thirteen | ogu ne’de kou’se | |
| fourteen | ogu tenv’wete kou’se | |
| fifteen | ogu spede kou’se | |
| sixteen | ogu la’hvnvf kou’se | |
| seventeen | ogu vnhkwvk ou’se | |
| eighteen | ogu vpkvtepeskou’se | |
| nineteen | ogu wetep kvtepes kou’se | |
| twenty | ogaphv | okapoo |
| twenty-one | ogaph wetan kou’se | |
| thirty | ok nĕ’de | |
| forty | ok kenvf | |
| fifty | ok spēde | |
| sixty | ok la hvnvf | |
| seventy | ok vn h kwv | |
| eighty | ok vpk vtepes | |
| ninety | ok wete pk vtepes | |
| one hundred | pu pu we’tan | poopwitahu |
| two hundred | pupu a’we’te | |
| one thousand | puputvmse we’tan | pooptalshel |
| one million | pupu tvmser we’tan | |
| to see | erhvlles | |
| to write | pushvlles | |
| to die | hawvteës (sing.), wewvteëkek (pl.) | |
| to kill | tahanks (sing, obj), wewvthvlles (pl. obj) | appawe |
| to hear | ep’lehvlles | |
| to lift | hĕkĕrhvlles | |
| to sweep | pĕrhvlles | |
| to wash | cuahvlles (see soap). | |
| to cleanse | kahvhvlles (see clean). | |
| to blacken | cokohvlles (see black). | |
| to sit | hĕ’ces (sing.), hĕtukses (pl.) | |
| to stand | cashvkes (sing, and pl.) | |
| to come | kahvsahkus (sing.), hvhapesahkus (pl.) | |
| to run | kwvrhĕs kus (sing.), hĕkĕrhvkes (pl.) | kwalneskoop |
| to be lost | wvthvkes (sing.), wvtvhvkes (pl.) | |
| to be about | hv’petes (s.); hvpe’kses (dual); wehvkes (pl.) | |
| to go | hahtes (s.) ; haksēs (d.); pĕhĕgus (pl.) | |
| to have come (?) | hvĕhtek (s.); hvëksek (d.); kvpeëkuk (pl.) | |
| to lie down | hv’ces (s.); hvtv’nces (d.); hvlvhv’ces (pl.) | |
| to eat | kenhvskus | kimposko |
| to drink | pokoo | |
| to sleep | nanole | |
| to walk | naktek |