The Cupeño Language
Here are some common words of the Cupeño people
Hello: miyaxwe
Goodbye: hiwene
Good Night: tukvayet pi’icha‘i
Mother: -ye or iyetu
Father: -na
Son: pulinma (a man’s son) or na‘aqwa (a woman’s son)
Daughter: shungama (a man’s daughter) or na’aqwa (a woman’s daughter)
Baby: pulini-sh
Man: naxani-sh
Woman: nawika-t
Grandfather: qa or kwa
Grandmother: qa or shu
Uncle: -mesh
Aunt: -paha
Young man: pishweli-sh
Young woman: nawi-ly
House: kish
Food: kwa’ish
Friend: pew or amiigu
Counting
One: sulit or suplewet
Two: wih
Three: pah
Four: wichiw
Five: nemakwanangax
Six: nemakwanangax suplewet
Seven: nemakwanangax pa‘axwi
Eight: nemakwanangax pah
Nine: nemakwanangax wichiw
Ten: nema tulwene-t