"waníyetu" meaning in Lakota

See waníyetu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Historically, Lakota people counted a year from the first snowfall to the next year’s first snowfall, hence why waníyetu can mean either 'winter' or 'year'. This can be seen documented in winter counts. Head templates: {{head|lkt|noun}} waníyetu
  1. winter
    Sense id: en-waníyetu-lkt-noun-MMVGH8J7 Categories (other): Lakota entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Lakota entries with incorrect language header: 50 17 17 17
  2. a year
    Sense id: en-waníyetu-lkt-noun-VFJriz2Z
  3. age
    Sense id: en-waníyetu-lkt-noun-AT9UQAyC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Waníyetu wí, waníyetu wówapi Related terms: wétu (english: spring), blokétu (english: summer), ptaŋyétu (english: fall)

Verb

Etymology: Historically, Lakota people counted a year from the first snowfall to the next year’s first snowfall, hence why waníyetu can mean either 'winter' or 'year'. This can be seen documented in winter counts. Head templates: {{head|lkt|verb}} waníyetu
  1. to be winter
    Sense id: en-waníyetu-lkt-verb-rwBPaUrX
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  "etymology_text": "Historically, Lakota people counted a year from the first snowfall to the next year’s first snowfall, hence why waníyetu can mean either 'winter' or 'year'. This can be seen documented in winter counts.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lkt",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "waníyetu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lakota",
  "lang_code": "lkt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be winter"
      ],
      "id": "en-waníyetu-lkt-verb-rwBPaUrX",
      "links": [
        [
          "winter",
          "winter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "waníyetu"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Waníyetu wí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "waníyetu wówapi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Historically, Lakota people counted a year from the first snowfall to the next year’s first snowfall, hence why waníyetu can mean either 'winter' or 'year'. This can be seen documented in winter counts.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lkt",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "waníyetu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lakota",
  "lang_code": "lkt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "spring",
      "word": "wétu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "summer",
      "word": "blokétu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fall",
      "word": "ptaŋyétu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 17 17 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lakota entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "winter"
      ],
      "id": "en-waníyetu-lkt-noun-MMVGH8J7",
      "links": [
        [
          "winter",
          "winter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a year"
      ],
      "id": "en-waníyetu-lkt-noun-VFJriz2Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "age"
      ],
      "id": "en-waníyetu-lkt-noun-AT9UQAyC",
      "links": [
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "waníyetu"
}
{
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    "Lakota entries with incorrect language header",
    "Lakota lemmas",
    "Lakota nouns",
    "Lakota verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Historically, Lakota people counted a year from the first snowfall to the next year’s first snowfall, hence why waníyetu can mean either 'winter' or 'year'. This can be seen documented in winter counts.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lkt",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "waníyetu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lakota",
  "lang_code": "lkt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be winter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "winter",
          "winter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "waníyetu"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Lakota entries with incorrect language header",
    "Lakota lemmas",
    "Lakota nouns",
    "Lakota verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Waníyetu wí"
    },
    {
      "word": "waníyetu wówapi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Historically, Lakota people counted a year from the first snowfall to the next year’s first snowfall, hence why waníyetu can mean either 'winter' or 'year'. This can be seen documented in winter counts.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lkt",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "waníyetu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lakota",
  "lang_code": "lkt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "spring",
      "word": "wétu"
    },
    {
      "english": "summer",
      "word": "blokétu"
    },
    {
      "english": "fall",
      "word": "ptaŋyétu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "winter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "winter",
          "winter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a year"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "age"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "waníyetu"
}

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