Problem:IOL/2011/i1/en(A)

IOL 2011 Problem #1 Menominee
Given are verb forms of the Menominee language as well as their English translations:

(a) Translate into English: kekēskahæq, nepāhkenan, wǣpāhpew. If in some cases you believe that more than one translation is possible, give them all.

(b) Translate into Menominee:
 * I begin to eat it
 * we1+2 lay it flat by hand
 * he digs a hole
 * he walks out

⚠ The Menominee Indians live in Wisconsin, USA. They number 5000-10 000 people, but the eponymous language of the Algonquian family is only spoken by a few dozen of the oldest among them, although effort has been put lately into expanding its teaching and use. we1+2 = we and you. æ ≈ a in crack, c = ch in church, q is a consonant (the so-called glottal stop). The mark  ̄  denotes vowel length.

—Ivan Derzhanski