Language Items
You can search the dictionaries in two ways. Enter an English term and then search for it in Anishnaabemowin, Cayuga or both languages (select "Any"). Or, select a letter to see the Anishinaabemowin and/or Cayuga terms beginning with that letter. "{" indicates a dependent noun - one that cannot appear without a pronoun.
pencil
pencil sharpener
on someone's pencil
post office
library
she is a librarian
something into which paper is put
on her toes
she’s got toes, her toes
something to iron with
ironing board
she is an administrator, a leader
she is a researcher
cherries
cherry tree
can or bottle opener
night stand
lantern, torch, flashllght
matches (old word) (literally, someone torches the fire)
fish hook
edible roots (pepper roots, turnips, carrots)
museum
he is a museum director, curator
Small Green Corn Ceremony (refers to looking at how the plants are
kitchen items, utensils
electric kitchen appliances
what one cooks with
cooking pots
cook stove
she is a child (under 12), a girl
something into which dishes are put
teenage girl
children
Child Welfare
children
on her belly
her belly button (n.b. NOT 'her belly')
kitchen sink or dish pan
stomach
cupboard, pantry
pantry
she is a waitress
Urban Design and Development
she is proud in a boastful manner
bedspread
bread container
bread steamer
grain wagon
pot cleaner
what you haul with
lyed corn
lying corn basket
saw, hand saw
mop
on her arm
Ombudsman, etc.
Ombudsman, etc.
bladder
key
wheel, circle, hoop
hook
something that is used for laundering
laundry soap
laundry room, laundromat
soap, what one washes with
medicine cabinet
she is cantankerous
nursing bottle
nursing bottle
on her breast
lettuce
rake
you will earn the heavenly road
Women's Old Shuffle Dance
Women's Dance
Moon Ceremony (literally, uplifting the stature of the moon)
on her lips
something used for holding pins
pin cushion
our grandmother
our mother, women
Our Uncles (literally, they (m) become bigheads, ceremony)
glue
glue
she is sitting
Monday (future)
something that cuts weeds
uterus, placenta
eraser
sugar bowl
glue or scotch tape
paring knife
on her palm
containers
Sunday (future)
she is the executive director or top boss
planting tool
tobacco pouch
tomorrow
tonight