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.
hemlock
talk, speak, converse
be rectangular, be oblong
run off, hurry off
crumble sth. (with one's hands)
be a narrow road, trail, or path
be small
no, not
make a scratching noise
be closed up, be covered
be shut, be closed
boil sth. (an.) to cook it, poach sth. (an.)
button
all fall, all autumn
be suffocated
an adult, a grown-up
be an adult, be a grown-up
Hudson Bay Company post
Hudson Bay Company factor
a Hudson Bay Company post
king
queen
princess
formal account, formal narrative; formal interpretation (of, e.g., an historical event)
be a big boy
a grown woman, an adult woman
highway, major road
young white American male
American soldier
young white American
American leader, esp. an American political or military leader
American flag
be glad
Fox Island, Michigan, called 'Big Dog Island,' by Angeline Williams in a
a grown man, an adult male
any of a class of large mythological creatures, such as the <nish>Mshibzhii</nish>
lifebelt
Lake Michigan
a great lake, e.g., Lake Michigan, Lake Huron
a certain medicinal herb (unidentified further)
too, also
Spotted Bark (a plant used for smoking)
nothing
Mackinac Island, Michigan
not to mention, together with
a race, a contest
test sth. with one's foot or body
on a mountain top
on the roof
fighting arrow, war arrow
would, could
female councillor, female band councillor
fisherman
be sharp
be rectangular, be bar-shaped
be in the form of a metal bar
be cold, feel cold
peek out
sharpen sth. to a point
now it turns out to be
cut sth. (an. or in.) using a blade
cut something off of smb.
be cut, suffer cuts
bite of smb.'s ear
blaze a trail
drive smb. home, send s.o. home
bring something home to smb., take something home to smb.
be brought (back) home, be taken (back) home
walk around sth., go around sth.
already, beforehand
leaves come out, leaves emerge (as in the spring)
cedar bark
cedar chest
wrap smb. up warm, wrap smb. in warm blankets
on [top of] something, on top of something
on [top of] something, on top of something
for a considerable distance
see the tracks of smb.
princess
have as a parent
have smb. as a parent
be a day (enumerated in the month), be such date in the
if
make sth. (an.) into hominy (e.g., corn)
be made into hominy
be driven into a wooden object (e.g., a tree)
teach, do teaching
mark, guiding mark, marker
mark something, put a blaze on something
charcoal, piece of charcoal
of considerable size, of considerable number
be thievish, be a thief
be fine looking, be nice looking, be attractive, look beautiful
capsize because of winds
in the least, at all, by any means, not even
don't