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.
on the stairs
birth
hunt
skate
skating
luck
luck
bat (mammal)
disaster
insurance, assurance
secret
diabetes
calamity (literally, it happened all of a sudden, all at once)
volcano
apparition (haunted)
it is mine
I am well, fine, healthy
I am tired
I am ready
I am hungry
I am alive; I am born; I am full of life
big drought
I am fat
I am slow to act
I am dizzy
falling rocks
rock slide
my hat
noise made by banging a door
I am cold
I am glad, happy
my basket
my coat or dress
my pet
I have a sty
I have an abscess, boil
on my hair
my child
my wallet
my suitcases (ones that are scattered around)
my suitcases (a bunch of suitcases , bundled together or mentally grouped
it was my car
my car
I am poor, poverty-stricken, in poverty
my belly button
girl, woman, the female gender
my relatives (literally, my people)
she is a cruel, mean person
someone (lit. she) lives on it; she is sustained by it
miscarriage
I am loud and noisy
I’m itchy
we are relatives
our picture
my baby
my relative
I am hot
I am nimble, active or energetic
I am slow
I’m all wet
I am sore; I ache
coat, dress
the sound of smacking lips
earthquake
earthquake (literally, the land shook)
title (an) honour, goal (literally, he achieved for himself, he earned it
hysterectomy
he chanted, he trilled the music (ceremonial)
shoes
moccasins, shoe (the type put on a corpse at a funeral)
clothing, clothes
clothes dryer
closet
tramp, hobo, vagabond
toilet
toilet bowl
toilet paper
outside type
picnic table
lawn chair
outdoor swimming pool
outdoor barbecue
three
Wednesday (literally, the third day)
Wednesday (past)
Three Fires Confederacy (Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Odawa)
three hundred
triangle
three dollars
thirty
thirty three
thirty eight
thirty two
thirty four
thirty nine
thirty five
thirty six
thirty seven
thirty one
thirteen