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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.
A type of weaving that employs a heddle, which is a device
Okay, very well then, all right
Go ahead.
Fire!
A type of weaving involving the use of a heddle which, when
he is conceited
reign (literally, he was standing there)
he has a high opinion of himself, he is self-centred, he is
he is a doctor
he is loyal (to the cause); he is respectful
he is a storekeeper
he is a teacher
doctor's office, clinic
one thing to another
he is a dentist
dentist's office
(he is an) interpreter
he is an interpreter
his breech cloth
they (m) are provincial
Advisory Council (literally, they (m) set it straight)
administration (literally, they (m) administer)
they (m) are two boys
they (m) are lying around
sales tax (literally, they (m) put a price on top of something)
Taxation Department
they (m) are our grandfathers, our ancestors
they (m) are federal
courthouse
Higher Courts, Association of (Canadian) Courts
they (m) are municipal
court, council chamber
animal watering place, watering hole, trough
trough
witching a well, dowser
ironworkers
ironworkers, iron climbers
they (m) use pruning shears
sailors, navy men, merchant marines
pow wow, (literally, they (m) put on their headdresses and perform)
they (m) are military (referring to putting the gun over their shoulders)
barn (literally, where they (m) put the hay)
Children's Aid Office
they (m) are children
they (m) are children (used infrequently)
Members of Parliament
they (m) are ministers
they (m) are in-laws, they are married to sisters and have moved
Longhouse people
they (m) (are) the heaven(ly) kind
they (m) are the Seven Dancing Children, Small Dipper, Little Dipper
Maple Sap Ceremony (they (m) are putting the sap in the tree)
Thunderers
White Dog Feast
Pitch Hole
ammunition (lit. they (m) shoot it)
how they (m) are placed
place where they (m) live, stable, barn
they (m) are at home
loggers; (lit.: they (m) cut down the logs)
Forest Industry
Condolence (literally, they are consoling)
he is a hunter
Putting It On Top (Cayuga Chief Title)
he is a landscaper
(he is) out of breath; he is dying
he drives it, he is a driver
he is a great hunter
he is out of breath
False Face
False Face Dance
he uses it to pray
his tools
Medicine Mask
he is a butcher, seller of meat
he is a butcher
Shouting Loudly (Oneida Chief Title)
He Looks Both Ways (Cayuga Chief Title)
he is an old man (referring to one's husband)
grandfather
he is big
man's knapsack
He Lowers His Body (Oneida Chief Title)
He Will Put Bodies One On Top Of The Other (Cayuga Chief
Guardian of the Chair (Title), subchief
he is an actor, clown, etc.
he is a counsellor
on his temple (based on word in Hewitt ms.)
he is unattractive
farmer
he is a courier
undertaker
undertaker
he is a tailor
He Is a Spiller (Onondaga Chief Title)
bartender
he is a gas station attendant
he is a White man
loon
on his adam’s apple, front of his neck