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.
go [do something], go and [do something]
there, over there
great horned owl
go [do something], go and [do something]
ghost town
ghost town
be a town, be a village
city, town
house sparrow
go to town [to shop], window shop
city, town
housefly
cricket
cricket
housefly
farm animal
barn [esp. for animals]
manure
maggot
Oh!
get a new grandchild, have a grandchild, have grandchildren
then
this
celery
poverty, it is poor, pitiful
price (on it)
(it is) visible
person, human
People's Council
praying mantis
ginger root, ginseng
cheese
she is ominous
lengthy objects
skin cream
air, wind, a moth
other, another
her step-daughter
her younger sister
Fishing Dance
jail, prison (lit. place where someone is locked up)
Correctional Services
school
principal (female)
principal (male)
at school
abortion
it is bruised
Green Corn Dance (small)
panty hose
panty hose
asking
hearing aid
the act of listening
ceiling
shadow
past midnight
plentiful fruit
friendship
her mother
bathing suit, something used for swimming
web, net
street car
fire, it is burning
jest
smell
odour
fire-making tool, matches
Maple Sap Ceremony, woods (trees)
Green Corn Ceremony
store or storekeeper (f)
(it is) worn out
grapefruit
grapefruit tree
cocoon, nest, hive, bee-hive
Changing Rib Tumbling Dance
thimble
slide
she is a teacher
teaching assistant
something that holds lights
nail clippers
hair net
nail polish
restaurant, cafeteria, dining room, dining hall
dining room
she is childish
serviettes, napkins
table cloth
wall
relatives, kin, etc.
condom
bobby pin, barrette
bobby pin, barrette
powder
bath powder
Dress-Up Society Dance (Tutelo Ceremony)
policewoman
parking lot or garage