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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.
everything, all
partridge
change (money)
Ahkwesahsne (literally, where partridges live)
whip-poor-will
on my tongue
on my thumb
black breasted woodpecker
pig
pig pen
pigs feet
pig's head
fresh pork
pig meat, pork chop
bacon
high soaring hawk
barn swallow
cottontail rabbit
Friend (term of address)
I am quick
This word is used locally to refer to Ohsweken, Ont. (literally, counselling
funeral home
Baltimore oriole
grocery store
plaza
pattern
fractions
on my gums
nine
nine hundred
ninety
ninety-three
ninety-eight
ninety-two
ninety-four
ninety-nine
ninety-five
ninety-six
ninety-seven
ninety-one
nineteen
fountain
water table, standing water
spring water
Cold Spring (literally, cold water there)
the beginning (of something)
the other night
the most important
upstairs
Sahara Desert
Sustenance songs
what we all (incl.) live on, Our Sustenance
cow
the Devil (literally, one side cow's foot)
Cornplanter Reserve (literally, burnt house)
the other day, the day before yesterday
several days past (indefinite amount of time)
hair salon
geyser, steam (as in a steam sauna)
steam coming out
steam coming out
always
on my body
on my waist
on my cheek
on my chin
it (usually an animal) is in something
on my inner thigh
on my nose