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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.
your underarm, armpit
on your inner thigh
your colon
you are a liar
on your shin
on the nape of your neck
you are tied up (as in: a slave to your work) (literally
you are drooling
you are good at something
on your chest
one side (one of a pair of shoes)
one
hundred
one acre
one week
eleven
wheelbarrow
Male Dance, One Side Male Dance (a dance done with paternal cousin
weasel
one penny, one cent
he is innocent
large mouth bass
you are pruny, wrinkly
one dollar
one pencil
mullet
marsh wren
one mind (said when consensus is reached in the High Council), one
rectify, ratification
Albany (literally, beyond the pine, on the other side of the pine)
Europe (literally, the other side of the ocean)
Long Lake, Skaneateles, N.Y. (literally, long lake)
Beautiful Lake (Seneca Chief Title), Handsome Lake (the Messenger)
heron
to its left
moose
sturgeon
one by one
water snake
Opposite Side Of The Pond, Swamp (Onondaga Chief Title)
one mind
coalition
one crowd, body
coalition
Pinewoods, Cattaraugus (literally, alongside the river)
jowls
toad
otter
big, fat toad
frog
species of bull frog
variety of frogs
one mind
Dry Up the Trees (ceremony done at the ending of the maple
garage, auto shop
policeman
He Takes Out People’s Feces (legendary figure)
judge
Chief Justice
policemen
police station
RCMP
leader
leader (of a land, country, or territory)
leader (of a land, country, or territory)
he is a robber, stealer
Secretary of State
judges
Red Jacket
his younger sister
repairman
thimbleberries
on your groin, crotch
you are thirsty
he is a mechanic
morning kind
our older brother
human emotions, feelings, nerves
human conditions
penis, phallus
sizes; how big they are; (lit. how big it is)
sizes, how big they are (lit. how big it is)
time of day
seasonal weather conditions
a direction
your step-daughter
your relatives, also ceremonial language to describe our relationship to all people
Large Forehead (Seneca Chief Title)
He Is Seeing Them (Onondaga Chief Title)
He Has Bruised Himself (Onondaga Chief Title)
Creator (of our bodies)
He Is a Good Woodrift or He is a Big Branch (Mohawk
He Is of a Longhouse (Oneida Chief Title)
he is behind him, he is next in line
He has Long Wampum (Cayuga Chief Title)
on your lap
on your adam’s apple, front of your neck
you are lying down, prostrate
you are nodding off, falling asleep