| macaroni | mâkarrônî* |  |
| kâ piyipâsik mîcôwin | | |
| macaroons | lî cishakwalâ* | |
| wihkasiķanisak | | |
| wihkasiķan'sak | | |
| machine | âpacihciķan tool - something that's useful |
|
| machinery | âpacihciķana | |
| machinist | nânapâcihciķêwînô one who fixes/repairs |
|
| mackeral | l' pwas??* | |
| kinosêw | | |
| mackinaw | l' ķrrâ? kapô* | |
| kîsowasâķay | | |
| mackintosh | kimôwanêw l' kapô* | |
| kimôwanasâķay | | |
| kim'wanasâķay | | |
| mad | kisôwâsô he/she is ... |
|
| kisôwâhêw he/she makes him/her ... |
| |
| madden | kisôwâhâw you have ... him/her or he/she was ... by them |
|
| maddening | kisôwihtamowin state of ... |
|
| made | osihtâw | |
| made @ | osîhêw he/she ... |
|
| made to cry | môshkwatahwâw he/she is ... |
|
| made up | mâmawastêw put together |
|
| paķwanta ... for nothing |
| |
| kwanta ... for nothing |
| |
| mademoiselle | oskinîkiskwêw young woman |
|
| oskinîk'skwêw young woman |
| |
| madhouse | kîskwêwķamik | |
| madman | kîskwêw he/she is crazy |
|
| kîskwâyâw he/she is crazy |
| |
| madness | kisôwâsôwin mad feelings |
|
| kîskwâyâwin craziness |
| |
| madonna | Jîzos Oķâwiya | |
| Mae West | Pimâcihowâķan | |
| P'mâcihowâķan | | |
| magazine | l' katalok* | |
| mas'nahiķan | | |
| maggots | lî vårr* | |
| ocêwak | | |
| mohtêw mancôsak | | |
| magic | mamahtâwisôwin | |
| magician | mamahtâwiniķêw | |
| magistrate | kihci oyasôwêw | |
| Magloire Bay | L' vî Maķ'lårr Wâsâw* | |
| magnate | kihci oķimâw | |
| kihci tipihciķêw | | |
| magnet | otahciķêwâpisk | |
| magnetize | kâ misâhtâhk | |
| magnify | mahkipayihtâ make he/she/it larger/bigger |
|
| magnify @ | mahkipayihâ make he/she/it larger/bigger |
|
| magpie | apisciķahkâķîs | |
| ap'sciķahkâķîs | | |
| ap'sciķahkâķîsak | | |
| mahogany | maskâwahtik | |
| maid | atoskêwâķan | |
| maiden servant | iskwêwahkân | |
| mas'nahiķana letters |
| |
| mas'nahamâtôwin writing to each other |
| |
| mail bag | masinahiķanêw l' sak* | |
| masinahiķan maskimot | | |
| mail box | masinahiķanêw l' cibwet* | |
| masinahiķanowat | | |
| mail order | nâtisahiķêwin | |
| nât'sahiķêwin | | |
| nâcicsahiķêwin | | |
| nâc'sahiķêwin | | |
| mailed | pohciwîpiniķâtêw it is thrown in |
|
| sipwîtsahiķâtêw it is ...[sent away] |
| |
| mailman | masinahiķaniwînô | |
| mas'nahiķaniwînô | | |
| masinahiķîsîs | | |
| maim | mâskatahwêw he/she ... him/her |
|
| main | kihci kîķwêy | |
| kihci kîķway | | |
| main street | kihci mîskanâs | |
| mainland | kihci askî | |
| aķâmihk across |
| |
| mainly | nêstaw ôhi always these |
|
| nayistaw ôhi | | |
| maintain | kâ pimpêyihtahk | |
| kâ pimpayihtahk to run/be in charge and upkeep something |
| |
| maize | mâhtâminihkân | |
| majestic | oķimâwinâķwan | |
| oķimâw'nâķwan | | |
| majestic @ | oķimâwinâkosô | |
| oķimâw'nâk'sô | | |
| majesty | kihci oķimâwêwin your majesty |
|
| nitôķimâm my boss |
| |
| n'dôķimâm my boss |
| |
| major | kihci simâķanisihkân | |
| kihci s'mâķan'sihkân | | |
| major general | kihci oķimâw | |
| majorette | kihci simâķaniskwîs | |
| kihci s'mâķan'skwîs | | |
| make | osihtâ ... a face |
|
| make @ | osîhâ ... a face |
|
| î mahmâyihkwît he/she was ... |
| |
| pahkonâ make - take off fur |
| |
| paķohcînâ take out guts |
| |
| make a hole | wâtihkî | |
| wâti osihtâ | | |
| wâti osihtâ twâha ... in ice |
| |
| make fire | kotawî | |
| pôna make fire or put more fuel |
| |
| make fish | osîķinosêwî | |
| make moose | pahkon | |
| pahkonâ you |
| |
| paķohcînâ de-gut |
| |
| make over @ | ahtisîhêw | |
| ahtisihtâw | | |
| make way | tawiniķî room |
|
| taw'niķî room |
| |
| maker | osihciķêw | |
| malamute | misi otâpêw atim big pulling dog |
|
| male | nâpiyiya | |
| malformed @ | mâskisô he/she is ... |
|
| mâskâw | | |
| malfunction | wayâpayin tangled or disentangled |
|
| namôya atoskîmaķan not working |
| |
| malice | paķwâciķêwin | |
| mallard | iyinisip | |
| iyin'sip | | |
| iyinisipak plural |
| |
| nâpîsip male |
| |
| nôsîsip female |
| |
| mallet | mistiķo paķamihiķan wooden hitting implement |
|
| malnourished | namôya kwayas asamâw he/she is not fed well |
|
| sihkacô | | |
| malpractice | mâyisihciķêwin bad/wrongdoings |
|
| malt | iskwîsâpohkêwin | |
| maltreat | kitamahowêwin a ... mistreating |
|
| mamma | nimâmâ* my ... |
|
| niķâwî | | |
| mammal | kâ nôhâwasocik those that nurse young from the breast |
|
| mammoth | kâ misi mishâk that which is very large |
|
| kâ kwâyaki mishikitit pisiskô that which is very large |
| |
| man | nâpêw | |
| nâpêwak plural |
| |
| nâpêwô he is a man |
| |
| nâpihkâsô acts like a man [act tough] |
| |
| man eater | wihtiķô hog |
|
| pisiskô kâ môwât ayisînôwa animal that eats people |
| |
| man like | nâpîhkân | |
| nâpihkân | | |
| nâpihkâsô he tries to show he's tough |
| |
| man size | kîsi ohpiķin finished growing |
|
| man size @ | kîsi ohpiķô | |
| manage | kaskihtâw he/she knows how ... |
|
| pimpayihtâw he/she manages it |
| |
| pimpêy'htâw he/she manages it |
| |
| manager | oķimâw | |
| kâ tipihciķît one who is in command/owner |
| |
| mandarin | l'cizarrâ?sh* | |
| mandarin | apisci oshâwâs little orange |
|
| mandate | itasowêwin | |
| mandolin | kitohciķan musical instrument |
|
| mane | kinowâyowa long hairs |
|
| mîstaķaya hair |
| |
| wîstaķaya it's ... |
| |
| mange | omiķêwin scabs/sores |
|
| môskipayôwin | | |
| kâ cihcîķîk ohci from scratching |
| |
| manger | pisiskô omîcisôwahtik animal's feeding place |
|
| pisiskô-omîc'sôwahtik animal's feeding place |
| |
| mangle | shiķopitam | |
| tâtopitam as in ripped |
| |
| pîķonam [broke] accidents/injury |
| |
| manhole | wâti anima tâwâyihk mîskanahk that hole in the middle of the road |
|
| manhood | nâpêwin | |
| nâpêwô he has reached ... |
| |
| mania | kâ ķîskwâyahk | |
| maniac | kâ kîskwâyât crazy one |
|
| mohcwa | | |
| manicure | maskasî nâķatohkêwin a taking care of nails |
|
| manicurist | maskasiya kâ nânapâcihât he/she who cleans/fixes nails |
|
| manipulate | mînipita | |
| waskawina move ... |
| |
| ahtastâ | | |
| manipulate @ | mînipitâ | |
| waskawinâ move ... |
| |
| ahtahâ | | |
| mankind | ayisînînahk | |
| ay'sînînahk | | |
| manly | nâpêwô | |
| nâpihkâsô he tries to show he's tough |
| |
| mannequin | l'krrô katå?* | |
| asînihkân | | |
| manner | î isi itôta the ... in which he/she does |
|
| î isi itôtamihk the ... in which it is done |
| |
| mansion | misi oķimâw owâskahiķan big bosses house |
|
| misi wâskahiķan big house |
| |
| manslaughter | nipahtâķêwin | |
| n'pahtâķêwin | | |
| manslayer | nipahtâķêw | |
| n'pahtâķêw | | |
| mantel | asciķêwin | |
| mantis | mancôsis | |
| manual | masinahiķanis | |
| manual labor | atoskêwin | |
| manufacture | mihcåt | |
| mihcît kîķwêy kâ osihtahk the making of many ... |
| |
| manure | miyin | |
| miyi | | |
| mistatim omiyim horse ... |
| |
| manuscript | masinahiķêwin | |
| many | mihcåt | |
| mihcît | | |
| mistahe | | |
| mistahi | | |
| map | la map* | |
| askîwasinahiķan | | |
| askîwas'nahiķan | | |
| maple | sôķâwahtik | |
| maskâwahtik | | |
| maple sugar | sôķâwahtik sôķâw | |
| maskawâskwat | | |
| maple syrup | sôķâwahtik lamlâs* | |
| sôķâwahtikâpoy | | |
| maskawâskwatâpoy | | |
| mar | cîstipita | |
| mar | kâskipita | |
| mar @ | cîstipitâ | |
| kâskipitâ | | |
| marathon | pimpahtâwin | |
| mônîhiķêwin racing |
| |
| marauder | paķwâci nipahtâķêw | |
| marble | asinî | |
| marbles | wawiyîsinîsak little round stones |
|
| sâpwâstîsinîsak see through ... |
| |
| march | mâmawohtêwin | |
| March | Niskapîsim goose moon |
|
| Niskipîsim goose moon |
| |
| marching | mâmawohtêwak | |
| mare | nôsîstim | |
| margarine | l' batarr* | |
| tohtôshâpopîmihkân | | |
| maria | marray burbot |
|
| marigold | nîpihkân anima marigold kâ isihkâtîk that flower which is called ... |
|
| marinade | ta ķohtânamin to dip in |
|
| ta soķoķâpâwîk to shred from moisture |
| |
| marine | kihciķamî pimâtisôwin | |
| kihciķamî p'mât'sôwin | | |
| marionette | l' cikatå? kâ nîmihtahiht* | |
| awâsihkân kâ nîmihtahiht | | |
| marital | wîķihtowin | |
| mark | masinaha ... it |
|
| masinâstêw it is ... |
| |
| mark up | ayiwâk itaķihtêw | |
| ayiwâk itakihcikêwak they mark up |
| |
| marked | masinahiķâtêw it is ... |
|
| marked down | âstamihtaķihtêw | |
| wihtaķihtêw prices |
| |
| market | atâwâķêwin a selling |
|
| mîcowina kâ atâwâķîcik selling of food |
| |
| market garden | kistiķâna kâ atâwâķîtwâw | |
| kisciķân'sa kâ atâwâķîtwâw the selling of plantfood |
| |
| marketable | taķî atâwâķânôwin | |
| marketplace | atâwêwiķamik | |
| marking | mahmasinaham he/she is currently ... as we speak |
|
| marksman | kotahâskwêwînô | |
| kâ nahît he/she who is ... |
| |
| nahêw crackshot |
| |
| maciman'tô nahêw | | |
| marlin | l' ķrrô pwas??* | |
| misi ķinosêw very large fish |
| |
| m'siķinosêw very large fish |
| |
| marmalade | oshâwâpohkêwin | |
| marmot | mistanâskos | |
| maroon | lirrôsh* colour |
|
| mihkonâķwan colour |
| |
| micimôy marooned |
| |
| m'cimôyô he/she is ... [stuck] |
| |
| marquis | kihci oķimâw | |
| marquisette | lî rridô kâ sâpwâstîķi* | |
| sâpwâstêwîķin ... see through |
| |
| marriage | wîķihtowin | |
| married | wîķihtô he/she is ... |
|
| marrow fat | wiyin also means fat |
|
| oskanipimî bone grease |
| |
| marry | wîķim marry him/her |
|
| wîķimâ marry him/her |
| |
| wîķimêw he/she married him/her |
| |
| marsh | maskîk | |
| marshmallows | sîwahciķânisak | |
| marshy | maskîķowin | |
| marten | wâpiscânis | |
| wâpiscânisak plural |
| |
| martingale | otâpâniyâpî | |
| marvel @ | mâmaskâtêw | |
| mâmaskâtam | | |
| Mary | Jîzos Omâmâwa* | |
| Jîzos Oķâwîya | | |
| mascarade | wawîsêw nîmihitôwin dress up [costume] dance |
|
| mascot | mancohkânis kâ pîtât ... thing that brings ... |
|
| miyo payihiķêwin good fortune |
| |
| mash | siķwaha | |
| mash @ | siķwahwâ | |
| mask | aķohkwîhon | |
| aķwanahkwân | | |
| masked | aķohkwîhô | |
| aķwanahkwânowô | | |
| mason | oyasinîhiķêw | |
| mason jar | mohtiyâpisk | |
| masonary | asinîwan | |
| mass | la mes* | |
| ayamihâwin | | |
| ayam'hâwin | | |
| massacre | mîscahiķêwin | |
| î mîscihât he/she wiped out ... |
| |
| massage | sinoķahwâ rub on |
|
| s'noķahwâ rub on |
| |
| masseur | siniķonôwêw | |
| s'noķonôwêw | | |
| massive | mihtâpêwô ... man |
|
| m'shtâpêwô ... man |
| |
| kwâyaķi mishâw ... thing |
| |
| kwâyaķi m'shâw ... thing |
| |
| mast | yahkâstimonahtik | |
| master | kiskinohamâķêw school |
|
| kâ naķacihtât he who is very good at ... |
| |
| master key | kihci l' klî | |
| kihci âpihkwahiķan | | |
| master of ceremonies | kihci opîkiskwêw main speaker |
|
| masticate | mamâķwahtam he/she ... [chews] it ... |
|
| mat | anâskêwinis | |
| match | la mesh | |
| kocawâķanis | | |
| miyoskâtôwak they are a good ... |
| |
| match maker | naķayâskamohôwêw he/she who makes people familiar with each other |
|
| mate | wîcêwâķan | |
| wihcihtowak as in mating [moose] |
| |
| material | l' ķinî* cloth material |
|
| osihciķâķêwin ... to make things with |
| |
| maternal | aķâwêwin | |
| maternity | onîtawiķôwin | |
| mathematics | aķihciķîwin | |
| matrimony | wîķihtowin marriage |
|
| matted | maskawipayô it hardens |
|
| napaķipayô it flattens |
| |
| napak'payô it flattens |
| |
| matting | anâskêwin | |
| mattock | pîwâpisko mônahiķan metal digging implement |
|
| pîwâp'skomônahiķan metal digging implement |
| |
| mattress | la payâs* | |
| aspisimôwin | | |
| anâskasimon | | |
| mature @ | kîsi ohpiķô reached full growth |
|
| kîsi ohpiķin reached full growth |
| |
| May | Opiniyâwêwipîsim egg-laying |
|
| Opin'yâw'pîsim egg-laying |
| |
| Manâwânôwipîsim egg-picking |
| |
| maybe | ahpô itiķwî | |
| pahkam ... also probable/I think |
| |
| mayor | kâ nîķânapit otînahk he who is in office/charge in town |
|
| mayorality | otînaw opamin'ķêwin | |
| maze | wâniyihtamôwin | |
| me | niya | |
| meadow | paskwâw | |
| yîhkatawâw | | |
| Meadow Lake | Paskwâw Sâķahiķan | |
| meadow lark | otâpiskaķanîsîs | |
| otâp'skaķanîsîs | | |
| opîhtatowîsîs | | |
| meagre | apisis | |
| tîpiya at least |
| |
| meal | mîcisôwin also means food |
|
| mîc'sôwin also means food |
| |
| mean | macâyiwô | |
| macâyowô | | |
| meander | wahwâķamon it ... [river?] |
|
| wahwâķohtêw he/she ... as he/she [walks] |
| |
| meaning | nisitohtamôwin an understanding |
|
| ninisitohtîn I understand [get the] ... |
| |
| meaningless | namôya nistohtâķwan | |
| namôya'n'stohtâķwan | | |
| nim'wî nistohtâķwan | | |
| meantime | ispihci | |
| meanwhile | mîķwâc | |
| mwihci at the same time |
| |
| measles | mihkwasîwin | |
| mihkwasêw he/she has ... |
| |
| î mihkwasît he/she has ... |
| |
| measure @ | tipahwâ | |
| tipaha also means pay |
| |
| measured @ | tipahoķawô also means he/she is paid |
|
| tipahiķâtêw | | |
| measurement | tânimêyiķohk î ispihcâk what is size |
|
| tânimêyiķohk î kinwâk what is length |
| |
| meat | wiyâs | |
| pâstêwiyâs dry meat |
| |
| kahkîwâķwa dry meat |
| |
| meat man | wiyâsowînô | |
| meatball | wâwiyîniķan | |
| wâwiyîn'ķan | | |
| mechanic | pîwâpiskowiyinô also means telegraph operator |
|
| pîwâp'skiwî'nô also means telegraph operator |
| |
| medal | l' midây* | |
| l' midie read as in English |
| |
| tâpiskâķos | | |
| tâp'skâķos | | |
| medallion | l' midây* see medal |
|
| wawîsêwâpiskos | | |
| meddle | pâtahkamikisô he/she is meddlesome [bother] |
|
| pâtahkamik'sô he/she is meddlesome [bother] |
| |
| medic | l' ci doktårr* miniature or less/below level of doctor |
|
| maskihkîwînîs miniature or less/below level of doctor |
| |
| medical | maskihkî ohci from medicine |
|
| medicinal | maskihkî waķan smells like ... |
|
| maskihkîwan like ... |
| |
| medicine | maskihkî | |
| maskihkîwâpoy liquid ... |
| |
| kâ pinpotîk powder used for everyday ailments |
| |
| medicine man | nâtawihôwêw | |
| okskâpahciķêw ability to see into the future |
| |
| meditate | î mâmitoniyihtamin you meditate/also means to think/ponder |
|
| î-mâm'toni'htamin you meditate/also means to think/ponder |
| |
| meditation | mâmitoniyihtamowin | |
| mâm'toni'htamowin | | |
| medium | âpihtaw isi more towards half |
|
| âstam isi little less |
| |
| medley | nîmihitôwina dance tunes |
|
| nîmihitô'na dance tunes |
| |
| meek | nîsôwisô | |
| meet | nakiskawâ | |
| nak'skawâ | | |
| nak'skaw him/her ... |
| |
| meeting | mâmawapôwin | |
| nakiskâtôwin place where things meet |
| |
| melodion | kitohciķan music instrument |
|
| melodious @ | miyohtâkosô | |
| miyohtâk'sô | | |
| miyohtâķwan | | |
| melody | naķamowin | |
| naķamôwinis little song |
| |
| naķamô'nis little song |
| |
| melon | nipîwipak watermelon |
|
| nipîw'pak watermelon |
| |
| melt @ | tihkisô | |
| tihk'sô | | |
| tihkitêw he/she/it melts |
| |
| melting @ | tihkisô he/she/it is ... |
|
| tihkitêw he/she/it is ... |
| |
| tihkiswêw he/she melts him/it |
| |
| tihkisam he/she melts him/it |
| |
| member | owîcihowêw one who helps |
|
| wîcihowêw êķota he/she is a ... or helps there |
| |
| membrane | ocîstatî | |
| memorial | kâ kiskisotôtaht time for remembering |
|
| memory | kiskisowin | |
| sîpîķiskisô he/she remembers long/good memory |
| |
| men | nâpêwak | |
| mend | mîsaha | |
| kaskwâta ... he/she/it [sewing] |
| |
| nânapâcihtâ | | |
| mend @ | mîsahwâ | |
| kaskwâtâ ... he/she/it [sewing] |
| |
| nânapâcihâ | | |
| meningitis | mîtihpahkosôwin | |
| menopause | iskwêw kâ pônosît | |
| mental | mâmitonihciķêwin thinking |
|
| mâm'tonihciķwin thinking |
| |
| mentality | kâ isi mâmitonihta how he/she thinks |
|
| menthol | tôminiķan | |
| tômin'ķan | | |
| mention | itwêw he/she said |
|
| kî itwêw he/she had said |
| |
| menu | mîcôwinasinahiķanis | |
| mîcô'as'nahiķanis | | |
| meow | pôsî oķitôwin | |
| minôs oķitôwin | | |
| merchandise | atâwêwina things bought |
|
| kîķwaya things |
| |
| merchant | atâwâķêwînô one who sells |
|
| merciful | kisîwâtisô he/she is kind |
|
| k'sîwât'sô he/she is kind |
| |
| yôskitîhêw soft/kind hearted |
| |
| mercy | kitimâķinâķêwin | |
| kitimâķinawêw he shows ... towards him/her |
| |
| mere | apisis | |
| merge | kâ mâmawipayik that comes together |
|
| mîskana kâ mâmawipêyiķwâw when roads meet |
| |
| meridian | kihci tipahâskân prime ... |
|
| âpihtaw misôwîskamik askî half all around the earth |
| |
| merit | kaskihtamâsowin what is earned by oneself |
|
| mermaids | mîmîķwîsak | |
| merrily | môciķiyô he/she is ... walking along |
|
| merriment | môciķiyihtamôwin | |
| môciķi'htamôwin | | |
| merry | môciķiyihtam | |
| môciķi'htam | | |
| mesh | ayapîwîķin | |
| message | âcimôwin | |
| messenger | itwîstamâķêw also means one who goes to ask or tell of an admirer and vice versa |
|
| messy/sloppy | trrâlalâ* | |
| mâmâsîs | | |
| shôshômalî | | |
| wîpâtan (it is .../dirty) | | |
| wîpâtisô he/she is .../dirty |
| |
| met | nakiskawêw he/she met him/her |
|
| nak'skawêw he/she met him/her |
| |
| ninakiskawâw I met him/her |
| |
| metal/iron | pîwâpis | |
| metallic | pîwâpiskôwô | |
| pîwâp'skôwô | | |
| meteor | acahkos kâ pahkisi | |
| acahkos kâ pahkisinit star that falls |
| |
| methinks | paķahkam | |
| pah'kam | | |
| method | isowîpiniķêw the way he/she did |
|
| tân'sîsi how |
| |
| nahâwiniķan | | |
| nahâwin'ķan | | |
| Metis | Âpihtaw ķosisân | |
| Âpihtaw'ķos'ân | | |
| metropolis | kihci otînaw | |
| microscope | âpacihciķan kâ mahkipita kîķwâs tool that enlarges things |
|
| mid | âpihtawiyi | |
| midday | amidzî* | |
| âpihtaw kîsiķâw | | |
| middle | tâwâyihk | |
| nîpâtipis middle of night/late |
| |
| midget | apiscînîs | |
| ap'scînîs | | |
| midland | tastawaskî | |
| midnight | âpihtaw tipiskâw half-night |
|
| âpihtaw'tip'skâw half-night |
| |
| nîpâtipis middle of night/late |
| |
| midriff | kipahon | |
| niķipahon my ... |
| |
| midsummer | âpihtaw nîpin | |
| midsummer day | âpihtaw nîpin kîsiķâw | |
| might | ahpô itiķwî maybe |
|
| mighty | maskawâtisô | |
| maskawât'sô | | |
| migrane | maci tîstiķwânêwin | |
| migrate | ahtohtêwak they moved [also people] |
|
| î piciya we ... [move] |
| |
| takopiyâwak sîsîpak ducks arrived migrating |
| |
| milady | aķayâsêwiskwêw | |
| mild | kîsapwiyâw | |
| mild mannered | piyahtak ayâw he/she is .../doesn't get excited easily [takes it easy] |
|
| mildew | aķwâķohtin | |
| mile | piyak tipahâskân | |
| mileage | tânimatahto tipahâskâna how many ... |
|
| militant | nôtinito âyâw he/she is ... [fighting mood] |
|
| nôtin'to-âyâw he/she is ... [fighting mood] |
| |
| nôtin'towin fighting |
| |
| military | simâķanisihkêwin | |
| s'mâķan'sihkêwin | | |
| milk | dilet* | |
| d'let* | | |
| tohtôshâpoy | | |
| milkmaid | yîķiniķêwoskwêw | |
| yîķin'ķêw'skwêw | | |
| milkweed | maciķwanâs bad - useless plant/object |
|
| milky | wâpâķamin it is ... |
|
| Milkyway | onîmihitôwak ones that dance |
|
| mill | pinpociķan thing that crushes/grinds |
|
| miller | pinpociķêwînô | |
| milliner | lî shapô kâ osihtât* one that makes hats |
|
| astotinihkêw | | |
| millionaire | kihci awiyôtisôwînô | |
| millstone | pinpociķan asinî | |
| mimic | nâspitawâ you ... him/her |
|
| nâspitawêw he/she ... him/her |
| |
| mince | shiķopita | |
| mincepie | napatîhkasiķan cooked on one side |
|
| mind | mâmitonihciķan | |
| mâm'tonihciķan | | |
| mâm'tonîmâ keep him/her in mind |
| |
| mindless | namôya mâmitoniyihtam he/she doesn't think |
|
| namôya-mâm'toni'htam he/she doesn't think |
| |
| mine | mônahisôniyâwin | |
| mônahisôn'yâwin | | |
| niya ohci it's mine |
| |
| niya | | |
| miner | mônahisôniyâwêw | |
| mônahisôn'yâwêw | | |
| mineral | apiskwân | |
| mineral oil | âpiskânipimî | |
| mini @ | apisîsô | |
| apisâsin | | |
| ci ... prefix |
| |
| mini skirt | kîskasâķâs | |
| mining | mônahisôniyâwêwin | |
| mônahisôn'yâwêwin | | |
| minister | l'pårr* | |
| ayamihîwînô | | |
| mink | sâķwîsô | |
| sâkwîsôwak plural |
| |
| minnow | kinosîsis | |
| kinosîsisak plural |
| |
| minor | kwanta thing ... leave it |
|
| oskinîkisîs young guy |
| |
| oskinîkiskwîsis young gal |
| |
| mint | maskihkîs candy |
|
| sôniyâw osihciķêwin money maker |
| |
| minuet | nîmihicôwinis | |
| minus | otina take away |
|
| minus @ | otinâ take away |
|
| pahki otinamâķêwin | | |
| pahki-ot'namâķêwin | | |
| minute | cipahiķanis | |
| miracle | mâmaskâcipêyowin | |
| mirror | wâpamon | |
| wâpamonihk at/on/in the ... |
| |
| mirth | miyowâtamowin | |
| misbehave | sasîpihtam he/she ... |
|
| miscalculate | waniwîpiniķêw he/she ... |
|
| wan'wîpin'ķêw he/she ... |
| |
| miscarriage | nohtaw wanihâwasowin | |
| miscellaneous | kîķwâs | |
| kîķwaya ... things |
| |
| mischief | mâyisihciķêw done something wrong |
|
| misconduct | mâyitôtam he/she did wrong |
|
| miscount | waniķihciķêw | |
| misdeal | wanitîniķêw | |
| wan'tîn'ķêw | | |
| misdeed | wanitôtamâtowin | |
| wan'tôtamâtowin | | |
| misdirect | wanitsahwêw he/she ... him/her |
|
| miser | sasâķis cheapskate |
|
| wihtiķô sôniyâwêw money hungry |
| |
| misery | kaķwâtaķihtâwin | |
| misfire | patahiķêw he/she ... [missed] |
|
| patahwêw missed him/her |
| |
| pataham missed it |
| |
| misfortune | mayakosowin luck |
|
| mayak'sowin luck |
| |
| mâyiniķêwin accident or death |
| |
| mâyipêyiwin accident or death |
| |
| misinform | kiyâskimêw he/she ... him/her |
|
| kiyâskimâw he/she was ... |
| |
| mislay | wanihtâw he/she ... [misplaced] |
|
| wanastâw he/she ... [misplaced] |
| |
| mislead | wanohtahêw he/she ... him/her |
|
| mismanage | wanitôtam done improperly |
|
| mâyisihciķêw didn't do right - denotes wrongdoing |
| |
| misplace | wanastâciķô he/she ... |
|
| misprint | wanasinahiķêw | |
| wanas'nahiķêw | | |
| mispronounce | wantonâmô he/she ...s |
|
| miss | pataham he/she ... him/her/it |
|
| miss @ | patahwêw he/she ... him/her/it |
|
| patsîkinam he missed it and spilled it |
| |
| missal | ayamihêwasinahiķanis | |
| ayam'hêwas'nahiķanis | | |
| missile | pahkitêw wîpiniķan exploding thing that is discarded |
|
| missing @ | namataķwêw | |
| namataķwan | | |
| mission | almisiy?? | |
| alam's'y?? | | |
| ayamihêwiķamik more like church |
| |
| mistake | cîsohôwin | |
| î cîsohot he/she made a ... [was fooled] |
| |
| mistreat | kitimahêw he/she ... him/her |
|
| kitimahâw you ... him/her |
| |
| mistrial | î wani sihkitsahoķawit charge wrongly |
|
| misty | kaskwahkaminâkwân | |
| pîkisiyâw | | |
| pîk'siyâw | | |
| misunderstand | wani nisitohtam | |
| wan'sitohtam | | |
| misunderstanding | wani nisitohtamowin | |
| wan's'tohtamôwin | | |
| misuse | wanâpacihtâw | |
| wanâpac'tâw | | |
| mitt | l' miten* | |
| astis | | |
| mittens | lî miten* | |
| astisak | | |
| mix | mâmawina put together |
|
| mâmawi astâ | | |
| kîķawîna | | |
| mix/stir @ | tîwîpahwâ | |
| tîwîpaha | | |
| tîha stir it |
| |
| mixture | mâmawiniķan | |
| moan | mamahpinêw he/she ... |
|
| moat | wâtihkân | |
| mob | mihcåtowak | |
| mihcîtowak there's a lot of them |
| |
| mobile | waskawîmaķan | |
| mobster | nipahtâķêwînô one who kills others |
|
| moccasin | napaķaskisin wrap arounds |
|
| napķask'sin wrap arounds |
| |
| mîķisaskisina | | |
| pahkîķinaskisin | | |
| mock | nâspitawêw he/she ... him/her |
|
| mode | isôwîpinķêwin | |
| moderate | kîsôyâw | |
| kîsapwiyâw ... weather |
| |
| modern | mîķwâc isihtâwin way things are |
|
| modest | kwayas isâyâwin a being ... well-mannered |
|
| mohawk | nâtawî wiyinôwak | |
| mohicans | kihci mohkomânowînôwak United States people |
|
| moist | mâmawina | |
| sâpopîsin | | |
| mîmawâw | | |
| Molanosa | Kiskahiķanisihk | |
| molar | mistâpitân | |
| molasses | lamlâs* | |
| naminâs sîwâpoy | | |
| mold | maskawina ... it |
|
| mâmawipita ... it [put it together] |
| |
| moldy | l' mwåzîpayin* it's gone ... |
|
| aķwâķohtin | | |
| mole | cihcîķom ... on face |
|
| pôtâciķîsîs animal |
| |
| mole skin | pôtâciķêwayânis | |
| molehills | pôtâciķêwina | |
| molest | nawatihtinêw | |
| nawatiht'nêw | | |
| otinamâsô | | |
| ot'namâsô | | |
| miķoskâcihêw | | |
| molt | paskopayô | |
| pinawît ... hair |
| |
| molten | tihkisamik pîwâpisk ... metal |
|
| moment | aciyaw | |
| kanaķîs | | |
| momentary | aciyaw | |
| monarch | kihci oķimâw | |
| Monday | Låndzî* | |
| Piyaķoķîsiķâw | | |
| money | sôniyâw bills |
|
| sôniyâs coins |
| |
| kitaw'sôn'yâmin do you have ...? |
| |
| kisôn'yâmin do you have ...? |
| |
| money order | sôniyâwasinahiķan | |
| sôniyâwas'nahiķan | | |
| mongrel | kitimâķatim poor dog no owner - heritage |
|
| monitor | kanawihta ... [keep] it |
|
| monk | ayamihîwînô | |
| monkey | nâspicâķîs | |
| asinâķîs | | |
| âpahiķan ... wrench |
| |
| monocle | miskîsiķohkân | |
| monoplane | pimiyâķanis | |
| p'miyâķanis | | |
| monster | kostâcinâķos that which looks scary |
|
| month | piyak pîsim one moon |
|
| monthly | tahto pîsim | |
| Montreal Canadians | mistiķôsôwak | |
| Montreal Lake | Môniyâw Sâķahiķanihk | |
| monument | naķataskêw asinî | |
| mood | isâyâyôwin | |
| isâyâwin | | |
| moon | pîsim | |
| tip'skâw pîsim | | |
| moon beam | pîsim wâsîsowin | |
| moonlight | nîpayâstêw | |
| miyo nîpayâstêw good ... |
| |
| moonshine | cîpwîķîs | |
| kîmôc osihciķan thing made/done secretly |
| |
| moor | kapâwin | |
| ôsi kapâwin | | |
| moose | môshwa | |
| iyâpêw bull |
| |
| nôsîs cow |
| |
| oskâyis calf |
| |
| piponâskos one year old |
| |
| Moose Jaw | Môshotâpiskanihk | |
| Môshotâp'skanihk | | |
| moose meat | môshwa wiyâs | |
| mop | kâsihtaķwâķan | |
| sîpîķinihtaķwiyahtik | | |
| sîpîkinahitkwî you mop floor |
| |
| moral | miyowâtisôwin | |
| m'yowât'sôwin | | |
| morbid | mâyimahcihô he/she is ... |
|
| more | ayiwâk | |
| ay'wâk | | |
| more over | misawâc | |
| m'sawâc | | |
| mormon | otayam'hâwak those who pray |
|
| morning | kîkisîpâ in the morning |
|
| kîk'sîpâ in the morning |
| |
| kîk'sîpâyâķi | | |
| kîkisåp this morning |
| |
| kîk'såp this morning |
| |
| morning prayer | kîkisîpå ayamihâwin | |
| kîk'sîpå ayam'hâwin | | |
| morning sickness | kîkisîpå ahkosôwin | |
| kîk'sîpå ahk'sôwin | | |
| morning star | kîkisîpå acahkos | |
| kîk'sîpâ acahkos | | |
| morocco | wâpatiķêwin | |
| moron | kîpâtis | |
| misi ķîpâtis | | |
| morrow | wâpahki | |
| mortality | kâ nipicik those that die - death |
|
| mortally | nipahâw he/she is killed |
|
| mortar | asinîwîhkêwin | |
| mortgage | kiskinawâtastâyin you have ... also means pawned |
|
| mortuary | miyaw kâ astîk kâ wî nahastahk | |
| miyaw-kâ'stîk-kâ'wî'nahastahk where body is |
| |
| Moses | Kiskinohtahiķêw shows the way ... |
|
| mosque | ayimihêwiķamik | |
| ayam'hêw'ķamik | | |
| mosquito | saķimîs | |
| saķimîsak | | |
| mosquito hawk | pîshkwa | |
| mosquito net | saķimêwayân | |
| moss | la mos* | |
| askiya | | |
| most | mâwaci | |
| mostly | nayistaw | |
| nêy'staw | | |
| motel | kapîsêwiķamik | |
| kapîsêw'ķamik | | |
| moth | kamâmaķos | |
| moth balls | kamâmaķos pihcipôwin moth poison |
|
| mother | nimâmâ* my ... |
|
| niķâwî | | |
| nisiķos [my] mother-in-law |
| |
| mother goose | âtayohkêwinisa rhymes |
|
| Mother's Day | Mâmâ Oķîsiķâw* | |
| Miķâwî Oķîsiķâw | | |
| motherhood | omâmâwin* | |
| oķâwîmâwin | | |
| ocawâsimsôwin child bearing |
| |
| motherland | otaskîwâw their land |
|
| kitaskînaw our land |
| |
| motion | waskawêwin | |
| ciķâstîpêyihciķan ... picture |
| |
| motor | askihkos | |
| motor truck | âwatâswâķan vehicle [thing] for hauling |
|
| motorbike | kâ nîsoķâtît otâpânâsk tihtipôwîpskaht two-legged vehicle that's started with a kick |
|
| motorist | papâmtâpâsos | |
| mottle | masinâstêw it/he/she is ... |
|
| mottle @ | masinâsô | |
| motto | kîskimâķêwinis | |
| moult | paskowin | |
| paskopayowin | | |
| paskopayô he/she/it moults |
| |
| mound | piskwahcâw | |
| mount | tihtapi ... it |
|
| tihtapêwatim horse you ... [or broken horse] |
| |
| mountain | wacî | |
| waciya plural |
| |
| wacî ahtik mountain ash |
| |
| mountaineer | wacîwînô | |
| mountainous | wacîwan | |
| mountie | simâķanis | |
| s'mâķanis | | |
| mourn | wîsaķitîhêwin | |
| mawihkâtowin crying for each other |
| |
| mouse | apokosîs | |
| apok'sîs | | |
| mousse | pimî lî shavî kici* grease for hair |
|
| pimî kîstaķaya kici | | |
| moustache | omiyastowân | |
| omiyastowêw he/she has ... |
| |
| mouth | mitôn | |
| nitôn my ... |
| |
| n'dôn my ... |
| |
| kitôn your ... |
| |
| mouthful | piyaķo ķonêwin | |
| mouthy | mâmaskâcimoskô he/she is ... [lippy] |
|
| move | waskawî you ... |
|
| waskawêw he/she moves |
| |
| moveable | waskawîmâķan it is ... |
|
| movement | waskawipayô there is/was some ... |
|
| mover | picîhowêw | |
| moving | sipwîpicô he/she is ... or has moved away |
|
| ahcipicô ... to closer proximity |
| |
| mow | manisa cut |
|
| manisam is cutting |
| |
| ma'sam is cutting |
| |
| maskosiya man'sam he's cutting lawn |
| |
| mower | manaskosôwâķan | |
| man'skosôwâķan | | |
| much | mistahe | |
| mistahi | | |
| mihcåt | | |
| mihcît | | |
| mucous | otaķiķom | |
| âķik | | |
| mud | labô* | |
| asiskî | | |
| pasakiskôwâķâw | | |
| pasak'skôwâķâw | | |
| muddy | labôwiyâw* | |
| asiskîwin | | |
| mudhen | l' klak* | |
| wîskacânihcip | | |
| lî klak* plural |
| |
| wîskacânihcipak plural |
| |
| muff | kîsocicîhon | |
| muffin | pahkwîsiķanis | |
| mug | l' ķrrô pot* | |
| minihkwâciķan | | |
| mukluk | pahkîķinaskisin | |
| mulberry | mînisa | |
| mîn'sa | | |
| mulch | oskasiķî | |
| mule | sôsowatim | |
| multiply | mihcîtohtâwin | |
| mum | kipotonêw mouth is shut - will not say a word |
|
| mumble | nim'wî nisitohtâkosô | |
| nim'wî n'stohtâk'sô | | |
| namôya ... can't be heard |
| |
| mumbling | pahpihtâķopayô he/she is ... [being heard - sporadic] |
|
| mumps | kîhkwak | |
| pâķi miķwayawêwin | | |
| munch | mâķwamêw | |
| mâķwahta | | |
| mîc'sô he/she is eating |
| |
| municipal | otînaw otipihciķêwina things owned |
|
| osihciķêwina things done |
| |
| murder | nipahtâķêwin | |
| n'pahtâķêwin | | |
| nipahtâķêw he/she murdered ... |
| |
| n'pahtâķêw he/she murdered ... |
| |
| murky | tipiskâsin kind of dark |
|
| tip'skâsin kind of dark |
| |
| wîpâtan as in ... water |
| |
| murmur | pihtâkosisô he/she/it can be faintly heard |
|
| pihtâk'sosô he/she/it can be faintly heard |
| |
| muscles | ocîstatay | |
| maskawisêwina | | |
| muscular dystrophy | ocîstatay ahkosôwin | |
| museum | an'ta kayâsêwina kâ wâpahtahôwîcik there where they show artifacts |
|
| mushroom | ayîķimîcôwin frog food |
|
| mushy | yôskiciyâw | |
| yôskâw soft |
| |
| music | kitohciķêwin | |
| musical | kitohciķêwihtâķwan | |
| musical box | kitohciķanowat | |
| nâķamôwinowat | | |
| musician | kitohciķîwînô | |
| musk melon | oshâwipak | |
| muskeg | maskîk | |
| musket | pâskisiķan | |
| pâsk'siķan | | |
| muskox | saķâw moshtosh | |
| muskrat | wacaskos | |
| wacaskosak plural |
| |
| must | poķo | |
| mustang | paķwâcastim | |
| mustard | aķopisôwin | |
| musty | aķwâķohtin | |
| mute | kipohtawaķêw deaf |
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| mutilate @ | pahkwîhwêw | |
| pahkwîswêw | | |
| pahkwîham cut/knocked off |
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| mutiny | kâ nôtinitohk | |
| kâ-nôtin'tohk | | |
| mâyôtinâw he/she was undertaken |
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| mutt | atim dog |
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| mutter | kîmôc opîkiskwêw talks quietly |
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| kîmôc'pîk'skwêw talks quietly |
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| mutton | mâyâtihkowiyâs | |
| muzzle | miskiwanohon | |
| my | niya ohci from me |
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| mô ... prefix |
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| ma ...* prefix |
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| ni ... Cree |
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| mî ...* plural |
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| ni ... plural |
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| my big brother | nistîs | |
| n'stîs | | |
| my big sister | nimis | |
| my dad | nipâpâ* | |
| nohtâwî | | |
| my friend | niwîcîwâķan partner - he/she I go with [could also mean girl/boyfriend - wife] |
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| my grandma | nohkom | |
| my grandpa | nimoshôm | |
| my little brother/sister | nisîmis | |
| n'sîmis | | |
| my mom | nimâmâ* | |
| niķawî | | |
| my name is | __________ nisihkâson | |
| myrrh | laķom* | |
| mîtos opiķom | | |
| myself | niya tipiyaw | |
| mysterious | mâmaskâyitihtâķwan it sounds ... or it is a mystery |
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| mystify | waniyihtamôhêw he/she ... him/her |
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| wani'htamôhêw he/she ... him/her |
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| myth | wîsahkihcahk âtayohkan | |
| mythology | kayâs âtayohkâna | |