| C.I.L.X. | Sâkitowahk pîkskwîwin |  |
| Sâk'tawahk pîkskwîwin | | |
| cabbage | l' shô* | |
| otîhîpaķwa | | |
| cabin | wâskahiķanis | |
| cafe | mîcisowiķamik | |
| mîc'sowiķamik | | |
| cake | sômin'pahkwîsiķan | |
| calendar | l' kalândrriyî* | |
| kîsiķâwasinahiķan | | |
| kîsiķâwas'nahiķan | | |
| calf | moscosis oskât leg |
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| Calgary Flames | Cahkâsitêwak | |
| call @ | tîpwâtâ | |
| tîpwâta | | |
| kito | | |
| kitôhâ ... for a moose/duck, etc. |
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| caller | kitôhiķan moose ... |
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| calm | ayiwâstin | |
| ay'wâstin | | |
| opinawâw ... on other side [of lake] where wind is from |
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| calves | mitasiskitana | |
| came/went | pîtohtêw he/she came |
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| î pînâsit he/she came to get me |
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| sipwihtêw he/she went |
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| î sipwihtît he/she went |
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| camp | kapîsi | |
| camping | kapîsôwin can also mean you'll bring me |
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| can | l' kan* | |
| kaskâpiskahiķan | | |
| Canadiens | Mistiķôsôwak as in Montreal Canadiens |
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| cancer | mancôs | |
| candle | la shândel* | |
| wâsaskotîniķanis | | |
| wâsaskotîn'ķanis | | |
| candy | l' kândî* | |
| sôminis | | |
| sôm'nis | | |
| lî kândî* plural |
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| sôminisak plural |
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| sômin'sak plural |
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| candy-cane | same as candy | |
| cane | saskahon | |
| saskahona plural |
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| canoe | l'kanô* | |
| ôsi | | |
| ôsisa plural |
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| ôs'a plural |
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| Canoe Lake | Nêhiyaw Opâsihk | |
| Canoe River | Opâsêw Sîpî | |
| canvas | l' parrlâ* | |
| paķwânahiķan | | |
| canvasback | misaķwayêwisip | |
| cap | l' shapô* | |
| l' palet* | | |
| astotin | | |
| car | sihkîpayis | |
| cards | lî kahrrt* | |
| lî trref clubs |
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| tiyîmânak | | |
| l'zâs ace |
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| lirrwå king |
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| larrå? queen |
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| oķimâsis jack |
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| lî pik spades |
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| lî kârrô diamonds |
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| lî kårr hearts |
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| careful | nâķatohkî take care of |
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| piyahtak | | |
| carefully/slowly | piyahtak | |
| p'yahtak | | |
| nâķatohkî | | |
| caribou | atihk | |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Pastaw'sîwînôwak | |
| carpenter | mistiķo nâpêw | |
| carrot | l' korrot* | |
| oskâtask | | |
| Carrot River | Oskâtâsko Sîpihk | |
| cash | sôniyâw | |
| kîsiyâķêw he cashes in [pool] |
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| casket | cîpayowat | |
| cat | pôsî | |
| pôsîwak plural |
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| minôs | | |
| minôsak plural |
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| cat tails | pasihkânak | |
| catch/throw @ | kahcitnâ catch |
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| kahcitina catch |
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| pimoshinî throw |
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| p'moshinî throw |
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| caterpillar | mohtêw | |
| Caucasian | Môniyâw | |
| cedar | mâsîkîsk | |
| ceiling | sîpâyahtik | |
| naķihtaķahiķan | | |
| celery | kaskîpaķwa | |
| cemetary | l' dzimciyårr* | |
| l'dzim'c'yårr* | | |
| cîpayiķamik | | |
| cîpay'ķamik | | |
| cereal | kîk'sîpâ mîcôwin morning food |
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| chain | la shå?* | |
| saķahpisoniyâpîs | | |
| saķahp'soniyâpîs | | |
| chair | la shåsh* | |
| tihtapowin | | |
| chalk | wâpahtiķos | |
| change @ | mîskotahâ | |
| mîskotastâ | | |
| change clothes | mîskotêyiwinisî | |
| mîskotêy'win'sî | | |
| charge | sihkic'sahwâ as in crime - him/her |
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| sihkit'shwâw he was charged |
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| masinahiķî otiniķî as in credit |
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| mas'nahiķî'ot'niķî as in credit |
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| cheap | wihtaķihtêw as in not expensive |
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| sasâkisêw he/she is ... |
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| sasâk'sêw he/she is ... |
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| check | nâtayapî net |
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| nâtaķwî snares |
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| nitaw wâpîniķî go and check |
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| n'daw wâpîn'ķî go and check |
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| cheek | kanaway | |
| cheque | sôniyâwasinahiķan | |
| sôniyâwas'nahiķan | | |
| chest | la valis* furniture |
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| asowaciķan thing to put stuff in |
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| mâskiķan body |
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| chew | î misîmiskôwît he/she is ... [gum] |
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| îm'sîm'skôwît he/she is ... [gum] |
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| î misîmât snuff |
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| î'm'sîmât snuff |
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| Chicago Blackhawks | kaskitîķiķihkwak | |
| chicken | l' pol* | |
| pahpahahkwân | | |
| chicken pox | môskipêyôwin | |
| chief | oķimahkân | |
| child | awâsis | |
| apisci awâsis | | |
| chills | î ķawacipêyân I get the ... |
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| chimney | l' ciyô* | |
| oķotaskway | | |
| chin | l' babin* | |
| kwaskonîs | | |
| miķwaskonêw plural |
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| china cabinet | la lilimwårr* | |
| lal'mwårr* | | |
| chipmunk | sâsâķwâpiskos | |
| sâsâķwâpiskosak plural |
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| choke @ | kipihtonînâ him/her |
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| kipihtonîna him/her |
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| î otohot as in food |
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| choke cherries | pîķomina | |
| pîķom'na | | |
| pitiķwahiminâna | | |
| p'tiķwahim'nâna | | |
| taķwahiminâna | | |
| taķwahim'nâna | | |
| chop @ | cîkaha | |
| cîkahwâ | | |
| î cîķahwât he/she chopped ... him |
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| î cîķaha he/she chopped ... it |
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| chop wood | tâskatahimihtî | |
| niķohtî act of chopping wood or getting it |
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| î niķohtît he went for wood |
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| chopper | côwîskanâpisîs means dragonfly |
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| côwiskanâp'sîs means dragonfly |
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| pimiyâķan airplane |
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| p'miyâķan airplane |
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| Christmas | Manitô Oķîsiķâw | |
| church | la ķlîs* | |
| Ayamihêwiķamik | | |
| cigarette | l' siķarret* | |
| iscîmâs | | |
| iscîmâsak plural |
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| city | otînaw | |
| classroom | kiskinwahamâtôwiķamiķos | |
| clean | kanâtan something |
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| clean it @ | kanâcihâ | |
| kanâcihtâ | | |
| clear/sunny | wâsîskwan | |
| sâpwâsô see through @ |
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| sâpwâstêw see through @ |
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| clerk | oķimâsis | |
| climb | iskwahtawî you |
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| î iskwahtawît he/she climbed |
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| î âmacowît he/she climbed |
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| clinic | nanâtawîhôķamik | |
| clippers | paskwahamâķana | |
| clock | pîsimohkân | |
| pîsimohkânak plural |
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| close | kipaha as in close the door |
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| close to | cîķi | |
| î pohtahât in pool - he puts it close to pocket |
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| pohtahêw in pool - he puts it close to pocket |
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| close/near | cîķi | |
| kisowâk | | |
| closer | piyâstamita before that thing/place |
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| p'yâstam'ta before that thing/place |
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| closet | aķociķan | |
| clothes line | aķociķaniyâpî | |
| clothes pins | aķociķan miscikosa | |
| cloud | wasko | |
| clown | mantohkân | |
| club | mistik | |
| misciķos small ... [simply a stick] |
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| nîmihitôķamik in dancing ... |
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| clubs | lî trref* as in cards |
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| coal oil | lôwil ditårr* | |
| pasiskêw'pimî | | |
| coffee | pihkahtêwâpoy | |
| kaskitêwâpoy | | |
| coffee table | pihkahtêwâpoy mîcisôwinahtik | |
| pihkahtêwâpoy mîc'sôwinahtik | | |
| coin | pîwâpiskos | |
| piyak sôniyâs ... quarter |
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| cold | tahkâyâw | |
| kawacô he/she is ... |
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| kawacihkwâmô ... sleep |
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| niķawacin I am cold |
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| kisinâw really |
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| k'sinâw really |
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| otaķiķomôwin sickness |
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| otak'omôwin sickness |
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| Cole Bay | Mistahe Wâpahk | |
| colours | lî kolårr* | |
| itasinâstêwina | | |
| comb | sîķahon | |
| comb hair | sîķaha tî shavî* | |
| sîķaho | | |
| come | âstam | |
| come in | pihtiķwî | |
| come on | hâ mâķa c'mon |
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| hâm c'mon |
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| common-law | wîcâyâmitowak | |
| wîcâyâmêw he lives with |
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| communion | saskamôwin | |
| saskamo go for ... |
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| nitaw saskamo I go for ... |
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| computer | mâmahtâwâpacihciķan | |
| condition | tân'si kitimahcihon? How are you feeling? |
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| confession | âcimiso | |
| âcim'so | | |
| nitaw âcim'so go for ... |
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| connect | saķwâskwaha | |
| tâpamohtâ | | |
| connect @ | saķwâskwahwâ | |
| tâpamohâ | | |
| cook | pinawaso | |
| nawacî | | |
| cîpatahiķî on stick |
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| cîpatahwâ on a stick @ |
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| cîpataha on a stick |
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| cookie | sômin'siķanis | |
| cormorant | kahkâķîsip | |
| corn | kâķwayô | |
| kâķwayôwak plural |
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| mahtâmin | | |
| mahtâminak plural |
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| corner | l' kwå?* | |
| îyihkwihtaķâk | | |
| couch/sofa | la shôfâ* | |
| yôskapôwin | | |
| cough | oc'stota | |
| cough | oc'stotam he is coughing |
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| councillor | oyasôwêw | |
| nîķânîstamâķêw as in town council |
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| counsellor | masinahiķîsîs | |
| mas'nahiķîsîs | | |
| count @ | aķimik | |
| aķihta | | |
| aķihciķî you count |
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| counter | mîc'sônahtik aķociķan | |
| cousins | mô kaz??* | |
| nicjôwâmis | | |
| n'cdôwâmis | | |
| cover | la kovårr* | |
| aķwanâpwîhiķan | | |
| cow | moshtosh | |
| coyote | mîscacâķanis | |
| crab | asâķêw | |
| asâķîsis small crab |
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| cranberries | wîsaķîmina | |
| wîsaķîm'na | | |
| crane | mohkahosô | |
| ocicahk sandhill ... |
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| crawl | pimtâcimo | |
| sîpâsî crawl under |
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| î sîpâsît he/she crawls under |
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| sîpâsêw he/she crawls under |
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| crayon | l' krriyo?* | |
| masinâtîhôwinis | | |
| credit | masinahiķî otinikî to take on ... |
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| mas'nahiķî otin'ķî to take on ... |
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| credit card | masinahiķêw otiniķêw la kahrrt* | |
| crib | l' cilit* | |
| nipêwinis | | |
| cross | l' krrwå* | |
| ayamihêwahciķos | | |
| ayimhêwihtiķohkî make the sign of the cross |
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| crow | ahâsô | |
| ahâsôwak plural |
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| crumble | shiķopayô it crumbles |
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| shiķwâpâwêw as in crumble from water and waves |
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| cry | mâto | |
| mâtô | | |
| î mâtot he/she cries |
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| cry baby | mâtosh | |
| mâdzoyân | | |
| cucumber | l' botay* | |
| kâ kinosêwakisot | | |
| kâ kinosêwak'sot | | |
| Cumberland House | Kâ ministiķo Minahiķoskahk | |
| Kâ min'stiķominahiķoskahk | | |
| cup | l' pot* | |
| minihkwâciķan | | |
| cupboard | la lilimwårr* | |
| la'l'mwårr* | | |
| aķociķan | | |
| cure | nâtawihâw he/she is cured |
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| nâtawihêw he/she cures him/her |
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| curling rink | asinî wîpinôwiķamik | |
| curls | lî frrîzî* as in hair |
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| tihtipinâwît | | |
| curtains | lî rridô* | |
| aķohpiciķana | | |
| aķohp'ciķana | | |
| cut @ | mâniswâ | |
| man'swâ | | |
| manisa | | |
| man'sa | | |
| kîskasâwâtâ ... in half or two/off |
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| kîskasâwâta ... in half or two/off |
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| taķahkipêw half cut - slightly inebriated |
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