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Native American Languages
Information and translations for Native American languages. Please note each tribe has its own language, and there is no single "Native American" language.
1,626 Questions
What is the Native American word for book?
There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America. You will have to be more specific. If you are not sure which language you are talking about, here is a partial list of the most common Native American languages in North America:
- Abnaki, Eastern
- Achumawi
- Afro-Seminole Creole
- Ahtena
- Alabama
- Aleut
- Alsea
- Angloromani
- Apache, Jicarilla
- Apache, Kiowa
- Apache, Lipan
- Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
- Apache, Western
- Arapaho
- Arikara
- Assiniboine
- Atakapa
- Atsugewi
- Barbareño
- Biloxi
- Blackfoot
- Caddo
- Cahuilla
- Carolina Algonquian
- Carolinian
- Catawba
- Cayuga
- Chamorro
- Chehalis, Lower
- Chehalis, Upper
- Cherokee
- Chetco
- Cheyenne
- Chickasaw
- Chimariko
- Chinook
- Chinook Wawa
- Chippewa
- Chitimacha
- Choctaw
- Chumash
- Clallam
- Cocopa
- Coeur d'Alene
- Columbia-Wenatchi
- Comanche
- Coos
- Coquille
- Cowlitz
- Cree, Plains
- Crow
- Cruzeño
- Cupeño
- Dakota
- Degexit'an
- Delaware
- Delaware, Pidgin
- Esselen
- Evenki
- Eyak
- Galice
- Gros Ventre
- Gwich'in
- Halkomelem
- Han
- Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
- Hawai'i Creole English
- Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language
- Hawaiian
- Hidatsa
- Ho-Chunk
- Holikachuk
- Hopi
- Hupa
- Ineseño
- Inupiaq
- Inupiatun, North Alaskan
- Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
- Iowa-Oto
- Jemez
- Jingpho
- Kalapuya
- Kalispel-Pend D'oreille
- Kansa
- Karkin
- Karok
- Kashaya
- Kato
- Kawaiisu
- Keres, Eastern
- Keres, Western
- Kickapoo
- Kiowa
- Kitsai
- Klamath-Modoc
- Koasati
- Koyukon
- Kumiai
- Kuskokwim, Upper
- Kutenai
- Lakota
- Luiseño
- Lumbee
- Lushootseed
- Mahican
- Maidu, Northeast
- Maidu, Northwest
- Maidu, Valley
- Makah
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy
- Mandan
- Mattole
- Menominee
- Meskwaki
- Miami
- Michif
- Micmac
- Mikasuki
- Miwok, Bay
- Miwok, Central Sierra
- Miwok, Coast
- Miwok, Lake
- Miwok, Northern Sierra
- Miwok, Plains
- Miwok, Southern Sierra
- Mohave
- Mohawk
- Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
- Mokilese
- Molale
- Mono
- Muskogee
- Nanticoke
- Natchez
- Navajo
- Nawathinehena
- Nez Perce
- Nisenan
- Nooksack
- Nottoway
- Obispeño
- Ofo
- Ohlone, Northern
- Ohlone, Southern
- Okanagan
- Omaha-Ponca
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Osage
- Ottawa
- Paiute, Northern
- Pawnee
- Piro
- Piscataway
- Plains Indian Sign Language
- Pomo, Central
- Pomo, Eastern
- Pomo, Northeastern
- Pomo, Northern
- Pomo, Southeastern
- Pomo, Southern
- Potawatomi
- Powhatan
- Purepecha
- Purisimeño
- Quapaw
- Quechan
- Quileute
- Quinault
- Salinan
- Salish, Southern Puget Sound
- Salish, Straits
- Sea Island Creole English
- Seneca
- Serrano
- Shasta
- Shawnee
- Shoshoni
- Siuslaw
- Skagit
- Snohomish
- Spanish
- Spokane
- Takelma
- Tanacross
- Tanaina
- Tanana, Lower
- Tanana, Upper
- Tenino
- Tewa
- Tillamook
- Timbisha
- Tiwa, Northern
- Tiwa, Southern
- Tlingit
- Tohono O'odham
- Tolowa
- Tonkawa
- Tsimshian
- Tübatulabal
- Tunica
- Tuscarora
- Tutelo
- Tututni
- Twana
- Umatilla
- Unami
- Ute-Southern Paiute
- Ventureño
- Wailaki
- Walla Walla
- Wampanoag
- Wappo
- Wasco-Wishram
- Washo
- Wichita
- Wintu
- Wiyot
- Wyandot
- Yakima
- Yaqui
- Yokuts
- Yuchi
- Yuki
- Yurok
- Zuni
How do you say groundhog in Native American?
There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America. You will have to be more specific. If you are not sure which language you are talking about, here is a partial list of the most common Native American languages in North America:
- Abnaki, Eastern
- Achumawi
- Afro-Seminole Creole
- Ahtena
- Alabama
- Aleut
- Alsea
- Angloromani
- Apache, Jicarilla
- Apache, Kiowa
- Apache, Lipan
- Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
- Apache, Western
- Arapaho
- Arikara
- Assiniboine
- Atakapa
- Atsugewi
- Barbareño
- Biloxi
- Blackfoot
- Caddo
- Cahuilla
- Carolina Algonquian
- Carolinian
- Catawba
- Cayuga
- Chamorro
- Chehalis, Lower
- Chehalis, Upper
- Cherokee
- Chetco
- Cheyenne
- Chickasaw
- Chimariko
- Chinook
- Chinook Wawa
- Chippewa
- Chitimacha
- Choctaw
- Chumash
- Clallam
- Cocopa
- Coeur d'Alene
- Columbia-Wenatchi
- Comanche
- Coos
- Coquille
- Cowlitz
- Cree, Plains
- Crow
- Cruzeño
- Cupeño
- Dakota
- Degexit'an
- Delaware
- Delaware, Pidgin
- Esselen
- Evenki
- Eyak
- Galice
- Gros Ventre
- Gwich'in
- Halkomelem
- Han
- Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
- Hawai'i Creole English
- Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language
- Hawaiian
- Hidatsa
- Ho-Chunk
- Holikachuk
- Hopi
- Hupa
- Ineseño
- Inupiaq
- Inupiatun, North Alaskan
- Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
- Iowa-Oto
- Jemez
- Jingpho
- Kalapuya
- Kalispel-Pend D'oreille
- Kansa
- Karkin
- Karok
- Kashaya
- Kato
- Kawaiisu
- Keres, Eastern
- Keres, Western
- Kickapoo
- Kiowa
- Kitsai
- Klamath-Modoc
- Koasati
- Koyukon
- Kumiai
- Kuskokwim, Upper
- Kutenai
- Lakota
- Luiseño
- Lumbee
- Lushootseed
- Mahican
- Maidu, Northeast
- Maidu, Northwest
- Maidu, Valley
- Makah
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy
- Mandan
- Mattole
- Menominee
- Meskwaki
- Miami
- Michif
- Micmac
- Mikasuki
- Miwok, Bay
- Miwok, Central Sierra
- Miwok, Coast
- Miwok, Lake
- Miwok, Northern Sierra
- Miwok, Plains
- Miwok, Southern Sierra
- Mohave
- Mohawk
- Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
- Mokilese
- Molale
- Mono
- Muskogee
- Nanticoke
- Natchez
- Navajo
- Nawathinehena
- Nez Perce
- Nisenan
- Nooksack
- Nottoway
- Obispeño
- Ofo
- Ohlone, Northern
- Ohlone, Southern
- Okanagan
- Omaha-Ponca
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Osage
- Ottawa
- Paiute, Northern
- Pawnee
- Piro
- Piscataway
- Plains Indian Sign Language
- Pomo, Central
- Pomo, Eastern
- Pomo, Northeastern
- Pomo, Northern
- Pomo, Southeastern
- Pomo, Southern
- Potawatomi
- Powhatan
- Purepecha
- Purisimeño
- Quapaw
- Quechan
- Quileute
- Quinault
- Salinan
- Salish, Southern Puget Sound
- Salish, Straits
- Sea Island Creole English
- Seneca
- Serrano
- Shasta
- Shawnee
- Shoshoni
- Siuslaw
- Skagit
- Snohomish
- Spanish
- Spokane
- Takelma
- Tanacross
- Tanaina
- Tanana, Lower
- Tanana, Upper
- Tenino
- Tewa
- Tillamook
- Timbisha
- Tiwa, Northern
- Tiwa, Southern
- Tlingit
- Tohono O'odham
- Tolowa
- Tonkawa
- Tsimshian
- Tübatulabal
- Tunica
- Tuscarora
- Tutelo
- Tututni
- Twana
- Umatilla
- Unami
- Ute-Southern Paiute
- Ventureño
- Wailaki
- Walla Walla
- Wampanoag
- Wappo
- Wasco-Wishram
- Washo
- Wichita
- Wintu
- Wiyot
- Wyandot
- Yakima
- Yaqui
- Yokuts
- Yuchi
- Yuki
- Yurok
- Zuni
What is the Menominee word for family?
There are two words in Menomini that mean "family":
- tepe:naw
- ena:wae:htaqswan
What is Good night my love in native American?
There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America.
If you are not sure which language you are talking about, here is a partial list of the most common Native American languages in North America:
- Abnaki, Eastern
- Achumawi
- Afro-Seminole Creole
- Ahtena
- Alabama
- Aleut
- Alsea
- Angloromani
- Apache, Jicarilla
- Apache, Kiowa
- Apache, Lipan
- Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
- Apache, Western
- Arapaho
- Arikara
- Assiniboine
- Atakapa
- Atsugewi
- Barbareño
- Biloxi
- Blackfoot
- Caddo
- Cahuilla
- Carolina Algonquian
- Carolinian
- Catawba
- Cayuga
- Chamorro
- Chehalis, Lower
- Chehalis, Upper
- Cherokee
- Chetco
- Cheyenne
- Chickasaw
- Chimariko
- Chinook
- Chinook Wawa
- Chippewa
- Chitimacha
- Choctaw
- Chumash
- Clallam
- Cocopa
- Coeur d'Alene
- Columbia-Wenatchi
- Comanche
- Coos
- Coquille
- Cowlitz
- Cree, Plains
- Crow
- Cruzeño
- Cupeño
- Dakota
- Degexit'an
- Delaware
- Delaware, Pidgin
- Esselen
- Evenki
- Eyak
- Galice
- Gros Ventre
- Gwich'in
- Halkomelem
- Han
- Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
- Hawai'i Creole English
- Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language
- Hawaiian
- Hidatsa
- Ho-Chunk
- Holikachuk
- Hopi
- Hupa
- Ineseño
- Inupiaq
- Inupiatun, North Alaskan
- Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
- Iowa-Oto
- Jemez
- Jingpho
- Kalapuya
- Kalispel-Pend D'oreille
- Kansa
- Karkin
- Karok
- Kashaya
- Kato
- Kawaiisu
- Keres, Eastern
- Keres, Western
- Kickapoo
- Kiowa
- Kitsai
- Klamath-Modoc
- Koasati
- Koyukon
- Kumiai
- Kuskokwim, Upper
- Kutenai
- Lakota
- Luiseño
- Lumbee
- Lushootseed
- Mahican
- Maidu, Northeast
- Maidu, Northwest
- Maidu, Valley
- Makah
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy
- Mandan
- Mattole
- Menominee
- Meskwaki
- Miami
- Michif
- Micmac
- Mikasuki
- Miwok, Bay
- Miwok, Central Sierra
- Miwok, Coast
- Miwok, Lake
- Miwok, Northern Sierra
- Miwok, Plains
- Miwok, Southern Sierra
- Mohave
- Mohawk
- Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
- Mokilese
- Molale
- Mono
- Muskogee
- Nanticoke
- Natchez
- Navajo
- Nawathinehena
- Nez Perce
- Nisenan
- Nooksack
- Nottoway
- Obispeño
- Ofo
- Ohlone, Northern
- Ohlone, Southern
- Okanagan
- Omaha-Ponca
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Osage
- Ottawa
- Paiute, Northern
- Pawnee
- Piro
- Piscataway
- Plains Indian Sign Language
- Pomo, Central
- Pomo, Eastern
- Pomo, Northeastern
- Pomo, Northern
- Pomo, Southeastern
- Pomo, Southern
- Potawatomi
- Powhatan
- Purepecha
- Purisimeño
- Quapaw
- Quechan
- Quileute
- Quinault
- Salinan
- Salish, Southern Puget Sound
- Salish, Straits
- Sea Island Creole English
- Seneca
- Serrano
- Shasta
- Shawnee
- Shoshoni
- Siuslaw
- Skagit
- Snohomish
- Spanish
- Spokane
- Takelma
- Tanacross
- Tanaina
- Tanana, Lower
- Tanana, Upper
- Tenino
- Tewa
- Tillamook
- Timbisha
- Tiwa, Northern
- Tiwa, Southern
- Tlingit
- Tohono O'odham
- Tolowa
- Tonkawa
- Tsimshian
- Tübatulabal
- Tunica
- Tuscarora
- Tutelo
- Tututni
- Twana
- Umatilla
- Unami
- Ute-Southern Paiute
- Ventureño
- Wailaki
- Walla Walla
- Wampanoag
- Wappo
- Wasco-Wishram
- Washo
- Wichita
- Wintu
- Wiyot
- Wyandot
- Yakima
- Yaqui
- Yokuts
- Yuchi
- Yuki
- Yupik, Central
- Yupik, Central Siberian
- Yupik, Pacific Gulf
- Yurok
- Zuni
How did the word chocolate come into the english language?
It was 'borrowed' from Spanish, as many other words such as altiplano, zocalo, conquistador, adobe, machete or salsa.
The original word came from the ancient Mesoamerican civilizations located in Mexico: (Aztec: xocolatl - pronounced shocolatl), (Maya: chocolha). It means 'bitter water'.
What is the word origin of chocolate?
The Nahuatl language of Mexico is the source of the word "chocolate."
Specifically, the original Nahuatl word is "xocolātl." Its original meaning is "bitter water." The word became one of worldwide recognition with the interactions between the ancient Aztec Empire and explorers and settlers from Spain in the 16th century.
How do you pronounce nitushi the choctaw word?
The Chahta word nitushi (nita + ushi) is pronounced nee-toh-shee.
Sila ang mga dugong Kastilang ipinanganak sa kolonya ng Espanya. Ang mga nsulares sa Filipinas ang unang mga tinaguriang Filipino.
- ghienel gustilo
What is translation of the word black in different languages?
A few of the very many native American words for "black" or "it is black" are listed below. It is possible to see the connections between many of the Algonquian languages using common words such as this :
Natick............................mooi
Powhatan.....................mahcatawaiuwh
Menominee...................mahka:tae:w
Illinois...........................mahkate
Ojibwe..........................makade-
Mi'kmaq........................maqtewe:k
Maliseet........................mokosew-
Algonquin......................makadewa
Abenaki.........................mkazawi
Cheyenne.....................e-mo'kohtavo
Arapaho........................wo'teen-
Shawnee......................cuttewa
Mohegan.......................sukáyu-
Blackfoot.......................sik
Delaware.......................sLikeLl
Naskapi.........................wiipaaw
Crow.............................shipita
Hidatsa.........................sispisa
Lakota...........................sapa
Cayuga.........................swędaę
Oneida..........................-aˀswʌˀt-
Mohawk........................kahòntsi
Cherokee......................gáhnage
Aztec (Nahuatl).............tliltic
Yaqui.............................chukuli
Hopi..............................qömvi
Shoshone.....................duhu(bite)
Choctaw.......................lusa
Xavante........................'rã:dë'ë-di
Arikara (Sanish)............katiit
What is the word for 'Grandpa' in different languages?
Arabic; Jed
Hebrew; Saba
Aramaic (Syriac); Sawa
Somali; Awoowe
Tigrinya; Aebo Hago
Maltese; Nannu
Tamazight (Berber); Babahlu (standard), Dada (colloquial)
Ancient Egyptian; It
French/Walloon; Grand-père
Spanish; Abuelo
Catalan; Avi
Portuguese/Galician; Avo
Italian; Nonno
Sardinian; Nonnu
Sicilian; Nunnu
Romansh; Tat
Romanian; Bunic
Latin; Avus
Esperanto; Avo
German; Grossvater (standard), Opa (colloquial)
Yiddish; Zaide
Dutch/Flemish/Afrikaans; Grootvader (standard), Opa (colloquial)
Frisian; Pake
Luxembourgish; Grousspapp (standard), Bopa (colloquial)
Swedish; Morfar (Maternal), Farfar (Paternal)
Danish; Bedstefar
Norwegian; Bestefar
Icelandic; Afi
Faeroese; Abbi
Finnish; Isoisä
Estonian; Vanaisa
Sami; Addja
Hungarian; Nagyapapa
Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian; Dedushka
Polish; Dziadek
Czech/Slovak; Dědeček
Serbian; Deda
Croatian; Djed
Slovene; Ded
Macedonian; Dedo
Bulgarian; Dyado
Latvian; Vectēvs
Lithuanian; Senelis
Breton; Tadkozh
Gaelic (Irish); Seanathair (standard) daideó (colloquial)
Gaelic (Scottish); Seanair
Welsh; Tadcu (standard), Taid (colloquial)
Manx; Shenayr
Cornish; Sira Wynn
Albanian; Gjysh
Greek; Papous
Armenian; Papik
Hindi/Urdu/Punjabi/Gujerati; Naana (maternal), Daada (paternal), Baaba (courteous)
Pashto; Baba
Bengali; Dadamoshai (Maternal), Thakurdada (Paternal)
Assamese; Kokako
Sanskrit; Pitamaha
Kurdish; Bdebpir
Persian; Pader Buzorg
Tamil/Telugu; Taattaa
Sinhalese; Aataa
Japanese; Ojisan
Korean; Han a beo ji
Chinese; Wài Gōng (Maternal), Yé Ye (Paternal)
Cantonese; Gong Gong (Maternal), Yeh Yeh (Paternal)
Vietnamese; Ông
Lao; PhO&O-tu@u (maternal), PhO&O-pu&u (paternal)
Thai; Dta (Maternal), Pu (Paternal)
Indonesian; Kakek
Malay; Datuk
Philippino; Lolo
Mongol; Uwug Ekheg, Uwgun Aab
Turkish; Dede, Büyükbaba
Azeri; Baba
Kazakh; Ata
Uzbek; Bobo
Abkhaz; Abdu
Georgian; Babu.
Chechen; Neenadaa
Basque; Aitita
Guarani; Taeta Guasu
Nahuatl (Aztec); Colli
Mayan; Mam
Lakota; Tuncaschila
Apache; Shiwoye Hastiin (maternal), Shi'choo (paternal)
Cherokee; Eduda
Haida; Tkl'nga
Inuktitut (Eskimo); Ataatatsiaq
Swahili; Babu
Zulu; Umkhulu
Xhosa; Tat'omkhulu
Kirundi; Sokuru, Sogokuru
Yoruba; Baba Iya (maternal), Baba Baba (paternal)
Wolof; Marm-bu-gore
Malagasy; Babakoto
Maori; Koroua, Tipuna
Hawaiian; Kupuna Kane
Samoan; Tama
Germania is a female allegorical figure that is supposed to personify Germany. The figure appeared on German postage stamps from 1874 onwards. (Compare with Britannia on some British coins).
Native American slang for enit?
ennit (or enit) IS native slang... means a lot of things.... depends on how you use it. could be part of a question, answer or statement........ or even a question/answer/statement all by it's self.... there are a lot of uses for it. Think of it as being ain't it. So if you asked a question like "The frybread is in the kitchen enit?" or "The jingle dress is in the closet enit?"
What is the translation for the word snowflake in other languages?
French: flocon de neige
Greek it's νιφάδα χιονιού
Dutch it's sneeuwvlok
spanish it's copo de nieve
Can you explain the word isolate?
Definition of isolate:
1. To set apart (a component, circuit, or system) from a source of electricity.
2. To insulate or shield.
What is the word for white in different languages?
Bosnian: bijel
Bulgarian: бял
Czech: bílý
Danish: hvid
Dutch: wit
Icelandic: hvìtur
Italian: bianco
Esperanto: blanka
French: blanc
German: weiß
Hungarian: fehér
Latin: albus
Norwegian: hwit
Portugese: branco
Romanian: alb
Russian: белый
Slovakian: biely
Spanish: blanco
Swedish: vit
How do you start a summary paragraph?
You should review the point you have come to or the conclusion you have come to already in one sentence. It should wrap up the whole paragraph.
How would you spell Tammie Pullins in Spanish?
Tammie Pullins. Names usually do not change spelling in different languages, unless a different kind of alphabet is used.
He was fond of peas but not fond of spinach.
He was not found of homework, but loved reading novels.
As the opposite of fond, "not fond" means it isn't something you find pleasant or exciting.
How do you say happy Easter in Navajo?
Happy Easter = Nizhonigo Jesus Daaztsá̜á̜dé̜é̜' NáádiidzáhÃgÃà Bééhániih
What does the name Caroline mean in English?
Caroline is the feminine English / French version of Carolus (masculine / German) Latinized from Charles which means "Man" or "Army / Warrior" depending on who you believe.
How do you pronounce chief in choctaw?
There are many different words meaning "a chief" in Choctaw because there were many different kinds of leader or chief, from head chief of a district to advisers and war leaders. They include pelichi, minko, minko chito, tishu minko, holahta, chuka holahta, holahta hopaii.
Minko is pronounced with a nasalised "i" and a hard k, something like mingo.
What is a Native American word for new beginning?
There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken. You would have to be more specific.
