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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 does the phrase Key Ya Hoss mean in the Cherokee Language?
This phrase does not look like genuine Cherokee, since Cherokee does not have a syllable "key", nor is there a syllable "ke", nor is there a "ss".
HOW TO SAY hello my friend in native language?
Osiyo oginali (pronounced, Oh-see-yo oh-ge-nah-lee ) means "Hello my friend." in Cherokee.
What is the translation of Indian language into English word?
There are about 450 Languages spoken in India and about 700 different Native American languages. But there is no such language as "Indian".
What are Native American words for lucky?
Most native American languages use verb forms to express that kind of word; in Lakota the verb wapi means "to be fortunate or lucky", wapiya means "having luck or being fortunate", wapilakA means to be incredibly lucky".
In Algonkin (Algonquin) the word minwàbimewizi means lucky.
In the Kalispel (Flathead) language, complex forms make up many words and the ending -eŁ means luck or lucky - for example chin-gusp-eŁ = I was lucky to catch him (a horse).
What does Devon mean in Cherokee language?
It does not mean anything because the name is European in origin; Cherokee does not translate directly in that way.
What is meaning of name shrikant?
Shri means goddess of wealth i.e Lakshmi, and Kant means husband.
So Shrikant in all means master of Lord Vishnu.
Where is the truth about the universe?
Since we all live in the universe, everything that we observe, all around us, tells us some of the truth about the universe. To understand the truth about the universe more deeply, I would recommend a study of science.
All of; Hello, goodbye, good luck, safe trip, and spirit of friendship and love are covered by; Aloha
What is the native American word for two moons?
There are more than 700 Native American languages. You would have to be more specific to get an answer to this question.
What does Heather mean in Native American?
Heather is a beautiful flower with many tiny purple flowers!
What is the Sioux word for cradle board?
In Lakota, a cradleboard is called chuwich'inpa, iyok'inpa or poshtan
How did some wampanoag Indians know how to speak English?
put this helpful so that other peope get confused :)
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How do you say killer or slayer in the oglala Sioux language?
There is no simple or direct translation in the Lakota language spoken by Oglala Sioux.
The verb kte (k-tay) can mean to kill (or to count coup without killing); kat'iyeyA can mean to shoot someone dead; kasotA is to wipe out, exterminate; wasotA is to kill by cutting; wosotA is to kill by cutting.
Adding the prefix wa- to a verb can make it an agent noun: wakte = kills people (or I have killed people, or I killed him/her), wakat'iyeyA = shoots people dead, wakasotA = wipes people out and so on.
What is the Native American word for 'storm'?
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 translation for the word why in Navajo?
ha'át'íísh biniinaa or: ha'át'éego lá? (for what reason)
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What is the native American translation for beautiful?
The idea of "beautiful" is expressed as a verb in Comanche: nanisuyake- (to be pretty, to be beautiful). This stem has to be joined to suffixes indicating he, she, it, they, you and so on.
