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Nature Vocabulary in Mohawk

Kwe! Mohawk Learners! 😃

➡ In today's lesson you will learn some vocabulary related to Nature in the Mohawk language.

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Don't hesitate to look into these other pages after completing this lesson: Family, Months of the year, Geography & Transportation.

Nature[edit | edit source]

Mohawk Language (Kanien'kéha)	English
raién:thos ieién:thos	farmer [female]
katsi'tsáhere	earth, ground, soil
orawà:ta	clay
o'kèn:ra	dirt
(awenrásha, awenhràhsa)	moss
ohónte, óhonte	grass
awennékeri	hay
kahwà:'e	straw
ká:nen	seed
kaienthóhsera	plant
ohtè:ra / ohtehra'shon:a	root(s)
ónerahte	leaf
oie'n:kwa, oien'kwa'ón:we	tobacco
otsì:ts(i)a	flower
otsi'tsa'kó:wa	sunflower
teiotsì:tses	tulip
ohì:ktate	wild rose
teiohi'któn:ton	cactus
ó:kwire, karòn:ta	tree
wáhta	maple
ó:iente	wood, timber
ronswa'tá:ke	fire station
ra'swáhtha	firefighter, fireman
otsénha	fire
o'kèn:ra	ash
oneniákeri	lava
ionontatékhas	volcano
(tsi) iononté:nion	mountains
kahentowanénhne	meadows
kahèn:ta	field
kaná:wa	swamp, marshes
kahionwá:taien	pond
kaniatarà:ke	river
kanientara'kehkó:wa	sea, ocean
onó:ta	seaweed
ionontakwarontóntie's	sea waves
kawehnó:ton	island
iotón:niate	peninsula
o'néhtara	gravel
onén:ia, (iotstenhró:ton)	rock
katsí:ro	marble
otsísto	diamond
o'swén:ta	coal
kén:ie	oil, gas
atonhnhéhtshera, karísta onén:ia	mineral, ore
ohwísta ohwistanó:ron	metal [precious]
karistarà:ken nikahnekò:ten	mercury
oharennáhta	lead
karistakén:rat	tin
karístatsi, karistahòn:tsi	iron, cast iron
ioristahnì:ron	steel
oristahkarí:io	aluminum
ionekwénhtare onén:ia	copper
kahwistarà:ken	silver
ohwistanó:ron	gold