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New Words
| baby | chijiz, jijis | |
| baby* | piwsesid | |
| baby, the | medas- | |
| back | mbeskwan | |
| back* | aodaok | |
| backbone | -8wigan | |
| backpack | wiazon | |
| backpacking | bemodaw8gan | |
| backwards | azat8iwi | |
| backwards* | wazwawi | |
| bacon | piksiia | |
| bad | bal-, pal- | |
| bad spirit-power one | Madah8dot | |
| bad tempered | chila- | |
| bad weather | majekisgat | |
| bad* | maji | |
| bad** | mad-, maj- | |
| badness | majigow8gan | |
| badness | majigw8gan | |
| bag | bid8gan | |
| bag* | menoda, mnoda | |
| bailer | azib8Jo | |
| bait | aw8gan | |
| bait stick | aw8ganakwam | |
| bait box | az8nakwhigan | |
| baker | nodab8nkad | |
| baker, a | nodab8nkad | |
| baking powder | basosakhigan | |
| baking soda | salates | |
| balance | wlideb8bata | |
| baldhead | belag8deb | |
| ball | babaskwham8gan | |
| ball game | babaskwhamaw8gan | |
| balsam fir | kokokh8akw-k | |
| balsam fir* | zedibego-k | |
| banana, a | bananas-al | |
| band land | m8wkawiki | |
| band member, a | m8wkawinno | |
| bank-note | pilaskwim8ni | |
| banker, a | m8ni nojinademiwad | |
| bannock | lagalad-ak | |
| baptize | bagiha- | |
| barber, a | noji chigetowawat | |
| bare | bask- | |
| barely | awa- | |
| barely* | awak8d-, awak8j- | |
| bark | pkwah8 | |
| bark (tree) | walagaskw | |
| bark (tree)* | walaga | |
| bark container | kwat | |
| barley | bali-al | |
| barn | kchikaozigamigw | |
| barrel | m8likihla | |
| barren land | majiki, mamadaki | |
| barring | adel- | |
| bashful | agaj- | |
| Basil | Paslid | |
| basket | abaznoda-al | |
| basketmaker, a | noji abaznodakad | |
| bass minnows, rock | michiganamakws-ak | |
| bass, black | m8lazigan-ak, m8nazigan-ak | |
| bass, largemouth | m8lazigan-ak, m8nazigan-ak | |
| bass, rock | ab8namagws-ak | |
| bass, rock | megejas-ak | |
| basswood | wigebimezi-ak | |
| bast | wigebi | |
| bat | madagenilhas-ak | |
| bathing | tkasmow8gan, dakasmow8gan | |
| bathroom | al8msagokwsis | |
| battle | aodi- | |
| be | lig- | |
| be able to | kiz-, giz- | |
| be about to | n8d- | |
| be active | mah8do- | |
| be active as an animal | lah8do- | |
| be alive | l8wz- | |
| be called | wiz- | |
| be correct | ol8m-, wl8m- | |
| be deficient | nodaami | |
| be deficient of something | nodaama | |
| be feeling physically | amals- | |
| be happy | b8widah8zi, p8wida8zi | |
| be heard | lit8gw- | |
| be in a certain state of health | amals- | |
| be in short supply | noda-, nod8- | |
| be named | wiz- | |
| be on the lookout | nanaw8b- | |
| be quiet | chigabi | |
| be related | l8go | |
| be right | ol8m-, wl8m- | |
| be short of | noda-, nod8- | |
| be silent, hold thy peace | chigabi | |
| be sorry about | odald- | |
| be true | la, lla | |
| bead, a | m8z8bi-al, moz8bi-al | |
| beam tree berries | adotomen-al | |
| beans | adebakwal | |
| bear clan | agawinno | |
| bear den | w8gwas | |
| bear skin | awasosimadagen-ol | |
| bear skin with fur | awasosewawa-l | |
| bear, black | awasos-ak | |
| bear, brown | wadam8bamegwezid-jik | |
| bear, female carrying young | al8mad8pskw-ak | |
| bear, polar | ponkiawasos-ak | |
| beard | -ito | |
| beast, a | awaas-ak | |
| beat | zazam- | |
| beat a drum | bagholi, pakholi | |
| beautiful | wli | |
| beaver | tmakwa-k, demakwa-k | |
| beaver bait | az8nakw | |
| beaver dam, a | gebenigan-al, gebinigan-al, gebnigan-al | |
| beaver dam, a* | gebikhigan-al | |
| beaver lodge, a | adalamiskwid-jik | |
| beaver pelt | demakwaawa-k | |
| beaver skin | madahla | |
| beaver* | amiskw-k | |
| beaver** | abag8lo-ak | |
| beaver*** | awadnakwazid-jik | |
| beaver**** | makwabid-jik | |
| beaver, female adult | skwamiskw-k | |
| beaver, male adult | n8bamiskw-k, n8bamskw-k | |
| beaver, northern | bebonkiidemakwa-k | |
| beaver, parent | kamiskw-k | |
| beaver, yearling | awalziz-ak | |
| beaver, young | palemeskw-ak, piawa-k, piawasiz-ak | |
| because | ali | |
| because* | wz8mi | |
| become covered with plant growth | anig- | |
| become dizzy | giwanaskwahla | |
| become flat; go flat | abagihla | |
| become missing | nodahla | |
| become narrow | wiza- | |
| become overgrown | anig- | |
| becomes | -ihla, -ahla | |
| becomes* | -ihl8, -ahl8 | |
| becoming | 8pt-, 8pch- | |
| becoming greater | 8d-, 8ji- | |
| bed | abon | |
| bed* | kaodi | |
| bee | wawil8mwa | |
| bee, a | 8mwa | |
| beech | wajoimizi | |
| beech, american | wajoimizi-ak | |
| beechnut | wajoimen-al | |
| beef | kaoziia | |
| beer | labial | |
| beets, red | mamkwakwzid-al | |
| before | asma, atsagma | |
| begger, a | noji za8bagenigad | |
| begin | m8j- | |
| begin* | m8jaha | |
| behave | ladaka | |
| behave* | lamto | |
| behave** | wadaka | |
| behavior | lamtow8gan | |
| behavior* | ladakaw8gan | |
| behind | odaog- | |
| behind* | 8ba- | |
| behold | l8bi | |
| being | 8pt-, 8pch- | |
| being a year | ligadenowaiwi | |
| being engaged in | 8t- | |
| being of great number, numerous | kinalamek | |
| belch | pokkwihada, pokkwilawa | |
| belief, reason | wl8maw8gan | |
| believe | lal- | |
| believe* | ntosta- | |
| believe** | z8baldam | |
| bell, a | z8kwkwahigan-al | |
| bellows | podaw8gan | |
| belly | -lagezi | |
| belly* | mlagzi | |
| bellybutton | mili | |
| belong (somewhere) | 8wi- | |
| below | nagwi | |
| belt, a | kwetgwabizon, kwutkwabizon | |
| bend | w8g- | |
| bend, to | pk8gna | |
| bending | pkawi | |
| beneath | nagwi | |
| benediction | wlalemegwezow8gan | |
| bent | bik8g-, bk8g- | |
| bent head | nawaskw- | |
| bent pole snare, a | abapskadahigan-al | |
| bent* | l8g- | |
| berate | dalp8- | |
| berate* | gikh- | |
| Bernard | Pelnal | |
| berry | min- | |
| berry juice | min8bo-al | |
| besides | zib- | |
| besides | sibiwi | |
| besides* | chebiwi | |
| bet | 8mka | |
| better | mawi- | |
| better* | mawia | |
| between | nsaw- | |
| between two or more layers | bitaw-, pitaw- | |
| between* | nansawiwi | |
| bewitch | majalem8 | |
| bewitched | majalemegwezid | |
| bewitcher | majalemid | |
| beyond | awas- | |
| beyond* | p8zid-, b8zid- | |
| beyond* | awasiwi | |
| beyond** | 8daw- | |
| bicycle, a | gezigwahl8d | |
| bicycle, a* | ligwakam8gan-al | |
| bicycle, a** | aligwakaw8mek | |
| big | kchi | |
| big inanimate one | msegil | |
| big river person | Msadegwes | |
| big toe | witkwazid | |
| big* | gich-, git-, kch-, kt- | |
| big** | mes-, ms- | |
| big*** | kada- | |
| big**** | msa | |
| bile | wizi-al | |
| bile* | pmowa | |
| billfish (plant) | oj8ljegahon-ak | |
| birch | maskwamozi | |
| birch bark | maskwa | |
| birch bark basin | wigwasijo | |
| birch bark pail | pkenn8jo | |
| birch canoe | wigwaol | |
| birch, paper | maskwamozi-ak | |
| birch, sweet | wins-ak | |
| birch, white | maskwamozi-ak | |
| birch, yellow | wins-ak | |
| birchbark | m8laskwa-l | |
| birchbark water container | wigwasijo | |
| birchbark* | maskwa-l | |
| birchbark** | bitawskwa-l | |
| birchbark*** | mazozigwa-l | |
| birchbark**** | oskanaskwa-l | |
| birchbark***** | wigwaolaskwa-l | |
| bird | -leso | |
| bird flies, a | lidoo-ak | |
| bird plume | zawigwen-ok | |
| bird wing | welegwan-ak, wlegwan-ak | |
| bird, a | sips, sibes | |
| bird, king | medawlinnosiz-ak | |
| birds, walking | ahamo-ak | |
| birth | aln8baw8gan | |
| birthday | piligadma | |
| biscuit, a | kalakon | |
| bison | beziko-ak | |
| bite | gelaps-, klaps- | |
| bite through | z8badam | |
| bite* | zaga- | |
| bitter | osag-, wesag- | |
| bitter | akwan | |
| bittern | bokhamenes-ak | |
| black | mkaza | |
| black birch | wins | |
| black bird | chogeleskw-k | |
| black cat | olanig-, wlanig- | |
| black cherry berry | skogimen | |
| black spruce | mskag | |
| black squirrel | psanikw | |
| black* | mkazawi | |
| blackberry | pezagwdamenakwam | |
| blackberry | pezagwdamen-ak | |
| blackberry bush | pezagwdamenakwam-ak | |
| blackberry, a | psakwdamen | |
| blacksmith, a | nodalhagokad | |
| bladder | mbesnoda | |
| bladder* | wabeskwa | |
| blame | 8nim- | |
| blame* | agwimda | |
| blanket* | w8bwa8n | |
| blanket, a | maksa, masksa | |
| bleed | likwagi- | |
| bless him or her | wlamegwat | |
| blind | nan8degw- | |
| blister | wabeskwa-al | |
| blood | bagakan, pagakan | |
| blood root | bagakanihl8g | |
| blood sucker | pabaskw | |
| bloom, to | peskwatawa | |
| bloom, to* | gizatawa | |
| blossom | wlemskw | |
| blow (as air or water) | poda- | |
| blow nose | sanigw- | |
| blue | wlôwigen | |
| blue berries | zataal | |
| blue berry bush | zatamozi | |
| blue dye | wl8watsigan | |
| blue sky | wl8wkw | |
| blue vervain | wl8watawa | |
| blue* | ol8w-, wl8w- | |
| blueberry | zata-al | |
| blueberry, highbush | zatamozi-al | |
| bluejay | tidesso | |
| bluejay, a | tideso-ak | |
| bluets | w8baksageniz | |
| blunt | gezik8wi | |
| blunt arrow | bakwa, pakwa | |
| board, a | psigaskw | |
| boat | pados | |
| boat builder, a | noji ktolagwikad | |
| boat making | badozka | |
| bobcat, a | bezo-ak | |
| bobcat, a | wigwedi-ak, wigwti-ak | |
| bobolink | nbesichogleskw-k | |
| body | -haga | |
| bog plants (ericaceous) | azikemezi-ak | |
| bog plants (little) | azobakwiz-ak | |
| bog, a | p8bakw | |
| boil | talioda | |
| boil, a | bemowa, bmowa | |
| boiled corn | mzikwtal | |
| boiled meat | taliozigan | |
| bold person | kin8ba | |
| boldness | 8s8malsw8gan | |
| bomb, a | skwedawal8di | |
| bone | mskan | |
| bone marrow | win | |
| boneset | m8l8dagwinebizon-al | |
| boneset* | zaz8bakwh8zik | |
| boogey man | lolo | |
| book | awighigan | |
| boot, a | pots-al | |
| boring | ksin- | |
| both | tatebiwi | |
| bottle, a | pot8ia | |
| bottom* | mezik- | |
| bough (of tree) | beska8tkwen | |
| bow (weapon) | at8bi, t8bi | |
| bow head | nawaskw- | |
| bow, a (weapon) | d8bi | |
| bowels | mlagzial | |
| bowl | kwat | |
| bowmaker, a | noji t8bikad | |
| box maker | nojipaksikat | |
| box, a | paks, baks | |
| boxmaker, a | noji baksikad | |
| boy | wskinnos | |
| boy friend | nid8ba | |
| bracelet | pedin8bi | |
| braid | l8bag- | |
| braider, a | nod8bagenigad | |
| brain | -ilideb8n | |
| brain* | mlideb8n | |
| branch, a | beska8tkwen, pska8tkwen | |
| branching off | beska- | |
| brass | wiz8wahlakw | |
| brave | gin-, kin- | |
| brave* | kini | |
| bread | ab8n | |
| bread* | pkwazigan | |
| break | boskw- | |
| break up | zegwesk-, zegosk- | |
| break up* | zokw- | |
| break with a knife | boskweza | |
| break with an axe | boskwtah8 | |
| break with feet | boskwkaw8 | |
| break with hands | boskwena | |
| breakfast | wsp8sipow8gan | |
| breast | -dolka, -lagezi | |
| breast* | dodos | |
| breasts | nonozak | |
| breath | msinasa | |
| breathe | nasa | |
| breeze | wlil8msen | |
| brick, a | mkwapskwis | |
| bridge | lessagw8gan | |
| bright color | gageza- | |
| bright color, a | gagezajtag | |
| bright colored, it is | gagezajta | |
| bright looking thing | gagezawin8gw | |
| bring people together | m8wwa | |
| bring something | bado | |
| bring together in a bunch | m8wna | |
| brittle | kakk- | |
| brittle wood | k8ksk | |
| brittle* | begiki-, pgiki- | |
| brittle* | pgiki | |
| brittle** | sazib- | |
| broken tree | temanakw | |
| broker, a | m8ni nojinademiwad | |
| brooch | aneskam8n | |
| brook | sibos | |
| broom | chikhigan | |
| broth | kz8bo | |
| brother (of a male) | -ijia | |
| brown | wdam88bamegwa | |
| brown by heat | begig- | |
| bruise | jil- | |
| bruise | chiligen, chiligo, jiligen | |
| bubble | wabeskwa-al | |
| bud | ol8mpskw | |
| buffalo, a | bziko-ak, beziko-ak | |
| buffalo, female | bezikoallha-k | |
| buffalo, male | bezikoaioba-k | |
| buffalo, three year old | wdosoallhabeziko-ak | |
| buffalo, two year old | bezikokadnadokw-ak | |
| buffalo, yearling | bezikomakwsesis-ak | |
| bug, a | maskejam8gwses | |
| build a shelter | wika | |
| bulging | zao- | |
| bull frog | agbalam-ak | |
| bullfrog | agebalam | |
| bullhead, a | w8zesso-ak, 8zeso-ak | |
| bullhead, brown | w8zesso-ak, 8zeso-ak | |
| bullpout, a | w8zesso-ak, 8zeso-ak | |
| bump | b8g- | |
| bunchberry | topoihla-al | |
| bunchberry* | w8bskihla, w8baskaden-al | |
| burdock | sagadabo-ak | |
| burn | chegasa | |
| burn* | chegas- | |
| burn** | wjesksemn8zik | |
| burp | pokkwihada, pokkwilawa | |
| burst | baskh- | |
| bury | bosk- | |
| bury, to | poskena | |
| bush cranberry | nibimen-al | |
| bushel | minot | |
| bushy | bizag- | |
| but | kanwa | |
| but* | nibita | |
| but** | 8zoka | |
| butcher, a | nodtah8d, nodtah8zid | |
| butt end | wjakwam | |
| buttercup | wiz8wibemi pskwasaw8n-al | |
| butterfly | mamij8la | |
| butternut | bag8nimozi-al | |
| butternut* | bag8nozi-ak | |
| butternut, a | bag8n | |
| buttock | wabi | |
| buttocks | -geji, -keji | |
| buttocks* | mkeji | |
| button | keboakwha | |
| button* | patnes | |
| buy | mano- | |
| buy* | manoha | |
| by | bemi | |
| by and by | tabna | |
| by chance | nananhi- | |
| by contrast | 8zoka | |
| by mistake | bid-, bij- | |
| by self | negwich- | |
| by surprise | nosko- | |
| by the year | ligadenowaiwi | |
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