Kanien’kéha Dictionary — Mohawk Nation of Grand River

She:kon · Greetings

This dictionary was created for community development of the Kanien’kéha online language resources. With help from you and our Elders we can create a digital inventory of the language and discuss the cultural significance behind each word. If we can build the dictionary to about 10,000 words, the program will expand to its next phase: a translator, with audio to help with pronunciation.

Niá:wen · Thank you
Benjamin Doolittle UE

8,523Words

224Themes

0Checked by a speaker

801With a recording

Word of the day

number markerTewen’nyá:we hundred’s

By English letter

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V WXY Z

By Mohawk letter

A E En H I K N O On R S T W Y

Themes

Activities 2 Animal Parts 29 Animals 227 Appliances 4 Baby Talk 13 Basic Prefixes 40 Bathroom 21 Beings of the creation story and tradition 24 Beverages 7 Body (playful names) 11 Body Condition 24 Body Fluids 11 Body Parts 179 Body Systems 1 Buildings 67 Business 1 Ceremonies 19 Clans 9 Clothing 30 Colors 48 Conversation 114 Cookware 18 Cosmos 43 Council names of the five nations 7 Elements 9 Emotions 28 Family 44 Feelings 5 FirstVoices 1455 Food 39 Furniture 11 Grammar 146 Houseware 1 Housing 1 Kinship 36 Location 3 Location (at, to, in) 33 Material 57 Metals 5 Minerals 23 My Little Word Land 298 Numbers 18 Occupation 101 Older words 54 Pantheon 15 People 63 Peoples (names for other nations) 75 Personal names 23 Phrases 195 Place names 87 Places 280 Plants 290 Plants and medicines 217 Polytechnic OER 325 Roadway 19 Roots 18 Sky 62 Social Dances 20 States of being 39 Stationery 3 Technology 4 Texts 31 Time 45 Tools 15 Transportation 8 Verbs 581 Vocabulary 882 Wampum Belts 6 Weather 55

Managing your notes

We appreciate that you are taking great language notes. Our research grows when we grow together.

Create your notes. Write or type anywhere; clip from the web.
Think with ink. Scribble notes by hand. Express your insights with shapes and colours.
Work together. Shape ideas with a team or with your family. Stay on the same page and in step.
Organized chaos. Sticky notes keep your thoughts organized, but they can get lost in the shuffle.
Highlighting details. Keep a record of the words or phrases that stick out; highlight and underline to build familiarity.

5 Shortcuts for Success

Look for similarities to your language: they help you recognize patterns and understand meaning.
Keep it simple.
Keep it relevant to your situation and needs.
Use 30 minutes of study a day, or smaller periods more regularly.
Listen to the radio; watch films with English subtitles.

3 Rules for Speaking the Language

Live the language, own the language.
Make plenty of mistakes.
Make it fun. Friendly competition is good.

The Kanien’kéha Dictionary of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, continuing kanienkeha.net