Grammar
146 words
- 1st person: I, we (two, many)í:’i
- ActuallyKwah
- After, wait a minuteWá'tsik
- againÁ:re
- AlmostSaréka
- AlphabetIewennonnià:tha
- alsoó:ni
- AlwaysTiótkon
- And what aboutOk
- Another (other)Ó:ia
- BadWahétken
- Before, in the frontOhná:ken
- behindohná:ken
- BookKahiatónhsera
- BothTetsá:ron
- BusinessOrì:wa
- chairani’tskwà:ra
- Chief, lordRoiá:neh
- Clan motherIakoiá:ner
- Come inTesata:weia't
- come on!hánion
- Come, come on (don’t do that)Hanion
- ConsonantKahiatonhkwakwe'ní:io
- ConsonantsKontihiatonhkwakwe'ní:io
- Could be (expressing doubt)Ón'te
- CouncillorRatsiénhaiens
- Defrosted (a thing)Oharennawèn:ta
- desk/tableatekhwá:ra
- DirectorRaia'takwe'ní:io
- dirtonawà:tsta
- dishaké:ra
- dish; plate; bowl; etc.ake:ra’
- eyeokà:ra
- eyeokà:ra’
- farÍ:non
- Far awayA'é:ren
- Few, aTohkára
- Good (It is nice)Ioiá:nere'
- Green (Grass/Plant)Óhonte
- Half, in the middleAhsén:nen
- heraónha
- her (emphatic)akáonha
- HereKèn:tho
- here, rightkén:tho
- hill; mountainonón:ta
- himráonha
- him (emphatic)ráonha
- HowOh ní:ioht
- HurryÓksa
- hurry up!óksa
- I (emphatic)í:’i
- InsideKanónhsakon
- Isnt it? Right?Wáhi
- JobKaio'ténhsera
- knifeà:share’
- Know, I don’tTó:ka
- ladderkanekó:ta’
- laterwá’tsi’k
- LeavesÓnerahte
- Let me see, let me have a lookTo:
- let'shánion
- LettersOhiatonhkwa'shón:'a
- lettuceóhonte
- Lower caseKen'nikontihiatonhkwá:sa's
- MaybeTókat nón:wa
- Maybe, perhaps ifTóka
- milkonòn:ta’
- MoneyOhwíhsta
- More (comparative)Sénha
- mountain; hillonón:ta
- muché:so
- Much, manyÉ:so
- namekahsén:na’
- Near, next toÁkta
- NegationIah te-(verb)
- No, notIah
- Not yetÁrekho
- Now, today, laterÓn:wa
- OnlyKok
- orkáti
- Or, ratherKáton
- outátste’
- Over thereÍsi
- paperkahiatónhsera
- PencilIehiatónhkwa
- plateakè:ra’
- quiltáhsire
- reason, aorì:wa’
- roadoháha’
- shawlahsire’
- she (emphatic)akáonha
- she; itaónha
- she; oneakaónha
- Sidewalk, pavementOstèn:ra
- snowóniehte’
- SoSok or Ta
- Soon, fast, quicklyIosnó:re
- stairskaneko:ta
- stepladderkanekó:ta’
- storyoká:ra’
- StoryOká:ra
- SyllableTekawennákhas
- TelevisionKaia'tárha
- thatthí:ken
- That (complementizer)Tsi
- That (demonstrative)Thí:ken
- The one thatNé:'e
- The, which, who (relative)Ne
- Then, must beKá:ti
- ThereÉ'tho
- ThereTho:
- they (masc. emphatic)ronónha
- They say, it is saidIá:ken
- they: men (two, many)ronónha
- they: women (two, many)onónha
- thiskí:ken
- This (demonstrative)Kí:ken
- this; this onekí:ken
- ThoughKi
- Though you knowSéwi
- todayón:wa
- tooó:ni
- Too (emphatic)Só:tsi
- Too, alsoÓ:ni
- topè:neken
- treekarón:ta’
- underneathnà:kon
- upè:neken
- Upper CaseKontihiatonhkowa:nen's
- Used toShos
- vehiclekà:sere
- villagekaná:ta
- VowelKawennísa'as
- VowelsKontiwennísa'as
- Welcome, you’re (acknowledgement of an order)Io
- WhatOhnahò:ten
- WhereKa' nonwe
- where?ka’ nón:we
- whichka’ niká:ien
- which one?ka ni ka ien
- Which one?Ka' niká:ien?
- WhoOnhka
- who?ónhka’
- Yard, in theAta'èn:rakon
- yeshén:
- … ? (question indicator, particle)… ken?
The Kanien’kéha Dictionary of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, continuing kanienkeha.net
