ᎧᎹᎹ

/kʰà.màːmã́/

From Proto-Iroquoian *kahnaːwẽːh. Sense of elephant comes from observation of flapping ears as similar to butterfly wings.


ᏩᎦ

Borrowed from Spanish vaca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂.


ᎠᏣᏗ

/à.d͡ʒá.ʔdĩ́/


ᏏᏆ

Originally meant opossum, its meaning shifted after the Columbian exchange. Opossums are now referred to as ᏏᏆ ᎤᏤᏣᏍᏗ (siqua utsetsasdi, “pig who grins”) and derivate terms.


ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏣᏗ

head

ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏣᏗ • (usdi atsadi) (plural ᏧᎾᏍᏗ ᎠᏣᏗ)

usdi atsadi (romanization)
ᏧᎾᏍᏗ ᎠᏣᏗ (plural)


ᏥᏍᏉᏉ

/d͡ʒǐːsɡʷôːɡʷṍ/


ᎤᏅᏣᏛ ᎠᏣᏗ

ᎤᏅᏣᏛ ᎠᏣᏗ • (unvtsadv atsadi) (plural ᎤᎾᏅᏣᏛ ᎠᏣᏗ)

unvtsadv atsadi (romanization)
ᎤᎾᏅᏣᏛ ᎠᏣᏗ (plural)


ᎠᏒᏃᏱ

Chordeiles minor
Chordeiles minor#Translingual


ᏜᎺᎭ

/d͡ɮàːmèːhã̀/


ᎠᏥᎾ

Juniperus virginiana
Juniperus virginiana#Translingual

cedar (a tree, probably Juniperus virginiana)


ᏧᎵᎡᎾ

yellow-bellied sapsucker
yellow-bellied sapsucker

yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)


ᎠᎵᏔᎹ

Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)


ᎫᏍᏗ

Fagus grandifolia
Fagus grandifolia#Translingual


ᏧᏩᎩ

Acer saccharum
Acer saccharum#Translingual


ᏓᎳᎳ

red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)


ᎤᏓᎵ

mistletoe (genera Phoradendron or Arceuthobium)


ᏧᏂᎶᎸᏗ

Oncorhynchus mykiss
Oncorhynchus mykiss#Translingual


ᎤᏍᏇᏚᏍᏗ

Podophyllum peltatum
Podophyllum peltatum#Translingual


ᎩᏳᎦ

/kʰì.jûːɡã́/


ᏦᏯᎦ

Riparia riparia
Riparia riparia#Translingual


ᎨᎻᎵ

/kʰěːmí.lĩ́/


ᏩᏂᎨ ᎠᏣᏗ

From ᏩᏂᎨ (wanige, “mush, limber”) + ᎠᏣᏗ (atsadi, “fish”). Calque of English jellyfish.


ᏔᎹᏟ

From Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *tomatl.


ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᏩᎧ

From ᏓᎶᏂᎨ (dalonige, “yellow, Chinese”) + ᏩᎧ (waka, “cow”).


ᏯᎩ ᏩᎧ

From ᏯᎩ (yagi, “yak”) + ᏩᎧ (waka, “cow”).


ᏯᎩ

From English York, itself from Latin Eborācum, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg


ᎠᎺᏉ ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ

From ᎠᎺᏉ (amequo, “sea”) + ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ (kamama utana, “elephant”).


ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ

From ᎧᎹᎹ (kamama, “butterfly”) + ᎤᏔᎾ (utana, “big”). From observation of flapping ears as similar to butterfly wings.


ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ

From ᎬᎾ (gvna, “turkey”) + ᎤᏔᎾ (utana, “big”).


ᏄᎩᏂ ᎬᎾ

From ᏄᎩᏂ (nugini, “New Guinea”) + ᎬᎾ (gvna, “turkey”).


ᎡᎳᏗᏝ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ

From ᎡᎳᏗᏝ (eladitla, “Australia”) + ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (gvna utana, “ostrich”).


ᎳᏃᏏᎳ

From English rhinoceros, itself from Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composed of ῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός (rhī́s, rhīnós, “nose, of (the) nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).


ᏏᏆ ᎤᏤᏣᏍᏗ

From ᏏᏆ (siqua, “pig, hog”) + ᎤᏤᏣᏍᏗ (utsetsasdi, “who grins”). Replaced the old simplex ᏏᏆ (siqua), which shifted meaning to "pig, hog" following the Columbian exchange.


ᎪᏴᏐᎵ ᎤᎷᎩ

Calque of Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”).