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.


ᏥᏍᏉᏉ

/d͡ʒǐːsɡʷôːɡʷṍ/


ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏣᏗ

head

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

usdi atsadi (romanization)
ᏧᎾᏍᏗ ᎠᏣᏗ (plural)


ᎤᏅᏣᏛ ᎠᏣᏗ

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

unvtsadv atsadi (romanization)
ᎤᎾᏅᏣᏛ ᎠᏣᏗ (plural)


ᎠᏒᏃᏱ

Chordeiles minor
Chordeiles minor#Translingual


ᏜᎺᎭ

/d͡ɮàːmèːhã̀/


ᏧᎵᎡᎾ

yellow-bellied sapsucker
yellow-bellied sapsucker

yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)


ᎠᎵᏔᎹ

Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)


ᏓᎳᎳ

red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)


ᏧᏂᎶᎸᏗ

Oncorhynchus mykiss
Oncorhynchus mykiss#Translingual


ᎩᏳᎦ

/kʰì.jûːɡã́/


ᏦᏯᎦ

Riparia riparia
Riparia riparia#Translingual


ᎨᎻᎵ

/kʰěːmí.lĩ́/


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


ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ

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


ᎠᎺᏉ ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ

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


ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ

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


ᎡᎳᏗᏝ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ

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


ᏄᎩᏂ ᎬᎾ

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


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”).