òkwës

From the same Proto-Algonquian root *wa·kwehsa (“fox”) as Abenaki (w)ôkwses.


ahas

Cognate with Montagnais ahashu, Atikamekw ahasiw.


pushis

head

pushis anim (plural pushisàk, obviative pushisa, adjectival pushisi, 3sg possessive pushisëma)

pushisàk (plural)
pushisa (obviative)
pushisi (adjectival)

Either from Proto-Algonquian *pešiwa (“bobcat, cat”) or else a borrowing from English (pussy).


pishkw

From Proto-Algonquian *piiškwa. Cognate with Mi'kmaq pi'gw, Cheyenne pe'e, Massachusett peeksq, Miami apeehkw, Montagnais pishkᵘ (“nighthawk”), Atikamekw pickw, Northern East Cree ᐲᔥᒄ (piishkw), Penobscot pəskʷ. Possibly cognate with Dakota píško (“nighthawk”).


munhake

head

munhake anim (plural munhakeyok, diminutive munhaketët)

munhakeyok (plural)
munhaketët (diminutive)

→ English: moonack


winkeohkwet

winkeòhkwèt (canonical)
winkeòhkwèchik (plural)


mèkis

Possibly from Dutch mekkert (“it bleats”), or simply imitative of bleating.


xkuk

xkuk anim (plural xkukàk, obviative xkuka, diminutive xkuktët, objurgative xkuksheti)

xkukàk (plural)
xkuka (obviative)
xkuktët (diminutive)


amëwe

amëwe anim (plural amëweyok, adjectival amëwei)


ayape

From Proto-Algonquian *aya·pe·wa (“buck”).


èhës

èhës anim (plural èhsàk, adjectival èhèsi)

From Proto-Algonquian *e·hsa (“shell; mollusk”).


mèxkalaniat

Compound of màxkw (red) and wëlaniya (tail feathers)

Buteo jamaicensis
Buteo jamaicensis#Translingual


ahtu

head

ahtu anim (plural ahtuhuk, obviative ahtuho, diminutive ahtuhtët ahtutët, adjectival ahtuhwi)

ahtuhuk (plural)
ahtuho (obviative)
ahtuhtët ahtutët (diminutive)
ahtuhwi (adjectival)

From Proto-Algonquian *atehkwa (“reindeer,caribou”).


chikënëm

chikënëm anim (plural chikënëmuk, obviative chikënëma, adjectival chikënëmwi, 3sg possessive wchikënëma)

chikënëmuk (plural)
chikënëma (obviative)
chikënëmwi (adjectival)

cognate to Abenaki nahama, Mohegan-Pequot náham


tëmakwe

→ English: Jamaica, Queens

→ English: Tamaqua

Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot tumôhq, Massachusett tummunk, Algonquin amik, Ojibwe amik, Cree amisk, Montagnais amishkᵘ, Potawatomi mek


nahënëm

nahënëm anim (plural nahënëmuk, obviative nahënëma, adjectival nahënëmwi)

nahënëmuk (plural)
nahënëma (obviative)
nahënëmwi (adjectival)


anikwës

anikwës anim (plural anikwsàk, obviative anikwsa, adjectival anikwsi)

anikwsàk (plural)
anikwsa (obviative)
anikwsi (adjectival)


pëlenikw

From Proto-Algonquian *pele·nyikwa. By surface analysis, pële (“fowl”) + -nikw, a word-final form derived from Proto-Algonquian *anyikwa (“squirrel”).
Cognate of Abenaki planikw.


pële

From Proto-Algonquian *peleᐧwa (“fowl, partridge”). Cognates include Munsee pŭléew (“turkey”), Ojibwe bine (“partridge, ruffled grouse”), Cree ᐱᐦᐁᐤ (pihew, “partridge, grouse”), Swampy Cree ᐱᓀᐤ/pinêw (“partridge”), Moose Cree ᐱᓓᐤ/pilêw (“partridge”), Fox penêwa (“turkey”), Menominee penǣw (“partridge”), Montagnais pineu (“partridge”).

cog

(literally) fowl, turkey, guinea fowl, and similar birds


nehënaonkès

Literally “he who carries”, from the stem -nayum- (“to carry on one’s back”), from
*nayoᐧmeᐧwa.


ahpikw

Cognate with Munsee ăpíikw. From the same root as *papikwa, which is probably derived using initial reduplication, whereas this term either doesn't use reduplication or has lost the reduplication.


aihàm

head

aihàm anim (plural aihàmuk, diminutive aihàmtët, obviative aihàma)

aihàmuk (plural)
aihàmtët (diminutive)
aihàma (obviative)


sànkwe

From Proto-Algonquian *šenkwehsa. Cognate with Penobscot sákʷehso (“weasel”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy soqehs (“weasel”).


chëmamës

chëmamës anim (plural chëmàmsàk, obviative chëmàmsa, diminutive chëmamtët, 3sg possessive wchëmamsëma, adjectival chëmàmsi)

chëmàmsàk (plural)
chëmàmsa (obviative)
chëmamtët (diminutive)
chëmàmsi (adjectival)


pukwès

pukwès anim (plural pukwèsàk, obviative pukwèsa, diminutive pukwètët)

pukwèsàk (plural)
pukwèsa (obviative)
pukwètët (diminutive)

From Proto-Algonquian *aᐧpikwa (“mouse”) or Proto-Algonquian *waᐧpikw (“mouse”).


tëmàskwës

From Proto-Algonquian *waʔšaškwa (“muskrat”).
Cognate with Penobscot móhsskʷehso (“muskrat”), Abenaki moskwas (“muskrat”).


pàkchexwès

sunfish, any of many small freshwater fish in the genus Centrarchidae


shëwanamèkw

shëwanamèkw anim (plural shëwanamèkòk, adjectival shëwanamèkwi)

shëwanamèkòk (plural)
shëwanamèkwi (adjectival)

* /shëwan/ (prefix): salty
* /-amèkw/ (final): fish


kukhus

kukhus (plural kukhusàk, obviative kukhusa)


kaxkhuwe

Coccyzus americanus
Coccyzus americanus#Translingual

rain crow, yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)


namès

namès anim (plural namèsàk, diminutive namètët)

From *name·ʔsa (“fish”). Cognate with Abenaki namas, Munsee namées.


mamalis

Cognate with Mahican mãamãanith (“fawn, young deer”).


tiyas

Probably from Proto-Algonquian *ti·nti·wa.


chëlilis

Junco hyemalis
Junco hyemalis#Translingual

slate-colored Junco, snowbird, Junco hyemalis


chihopèkëlis

.
Perhaps from Proto-Eastern Algonquian *šīwāp- (“blue”), from Proto-Algonquian *ši·wa·p-, compare Mohegan-Pequot siwôpisuw (“he is blue”), Cree sîpihko- (“blue”). Cognate with Munsee shiiwaapeekulush (“bluebird”).


pupukwësh

pupukwësh anim (plural pupukwshàk, adjectival pupukwëshii)

pupukwshàk (plural)
pupukwëshii (adjectival)

From Proto-Algonquian *po·hpo·hkwa (“bobwhite”).


kaòkche

Possibly cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy kcimqaha (“black-crowned night heron”).

cog

black-crowned night heron
black-crowned night heron


mwekane

head

mwekane anim (plural mwekàneyok, obviative mwekàneyo, diminutive mwekanètët, adjectival mwekànei, plural absentative mwekàneyunkahke)

mwekàneyok (plural)
mwekàneyo (obviative)
mwekanètët (diminutive)
mwekànei (adjectival)
absentative mwekàneyunkahke (plural)


xinkwëlùkòhsën

xinkwëlùkòhsën anim (plural xinkwëlùkòhsënàk)


òpsuwihële

òpsuwihële anim (plural òpsuwihëleyòk, diminutive òpsuwihëletët)

òpsuwihëleyòk (plural)
òpsuwihëletët (diminutive)

From
* /òpsu/ (base): he is white
* /i/ (connective)
* /-hële/ (final):fowl


mochipwis

turkey vulture, also known as turkey buzzard


kwishkamuwe

kwishkamuwe anim (plural kwishkamuweyok)

Agkistrodon contortrix
Agkistrodon contortrix#Translingual

copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix


kwùskwtis

Charadrius vociferus
Charadrius vociferus#Translingual


uche

uche anim (plural ucheyòk, obviative ucheo)


muxwes

muxwès (animate canonical)
muxwèsàk (plural)


sàktùkw

Cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy sikuskoss (“tick”). Possibly cognate with Ojibwe ezigaa (“tick”), Potawatomi ézhgak, Menominee otāsekom.


kwëshkwësh

kwëshkwësh anim (plural kwëshkwëshàk, diminutive kwëshkwëtët)

kwëshkwëshàk (plural)
kwëshkwëtët (diminutive)


nushèxàm

From
* /nushè-/ : mother
* /-xàm/ : mammal


nushehële

From
* /nushè-/ : mother
* /-hële/ : fowl


nushèàxkw

From
* /nushè-/ : mother
* /-àxkw/ : bear


këkahtaliakwe

këkahtaliakwe anim (plural këkahtaliakweyok)


wèhshùmwis

wèhshùmwis anim (plural wèhshùmwisàk, diminutive wèhshùmwitët)

wèhshùmwisàk (plural)
wèhshùmwitët (diminutive)