Foster’s Vocabulary List
English - Hocąk
| Hocąk - English | Hocąk Syllabary, Transliteration, and Pronunciation |
This is a version of Dr. Thomas Foster's word list, of which only a fraction was published ("abandon" - "chafe").1
English |
Hocąk |
| abandon a family | tų́ne |
| abandon a house | rukó |
| abandoned | watųnéreną́ |
| abandoning | watų́neceną́ |
| abandonment | watų́ne |
| abash | irošík |
| abashed | irošíkhireną́ |
| abashing | irošíkhinąkšą́nąn |
| abdomen | nexára |
| abortion (foetus slipped) | wakek kikąš´ |
| abortion (moon before time she brings forth) | wira kení hináni wakékšųn |
| above | wąkáeca |
| abrupt (hill is high) | xéra hankšį |
| absent (not here is) | ąká kináni |
| accident | ikinú |
| accord | hakíckus |
| accurate | wokizók |
| accusation (he accuses him) | hirarácįneną́ |
| accustomed | oų́mąkšą́ną |
| ache | tek |
| ache, belly- | nixaték |
| aches (my arm aches) | áiįtekšą́ną |
| acorn | hújera |
| across the river | niakaíeca |
| across | harúce |
| active | wakó |
| adore | ruxóp |
| adrift | hoikára |
| adze | wikikán |
| afar | harí |
| afloat | kihá |
| afoot (on the ground there moves) | maíecíwá |
| afoot | maiecáowé |
| afraid | ną́kewa |
| after (a little back) | hágeník |
| again | žigé |
| aged man | wąkenúnik |
| aged woman | hitókenik |
| agent, Indian (the chief our father) | hųk´hią́chírera |
| agent, Indian (the chief their father) | hųk´hią́chiwíra |
| agitated, as earth | mąnaïxką́ka |
| agitated, as water | ninaïxką́k'a |
| ago, long | síric |
| agreeable (pleasing-very) | kipįníske |
| agriculture (land-tilling) | mą́ožú |
| aground | harazí |
| ague, fever | sinihínukísera |
| aim (straight-make) | irócą́ųn |
| air, sky, clouds | mąxí |
| alarm (fright) | naxíre |
| alert (adj) | akikikéri |
| alike | ikíske |
| alive - he is alive | nią́mpeną́k |
| alive | nią́mp |
| all over (the place) | rakįcé |
| all | anąc |
| almost or similar to black (brown) | sepeníske |
| alone | įnékí |
I am alone |
įnékiąnį |
Thou art alone |
įnékiranį́ |
He is alone |
įnékinąnk'šą́na |
We are alone |
įnékianiwį́ |
Ye are alone |
įnékirą́niwį́ |
They are alone |
įnékinąnkšą́ną |
| alongside, by | hicécéca |
| altar (prayer eating table) | aramíhe warújera |
| alter | icáhi |
| always | kušíp |
| ambush | wirápe |
| American (Big Knife) | Mąxįxátera, Maíxátera |
| ammunition (that which we do with) | wiųn´ |
| ancestors, his | š'ákwahíra |
| ancestors, my | š'ákwahára |
| ancient (very old) | s'íracaxcį́ |
| angel (the Creator-his-men) | wąkwanį́na |
| angel | aženį́na (French loan wort) |
| anger | naskí |
| angry - I am angry | wokitaík |
| animals (game, that which we eat) | waniújkera |
| ankle (foot-sinew, joint) | siką́na |
| ankle bone (tarsus) | siká hušarek |
| annoy | awéhi |
| ant | takąškéra |
| anus | ųzį́ra |
| anyone | ikuižą́ |
| apart | hį́cap |
| apex | isawara |
| apparent | cątį́ |
| applause | hąąąą! (long, trawn out through the nose) See "yes." |
| apple | k'šéra |
| apportioned (to divide amongst) | gįrucéwakiki |
| April | Hoïrukénąną |
| arm bands (above the elbow) | ahúckera |
| arm bone (humerus) | haožep hušárek |
| arm pit | áhoku ošorójera |
| arm | ára |
| arm, lower (end of the arm) | aiïsawára |
| arm, my arm aches | áiįtekšą́ną |
| arm, my | áänina |
| arm, to take by the (arrest) | arukwás |
| arm, upper (root of the arm) | ahúcera |
| armed, he is (sharp things in his possession) | wapahíenį |
| arms (sharp things) | wapahí |
| arms, to carry or raise up on the | įruanare |
| around | hirowakíx |
| arrest (to grasp or take by the arm) | arukwás |
| arrived back (passed this way returning, or come-went) | kirikári |
| arrived | kiri |
| arrow seed (arrowhead) | masúra |
| arrow | mána |
| arrowhead (arrow seed) | masúra |
| arrowhead | mapára |
| ash tree | axoxóke |
| ashamed, he is | irošíkšąną |
| ashamed, I am | irohíšikšą́ną |
| ashes | rahác |
| ask | watá |
| asking, he is | watáceną́ |
| asleep | ną |
| aspen | waškéra |
| assemble | stokí |
| assist | kicíre |
| astonished | koré |
| astray, stolen | manúni |
| August (gray month) | wihócera |
| Aurora Borealis (man's play or play above) | wą́kwoéskac |
| autumn, last | cąnį́ną |
| autumn, next or coming | cąnig |
| autumn, the present | cąníte |
| avaricious (he is tight or close) | wakses |
| awake (adj) | ikixcį́, ikį́ |
| awaken oneself | ikixį́k |
| awaken someone | ruxį́k |
| away | kararé |
| awl | wókera |
| axe (the iron that we do with) | mązera, mą́zųre |
| babbler (mouth-blower) | itáce, itaiéca |
| baby | nįkscą́kenígera |
| bachelor | wąkhocąna |
| back behind a man | nakaíeca |
| back bone | huhára |
| back of the body | nakára |
| back of the house | cietakaíeca |
| back there (behind) | hákaieca |
| back, returned - came back again before reaching the point set out for | hákscakį́ri |
| back, small of the | pika'owiwi'sera |
| backbone | huhára |
| backwards, to walk | hakscámani |
| bacon (pork smoked) | gukúšetaxí |
| bad (it is not good) | ąkáepį́ną |
| bad, evil | šišig |
| badger | xokéra |
| bag | pą |
| bait | hówaruc |
| bake, roast | rokį́ |
| bald | šára |
| baldheaded | páshara |
| bands, arm (above the elbow) | ahúckera |
| bands, wrist (bracelets) | apára |
| banner, flag | wiwašík |
| baptism | nią́waxų́ |
| bare, naked | nanóka |
| barefoot | siróka (< sira, "foot," and oka, "naked") |
| bark (wood skin) | nąhára |
| bark cover (cache) | nąháwaką́nak |
| bark to smoke (kinnikinnick) | roxį́šuckéra |
| bark, to gather | nąhárųháwa |
| barley (wheat-long-tailed) | waiskápsincsaréc |
| barrel | kókawąnąną |
| barter, exchange, swap | ikirucą́ |
| basin | mą́zwaské |
| basket | waxsapá |
| bass fish | wirára |
| basswood ("linden") tree | híške |
| bathe | híra |
| battle | kizá |
| bay, bend, hollow | hoaïk'šék |
| beads (wampum) | wǫrušíkera |
| beak (bird-nose-long) | waníkpasáréjera |
| bean (little leg) | huníkera |
| bear (v.) (bring forth child) | wakekšų́ |
| bear | húnjera |
| bear, black | hųncsépera |
| bear, female | haksiáka |
| bear, grizzly | mącó |
| bear, male (killed or tamed) | hąką́ka |
| beard (hairy mouth) | ihį́na, ihįšékera |
| beat (as the pulse) | ną́ckeixą́na |
| beaten (trodden hard) | anacás |
| beaver | rápera |
| because (used as a conjunction when the first clause gives the effect and the second the reason for it) | igų́kini |
| beckon | wakihú |
| bed | womį́nkera |
| bed, to get out of | kikáwaną́ne |
| bed, to go to | mį́ngre |
| bed, to make a | womį́ž |
| bedstead (bed with wooden legs) | womį́ǧuna |
| bee | hezígera |
| beef | céra |
| beeswax | hezíkekį́nica |
| beet (red turnips) | zizikešújera |
| before | cą́nį |
| beg (to ask) | wáta |
| beggar (one who habitually asks) | watakéra |
| begin (new-make) | cekų́ |
| beginning | cekųnaíeca |
| be gone! | kararé! |
| behead (head cut off) | paramą́wa |
| behead (head sawed off) | parawajkís |
| behind (back there) | hákaieca |
| bell, open | mą́zcįwį́cįwį́ |
| bell, round | mą́zkorokora |
| belly ache | nixaték |
| belly | nixára |
| belong - field sowed by me, my field | mąwažúrereną́ |
| belong - there you belong | ecaniné |
| belong - these fish belong to me | honą́nkre niewanį́ |
| belongs - it (animate) belongs to him or them | eaninéreną́ |
| belongs - it (animate) belongs to me | nihára |
| belongs - it (inanimate) belongs to me | anįnérená |
| below (adv), lower | kuží |
| below (prep) | kuhaíeca |
| bend, hollow, bay | hoaïk'šék |
| benumbed hand (dead hand) | náperaték |
| berry | házera |
| bet | warehí |
| between (severed in two at the middle) | wocákenaíeca |
| bewitched | waką́waxió |
| beyond (the other side) | asącaíeca |
| beyond you | kušík |
| Bible (the big book) | wawagą́x xáte |
| Bible (the prayer book) | aramíhe wawagáxera |
| big | xáte |
| bind - he binds with a ribbon | zeniparáairuskíc |
| bind | ruskíc |
| birch bark | cacą́wahára |
| birch | cacą́wą |
| bird | waník, waníkera |
| bird's nest | waníkoma |
| bird-nose-long (beak) | waníkpasáréjera |
| bitter | ski |
| black bear | hųncsépera |
| black flour cake (buckwheat bread) | waiskápseptúc |
| black man (Negro), black spirit people | waxopį́nįsepera |
| black | sep |
| blacksmith | mazų́na |
| bladder | téxera |
| blanket | waiį́na |
| blanket, black | waiįsép |
| blanket, blue/green | waiįcó |
| blanket, buffalo | ceháwaiį́ |
| blanket, red | waišúc |
| blanket, white | waiįská |
| blind in one eye (eye with a hole in it) | hį́šcapóx |
| blind | hǫšcaník |
| bloated | owó |
| blood | waį́ra |
| bloody (blood is all over) | waį́ra rakįcé |
| blow - he blew his nose | parakuruhį́k |
| blow down (wind blows down) | maíïtácahí kiwą́k |
| blow on anything | owehų́ |
| blow on, or fan, oneself | kitu |
| blow, as the wind | maíïtaíecahí |
| blow, as with the mouth | owehų́ |
| blue/green (denotes spectrum from blue through green) | co |
| bluff | hehą́kši |
| blunt (not sharp) | cucúx |
| board (flat, wide wood) | napárás |
| boat | wájera |
| boat, steam | pécwajera |
| body | irohíra |
| bog | makihą́ |
| boil over, to | araxį́c |
| boil | héra |
| bondage (slave, prisoner) | wanįhí |
| bone the hair falls over (shoulder bone) | hiréc hušárek |
| bone | hušárek |
| bone, back | huhára |
| bonnet (woman's hat) | henų́k wokąnákera |
| book | wawagáxera |
| book | wawagą́x |
| boots (wooden moccasins, long legs) | náwakucé husaríc |
| born - child is brought forth | nikšą́kižcų́ |
| born - it is born, she is delivered | wakekšų́ |
| borrow | woną́c |
| both | akiwake |
| bottle | páxera |
| bottom of a kettle | réxeca |
| bottom | récera |
| bottom-up (turned over, upside down) | akarašú |
| bow (head bent) | pak'sí |
| bow (weapon) | mącgúra |
| bow of boat (nose of boat) | wacpára |
| bowels | shípera |
| box | kókera |
| boy | hocį́cį́, hocįcį́kera, hocįcįníkera |
| boyish (conducts himself as a boy) | hocįcį kį́ceną |
| bracelets (wrist bands) | apára |
| branch of a tree | nązazác |
| brand of fire | pécuxíni |
| brass | mązíra |
| brave, fierce | wašóše |
| bread, buckwheat (black flour cake) | waiskápseptúc |
| bread, corn meal | wįcą́wazera rucópera |
| bread, wheat flat cakes | waiskáp pareparécera |
| break (sever) a string | wakinaná ruwáx |
| break a hole in - with a hammer, he struck the boat, a hole in | mąžirocį́ hirocį́ wájerá kiháp |
| break a leg | hurakišíš |
| break a piece off | nikékicáp |
| break a plow | márupurúra kišíš |
| break by cutting with a knife | mąšíš |
| break by punching or shooting | pošíš |
| break by striking | irocį́gihux |
| break glass | inohąmpkįhúx |
| break off | rukónug |
| break rock | įnikixcúx |
| break to pieces | rušišíš |
| break with the mouth | rašíš |
| break wood with the foot | nąšíš |
| breakfast (early eating) | kaniwarúc |
| breast | mą́kera |
| breath | wónihára |
| breathe - he breathes well | pį́niháha |
| breathe - he breathes | nihahaną́k |
| breathe | niháha |
| breech cloth | taní woruhį́c |
| brethren, cousins | kįnúpera |
| brick (clay hardened) | réhorotaksís |
| bridge (log to walk over or on) | nąhámani |
| bridge, iron | mąznąhámani |
| bridle (mouth string) | iruskícera |
| bring - he brings it | anikúheną́ |
| bring - he brought or came with it | anikíri |
| bring it to me | aníkuré |
| broad (very wide) | parastí |
| brother, elder brother | kinúpera |
| brother, his elder (as called by siblings) | citorá |
| brother, his younger (as called by siblings) | hisųkrá |
| brother, his | hinína |
| brother, my elder (as called by sisters only) | citohára |
| brother, my younger (as called by siblings) | hisų́khara |
| brother, my | hinįhára |
| brother, your elder (as called by siblings) | citoráka |
| brother, your younger (as called by siblings) | hisųkráka |
| brother, your | hinináka |
| brow, eye | cexáhį́na |
| brow, forehead | péra |
| brown (similar to or almost black) | sepeníske |
| brown | cíkisį́c |
| brush (sweeping brush) | wikisínc |
| brushy (as a field, marsh, etc.) | hątápšišík |
| bubble (water foam) | nicak |
| buck | caxátera |
| buckskin | cahárušáwą |
| buckwheat bread (black flour cake) | waiskápseptúc |
| buckwheat flour | waiską́p sépera |
| buckwheat grain | waiskap poroporác |
| bud (thick point wood) | nąsáwaošókera |
| buffalo (earth-traveling cattle) | cémąórájera |
| buffalo blanket, robe | ceháwaiį́ |
| buffalo skin | cehára |
| buffalo | céxcį́na |
| buffalo, cattle | ce |
| build (house-make) | cių́n |
| bull | cešų́ckaiįrasá, cewą́kera |
| bullets, musket balls (round lead) | hižų́kmąpóropóro, ižúkemą póropóra |
| bunch | hocík |
| bundle | warušį́ |
| burn (consumed as food by eating) | wacép |
| burn | taxu´ |
| burning, consumed by | tacép |
| burst | cox |
| bury in a hole or grave | woxe |
| bury or cover in snow | waáwuná |
| bury | xe |
| but (in the middle or end of a word) | aké |
| butter | cewazní hikíni |
| butterfly | miníkera |
| button | mąkirohi |
| buy, trade | ruwį́ |
| by and by | hirarexcį́ki, haraxcį́ |
| by, alongside | hicécéca |
| cabbage (big leaves) | nąápxátera |
| cache (bark cover) | nąháwaką́nak |
| cake | tuc |
| calf | cenį́ksi |
| calico | waipárihoxúkera |
| call - he calls you | nikikó |
| call - I call you (as in the sense of summoning to a council or feast) | nikikoną́k |
| calm | hatáki |
| candle stick | iratážakaré okárera |
| candle | iratážą kárera |
| cane, reeds | xoharawa |
| capsize | hakárašų́ |
| cards, playing (from French pek, "spade") | pekųna |
| care | irakára |
| careful | hitoį́ |
| careless | winíkité |
| carpenter | nąhikišáera |
| carpet | ciwomį́žera |
| carrion | waniócketák |
| carry on the back, pack | kįnare |
| carry on the head (place there on the head) | nasuéca kaną́kre |
| carry | aninare |
| carry, or raise up, on the arms | įruanare |
| cat | hicúkera |
| catfish | howíx |
| Catholicism (cross-makers) | aramíhe ųna |
| cattail (the flag) (lodge covers) | wicíra |
| cattail flower (crooked hair) | k'šohį́na |
| caterpillar (hairy worm) | wakíri-hįšégera |
| cattle, buffalo | ce |
| cattle, earth-traveling (buffalo) | cémąórájera |
| cave, cavern | mą́na orua |
| cedar, red | wáxšujera |
| cellar (earth under) | mąxuhaieca |
| cemetery | wanaxíwomį́gera |
| census | kíwagáxera |
| center | kisákeca |
| certain (truth) | iskéwe |
| certain - I am certain | iskewáhe |
| certain - you are certain (you say true) | iskewašé |
| chafe | rusép |
| cheek bone | hišcáhušarékera |
| chief, the, our father | hųk´hią́chírera |
| chief, the, their father | hųk´hią́chiwíra |
| child is brought forth (born) | nikšą́kižcų́ |
| child, bring forth (bear) | wakekšų́ |
| clavicle (collar bone) | cašé hušárek |
| clouds, air, sky | mąxí |
| collar bone (clavicle) | cašé hušárek |
| come back again before reaching the point set out for | hákscakį́ri |
| come-went (arrived back) | kirikári |
| conducts himself as a boy (boyish) | hocįcį kį́ceną |
| consumed as food by eating (burn) | wacép |
| consumed by burning | tacép |
| corn meal bread | wįcą́wazera rucópera |
| cousins, brethren | kįnúpera |
| cover, bark (cache) | nąháwaką́nak |
| cranium, skull (man's head) | wągšíkpá |
| Creator, the men of (angels) | wąkwanį́na |
| crooked hair (cattail) | k'šohį́na |
| crooked | k'šo |
| cross | aramíhe |
| cut off head (behead) | paramą́wa |
| cutting with a knife, to break by | mąšíš |
| dead hand (numb hand) | náperaték |
| divide amongst (apportioned) | gįrucéwakiki |
| do, to make | ųn |
the iron that we do with (axe) |
mą́zure |
that which we do with (ammunition) |
wiųn´ |
| doe (mother deer) | cahų́na |
| early eating (breakfast) | kaniwarúc |
| early | kani |
| earth-traveling cattle (buffalo) | cémąórájera |
| earthquake | mąnaixką́ka |
| eat | |
that which we eat (game animals) |
waniújkera |
| eating (that which is eaten) | waruc |
| elbow | ašawákera |
| end of the arm (lower arm) | aiïsawára |
| even, just | kíske |
| evil, bad | šišig |
| exchange, swap, barter | ikirucą́ |
| eye brow | cexáhį́na |
| eye with a hole in it (blind in one eye) | hį́šcapóx |
| fan, or blow on, oneself | kitu |
| female bear | haksiáka |
| femur (thigh bone) | huožéphušą́rek |
| fibula (little bone) | hušarék xono |
| field sowed by me, my field | mąwažúrereną́ |
| fierce, brave | wašóše |
| finger bones (phalanges) | nąmp hušarékera |
| fire brand | pécuxíni |
| fish - these fish belong to me | honą́nkre niewanį́ |
| flag | wiwašík |
| flag, he possesses or carries the | wiwašíkąni ną́kšąną |
| foam, water (bubble) | nicak |
| foetus slipped (miscarriage) | wakek kikąš´ |
| foot bones (metatarsus) | síhušárek |
| foot | sira |
| foot, to break wood with the | nąšíš |
| foot-sinew, joint, ankle | siką́na |
| forehead, brow | péra |
| fright | naxíre |
| game, animals (that which we eat) | waniújkera |
| gather bark, to | nąhárųháwa |
| glass, to break | inohąmpkįhúx |
| good, it is not (bad) | ąkáepį́ną |
| grasp or take by the arm (arrest) | arukwás |
| gray month (August) | wihócera |
| green/blue (denotes spectrum from blue through green) | co |
| grizzly bear | mącó |
| hair | hįšégera |
| hair | hį |
| hairy mouth (beard) | ihį́na, ihįšékera |
| hairy worm (catterpillar) | wakíri-hįšégera |
| hammer, with a | mąžirocį |
| hand bones (metacarpus) | nąmp hušarékera |
| hand, dead (numb hand) | náperaték |
| hardened clay (brick) | réhorotaksís |
| hat | wokąnákera |
| hat, woman's (bonnet) | henų́k wokąnákera |
| head bent (bow) | pak'sí |
| head cut off | paramą́wa |
| head sawed off | parawajkís |
| head | šikpa |
| head, carry on the | nasuéca kaną́kre |
| head, man's (skull, cranium) | wągšíkpá |
| heart vein is throbbing | íxkaka |
| here is | kináni |
| hill is high (abrupt) | xéra hankšį |
| hip (ilium) | rekakeri hušárek |
| hole | kiháp |
| hollow, bend, bay | hoaïk'šék |
| house-make (build) | cių́n |
| humerus (arm bone) | haožep hušárek |
| ilium (hip) | rekakeri hušárek |
| inquire of, to | wiwą́x |
| iron bridge | mąznąhámani |
| iron that we do with (axe) | mązera, mą́zųre |
| joint, ankle, foot-sinew | siką́na |
| just even | kíske |
| kettle, bottom of | réxeca |
| kinnikinnick (bark to smoke) | roxį́šuckéra |
| knee cap (patella ) | huporo hušárek |
| knife, to break by cutting with a | mąšíš |
| land-tilling | mą́ožú |
| lead, round (musket balls, bullets) | ižúkemą póropóra |
| leaves | nąáp |
| leaves, big (cabbage) | nąápxátera |
| leg bones | huhúšarek |
| leg, little (bean) | huníkera |
| leg, to break a | hurakišíš |
| linden (basswood) tree | híške |
| little | xono |
| log to walk over or on (bridge) | nąhámani |
| Long Knife (American) | Mąxįxátera, Maíxátera |
| long | saréc |
| lower, below | kuží |
| make, to do | ųn |
| male bear (killed or tamed) | hąką́ka |
| man's head (skull, cranium) | wągšíkpá |
| man's play (Aurora Borealis) | wą́kwoéskac |
| meat, chunk of | róra |
| metacarpus (hand bones) | nąmp hušarékera |
| metatarus (foot bones) | síhušárek |
| middle, severed in two at the (between) | wocákenaíeca |
| miscarriage (foetus slipped) | wakek kikąš´ |
| miscarriage (moon before time she brings forth) | wira kení hináni wakékšųn |
| moccasins | wakucé |
| moon before time she brings forth (abortion, miscarriage) | wira kení hináni wakékšųn |
| mother deer (doe) | cahų́na |
| mouth string (bridle) | iruskícera |
| mouth, hairy (beard) | ihį́na, ihįšékera |
| mouth, to break with the racíš | egižéškeną́ |
| mouth-blower (babbler) | itáce, itaiéca |
| moves, on the ground there (afoot) | maíecíwá |
| musket balls, bullets (round lead) | ižúkemą póropóra |
| naked | oka |
| naked, bare | nanóka |
| necklace (of beads) | wanapína |
| new-make (begin) | cekų́ |
| nose - he blew his nose | parakuruhį́k |
| nose of boat (bow) | wacpára |
| nose | pa |
| not | ąká |
| oak, burr | píksi |
| old, very | s'íracaxcį́ |
| other side (beyond) | asącaíeca |
| pack, carry on the back | kįnare |
| patella (knee cap) | huporo hušárek |
| phalanges (finger bones) | nąmp hušarékera |
| place there on the head (carry on the head) | nasuéca kaną́kre |
| play, man's (Aurora Borealis) | wą́kwoéskac |
| pleasing-very | kipįníske |
| plow, to break a | márupurúra kišíš |
| point wood, thick (bud) | nąsáwaošókera |
| pork smoked (bacon) | gukúšetaxí |
| prayer eating table (altar) | aramíhe warújera |
| prisoner, slave (bondage) | wanįhí |
| pulse, beat as the | ną́ckeixą́na |
| punching, to break by | pošíš |
| quaking | waškéra |
| radius and ulna | huizi hušárek |
| raise, up or carry, on the arms | įruanare |
| red | šuc |
| reeds, cane | xoharawa |
| returned, back - came back again before reaching the point set out for | hákscakį́ri |
| returning, passed this way (arrived back) | kirikári |
| rib bones | ruhíhušárek |
| ribbon he binds with | zeniparáairuskíc |
| river, across the | niakaíeca |
| roast, bake | rokį́ |
| robe, buffalo | ceháwaiį́ |
| rock, to break | įnikixcúx |
| root of the arm (upper arm) | ahúcera |
| round bell | mą́zporopora |
| round lead (bullets, musket balls) | ižúkemą póropóra |
| sacrum bone | sinc hušarékera |
| same time, at the | egižéškeną́ |
| sawed off head (behead) | parawajkís |
| scapula (shoulder blade) | áporohušárek |
| seed, arrow (arrowhead) | masúra |
| severed in two at the middle (between) | wocákenaíeca |
| sharp things (weapons) | wapahí |
| sharp things in his possession (armed) | wapahíenį |
| sharp, not | cucųx |
| shatter | kįxúx |
| shooting, to break by | pošíš |
| shoulder bone (bone the hair falls over) | hiréc hušárek |
| similar to or almost black (brown) | sepeníske |
| simultaneously | ekižéškeną́ |
| sinew of the foot; joint, ankle | siką́na |
| skin | hára |
| skin, buffalo | cehára |
| skin, wood (bark) | nąhára |
| skull (bone of the head) | nasų́hušárek |
| skull, cranium (man's head) | wągšíkpá |
| sky, air, clouds | mąxí |
| slave, prisoner (bondage) | wanįhí |
| small of the back | pika'owiwi'sera |
| snow, to bury or cover in | waáwuná |
| spirits | waxopį́nį |
| steam boat | pécwajera |
| sternum (breast bone) | mą́khušárek |
| stingy, avaricious | wakses |
| stolen, astray | manúni |
| straight-make (aim) | irócą́ųn |
| striking, break by | irocį́gihux |
| string, break (sever) a | wakinaná ruwáx |
| string, mouth (bridle) | iruskícera |
| struck, he | hirocį́ |
| swap, exchange, barter | ikirucą́ |
| sweeping brush (brush) | wikisínc |
| swollen - it is swollen | ną́tis |
| tail | sinc |
| take by the arm (arrest) | arukwás |
| tarsus (ankle) | siká hušarek |
| the prayer book (Bible) | aramíhe wawagáxera |
| thick | ošók |
| thick point wood (bud) | nąsáwaošókera (see isawara) |
| thigh bone (femur) | huožéphušą́rek |
| throbbing, heart vein is | íxkaka |
| thumb bone | šak hušárek |
| tibia (big bone) | hušarék xáte |
| tilling, land | mą́ožú |
| time, at the same | egižéškeną́ |
| top of a bushy tree | nąxáhac |
| trade, buy | ruwį́ |
| tree, top of a bushy | nąxáhac |
| trodden hard | anacás |
| truth (certain) | iskéwe |
| turned over, upside down (bottom-up) | akarašú |
| turnips | zizikera |
| turnips, red (beets) | zizikešújera |
| ulna and radius | huizi hušárek |
| upside down, turned over (bottom-up) | akarašú |
| very wide (broad) | parastí |
| walk backwards, to | hakscámani |
| wampum | wǫrušíkera |
| wampum, fine white | wórusuksíkera |
| water foam (bubble) | nicak |
| wax (bee) | hezíkekį́nica |
| weapons (sharp things) | wapahí |
| well! (at the beginning of a word) | aké |
| well, he breathes well | pį́niháha |
| wheat flat cakes, bread | waiskáp pareparécera |
| wheat, long-tailed (barley) | waiskápsincsaréc |
| white wampum, fine | wórusuksíkera |
| white | ska |
| whole, the | pąną́k |
| wide | para |
| wind pipe | nihára |
| wind throws down | maíïtácahí kiwą́k |
| wind, to blow as | maíïtaíecahí |
| woman | henų́k |
| woman's hat (bonnet) | henų́k wokąnákera |
| wood skin (bark) | nąhára |
| wood, flat wide (board) | napárás |
| wood, thick point (bud) | nąsáwaošókera |
| wood, to break with the foot | nąšíš |
| worm | wakíri |
| wrist bands (bracelets) | apára |
| wrist bone (same as radius & ulna) | hueze hušárek |
| wrist | huïzíra |
| yes (see "applause") | hą |
Notes
1 Thomas Foster, Foster's Indian Record and Historical Data (Washington, D. C.: 1876-1877) vol. 1, #2: p. 4, coll. 3-4 ("abandon" - "beckon"); vol. 1, #3: p. 4, coll. 2-4 ("bed" - "chafe").
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