Notes on the Iroquois: or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-YorkSchoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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Notes on the Iroquois: or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-York
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Indians of North America -- New York (State); Iroquois Indians
287 Two thousand Teweayawe eghtseraghsea
288 One million
289 To eat[113] Teayontskahou
290 To drink Eayehnekira
291 To run Teayoraghtate
292 To walk Eayonteanti
293 To dance Teayenonyakwe
294 To fly Teankatea
295 To laugh Eayakoyeshough
296 To cry Teayoseanthough
297 To burn Eawatsha
298 To love Eayontatenoronkwe
299 To go Eayonteanti
300 To strike Eayeyeanti
301 To kill Eayontateriyo
302 To sing Eayontereanotea
303 To sleep Eayakotawe
304 To speak Eayontati
305 To die Eayaighheye
306 To see Eayontkaghtho
307 To hear Eayoronkhe
308 To think Eayonontonyeawe
309 War cry Waontskwararonyea
310 Retreat cry Tontatsyatonek
311 To give Eayontatea
312 To carry Eayehhawe
313 To tie Eayenereanke
314 Walking Yagohteantyohatyea
315 Singing Yereanote
316 Dancing Teyakononyakwea
317 Crying Teyoseanthous
318 To be, or exist Eghnoyotea
319 He is Raonhase
320 I am Iighse.
[113] If there is no infinitive, insert verbs in their original form,
as, He eats, &c.
CAYUGA.
1 God Niyoh
2 Devil Onesoono
3 Man Najina
4 Woman Konheghtie
5 Boy Aksaa
6 Girl Exaa
7 Child Exaa
8 Infant Onoskwataa
9 Father (my) Ihani
10 Mother “ Iknoha
11 Husband “ Ionkniniago
12 Wife “ Iongiahisko
13 Son “ Ihihawog
14 Daughter “ Ikhehawog
15 Brother “ Itekyatehnonte
16 Sister “ Kekeaha
17 An Indian Ongwehowe
18 Head Onowaa
19 Hair Ononkia
20 Face Okonsa
21 Scalp Onoha
22 Ear Honta
23 Eye Okaghha
24 Nose Onyohsia
25 Mouth Sishakaent
26 Tongue Aweanaghsa
27 Tooth Onojia
28 Beard Okosteaa
29 Neck Onyaa
30 Arm Oneantsa
31 Shoulder Oghnesia
32 Back Eshoghne
33 Hand Eshoghtage
34 Finger Onia
35 Nail Ojeighta
36 Breast Oahsia
37 Body Oyeonta
38 Leg Oghsena
39 Navel Kotshetot
40 Thigh Onhoska
41 Knee Okontsha
42 Foot Oshita
43 Toe Oghyakwea
44 Heel Iyatage
45 Bone Ostienda
46 Heart Kawiaghsa
47 Liver Gotwesia
48 Windpipe Ohowa
49 Stomach Onekreanda
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