Vocabulary of Mohawk (Kanien’kéha’)


1.    mother           -'nihstenha
2.    father           -'niha
3.    sister           aktsi'a
4.    brother           -tsi'a
5.    daughter          
6.    son           -yen'a


Iken ne Yehovah egh ne s’hakonoronghkwa n’ongwe, nene rodewendeghton
nene raonhàon rodewedon rohhàwak, nene onghka kiok teyakaweghdaghkon
raonhage yaghten a-onghtonde, ok denghnon aontehodiyendane ne eterna adonhèta.

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
The Bible, John, 3, 16

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1.    water           ohneka
2.    fire          
3.    sun           karáhkwa
4.    moon           ehnita
5.    wind           ówera
6.    rain           yokennoren


1.    one           énska
2.    two           tekeni
3.    three           ahsen
4.    four           kayeri
5.    five           wisk
6.    six           yayak


1.    cat           takohs
2.    dog           erhar
3.    horse           yakohsatens
4.    cow           tyonnhonhskwaron
5.    fish           kéntsion
6.    bird           tsi'tenha
7.    tree           kerhite
8.    flower           otsìtsya


1.    white           kenraken
2.    black           kahòntsi
3.    red           onekwenhtara
4.    green           ohonte
5.    yellow           otsinekwar
6.    blue           orònya
7.    gray           ata'kenhrohkwa
8.    brown           athehsa

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