Oneida (Canada) to English Dictionary

A Oneida (Canada) to English Dictionary

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Plants

ID Oneida English Audio File
334 Hao’ kwi tyahyaka tsi’ tkalutote’ nén e:lí̲ come, lets get the fruit from the cherry tree.
336 Sanúhte’ kʌ tsi’ lutitslunyatha’ nén tekanʌ’takwʌhtʌ̲ do you know that they make tea from cedar?
335 Tah yah kwi te’wakanúhte̲ no, I didn’t know
341 aslók thorn
364 Wa’eskalakone’ kʌ nén sanulha Is your mother going to pick flax?
365 Wahsahyaka’ káti’ kʌ nén shá:yese̲’ Are you going to pick thimbleberries?
367 Wahsahyaka kʌ alá:sek Are you going to pick elderberries?
368 Né: ki’ tat sahsaka khále’ satholyahslyúse̲ it’s for coughs and if you have a cold.
370 Hao’ kwi tnikó:na nén onunó:li̲: lets go get some sweet flax
371 ohté:la̲’ root
372 kanʌhe̲’ seed
373 okuhsyu:ta̲ sunflower
374 ohyu:kwál̲a̲’ thistle
375 óskal̲e̲’ flax
376 ala:sék elderberry
377 otshohkhwi̲ blueberry
378 teyothutá:ktu̲ blackcap
379 shá:yese̲’ thimbleberry
323 o’nú:w̲a̲: strips of black ash
324 ká:nʌhe̲’ seed
325 kaská:wayʌ̲’ bushes
326 onláhte̲’ leaf
327 kalhayʌ’ forest
328 o:nháhte̲’ unattached branch
329 yo’nháhtot̲e̲’ attached branch
330 Takʌ só:tsi’ akta nyʌhʌse’ tsi’ tkalutóte’ nén aslók don’t go near the thorn tree.
53 Onkwat káti kʌ nén siksik otahsa̲’ Is the mullen used for medicine?
54 Náhte’ né: onukwat nén olhohte’kó: What do you use burdock as a medicine for?
55 Ihseks kʌ nise: nén onitshewʌ́:ta̲’ Do you eat milkweed?
56 Seká:se’ kʌ nén oneklʌta̲’ Do you like morels?
57 Se’nikúlalak tá:kʌ só:tsi yʌsatla’nʌtak tsi’ yotú:ni nén yakohʌ:tálahse̲ Watch, don’t get to close to the poison ivy
58 Oyu’kwa’uwe né: lutsta’ nén ukwehuwe nʌ tʌhatitalʌ nén shukwaya’tisu’ Native people use Indian tobacco when they talk to the Creator.
59 Teyotskalatko: Smartweed

Trees

ID Oneida English Audio File
343 kanʌ’tú:sa’ hemlock pine
344 tsyohsó:kwes butternut
346 tekanʌ’takwʌ́htʌ̲’ cedar
337 tsiláhsal ironwood
338 yonahsa’kʌ́slal̲e̲’ spruce
339 o’ne:yál beech
340 ohnakʌhsa̲’ white birch
617 wáhta̲’ maple tree
618 kantlu’ white ash tree
619 ohnéta̲’ evergreen tree
620 onú:kala̲’ hickory tree
621 ohó:sela̲’ basswood tree
622 o’né:yal beech tree
623 awʌhaníkwal soft maple tree
624 kahuwé:ya̲: black ash tree
625 ohnakʌhsa̲’ white birch tree
626 yotnakalatá:se̲ blue birch tree
627 Náhte’ na’kalutotʌ nén oshes khále’ onutakehli’ tsi’ nitkúnese̲’ What kind of tree does the syrup and sugar come from?
628 Tho kwi né: newé:ne tsi’ wahta̲’ it is obvious its the maple tree
629 Náhte’ káti’ né: na’kalutotʌ’ nén yuta’aslunyata̲’ What kind of tree do you make baskets with?
630 Yah káti’ kʌ kahuwé:ya̲: Isn’t it the black ash?
631 Náhte’ káti’ né: na’kalutotʌ twalutota’ nʌ wʌhnislowá:n What kind of tree do we put up at the big day or christmas?
632 Wé:ne kwi ohnéhta̲’ I guess it is the evergreen
633 Waksohkwalukóna ki’ tsi’ tkalutote’ nen onú:kala̲’ I am going to gather nuts at the hickory tree
320 óshes sap or syrup
321 kalutó:tu̲: group of trees
322 kelhíhte̲’ forest trees

Planting

ID Oneida English Audio File
745 sayʌ́th̲o̲ you have planted
746 wakyʌ́tho I have planted
747 á:utunisan̲e̲’ to mature (or ripen)
748 tetsyá:lu̲ both
749 yahakwa tewakʌtí:yo̲ my crop is not very good
750 kahʌtí:yo̲ a good crop
765 yotunisu it is ripe
766 aetwasahé:taku̲ to pick beans
757 nʌ kyále’ yakahéwe’ aetwasahé:taku ohyotshél̲i̲ it is time to pick butter beans
767 ohyótsheli̲ butter beans
755 hʌ́: nʌ sok wah yes, they are ripe already
756 okna’ kʌ yotunisu is it ripe already?

Corn

ID Oneida English Audio File
734 ʌtehsatekhunyá:na kwí: nʌ ʌwatunisán̲e̲’ you come over and eat when the corn gets ripe
735 né: ki’ ok ní: onʌhakʌ́:lat wakyʌtho̲ all I planted is Indian corn
736 okni’í:se tetsyalu kʌ sayʌtho̲ and did you plant both kinds?
737 tetsyalu kwí: wakyʌtho kanʌhʌ:ta’ khále’ onʌhakʌláte̲’ I planted both kinds, sweet corn and Indian corn
738 nʌ ki’ thoha á:utunisan ka’í:kʌ ó:nʌste̲’ the corn is almost ripe
739 hʌ́: nok tsi’ yahakwa tewakʌtí:yo̲ yes I did but it didn’t come up to good
740 tsi’ niwakahʌtí:yo ó:nʌste sanʌstayʌtho kʌ ni í:s̲e̲ I have a real good crop of corn, did you plant corn?
741 kaheló:tu̲ rows of corn
742 ohel̲a̲ corn stalk
743 kanʌhʌta̲ dried sweet corn
744 onʌhakʌ́:late̲’ Indian corn
751 onʌstáse̲’ green corn
602 onʌste’ yunyá:tu it is made from corn