Landform/Habitat Terms | English Gloss | |
Atiinaag | Hill | |
Babiikwaakwaa | Patch of trees in open prairie | |
Babiikwaakwaag | Place of patch of trees in open prairie | |
Biboonishiiwinan | Winter camping | |
Biinjiboonaagan | Fish trap | |
Binesiiwassiswun | Thunderbird nest | |
Daawaapakinigay | Channel | |
Giinaywemitigomiizhikaag | Oak point | |
Giinaywewigwasikaag | Birch point | |
Giinaywe - point ikaag - place Giinaywe - any tree - ikaag | Any tree point | |
Giishkaapiikaang | Cracks in rock wall - sage location | |
Kaang - rocky place | ||
Piikaang - rocky area | ||
Giishkaa - rock cracks | ||
Gaagiidazhigiishkaakweyaag | ‘Clearcut’ - place where it was cut | |
Gitigaan | Garden | |
Gitigaan Minis | Garden Island | |
Iskite | To burn | |
Iskaate | Burnt | |
Iskaate Minis | Burnt Island | |
Ishkwaakite | Burnt
trees - just recently burnt where trees still standing | |
Kaaobiigiishkensikaag | ||
Kaaobii - narrows Giishkens - small cedars | Narrows - narrows between two points with cedar | |
Kaaobiikwaang (Kiiobwakwaag) | Narrows with trees on points | |
Kaazhimaanominikaag | Maanomin field | |
Koochichiing | River inlet | |
Kwaa | Grove of trees - used within word construction to refer to a bunch or clump of trees | |
Maazinaapakinigun | Pictograph | |
Mamawiitaawin | Multiple family dwelling place / village | |
Manitoo Minis | Spirit island | |
Manitoo Minis | Spirit falls / rapids | |
Mataabiiyaakwaa | Shrubby area at edge of water | |
Mataabiiyaakwaag | Place where there are shrubs at edge of water | |
Mitaawang | Sand | |
Mitaawangotina | Sand ridge | |
Mashkiig | Muskeg | |
Mataabiiyaapkaang | Rocky slope going down to lake | |
Memengwayshiiwug | Little rock people place | |
Miikana | Trail | |
Miiniikaa Oteiminaniikaa Berry ‘-minaniikaa’ | Blueberry
patch Strawberry patch Any berry patch | |
Minis | Island | |
Minisinaakwaa | Island
of trees - refers to a clump of trees found within a swamp | |
Minisinaakwaang | Place of island of trees | |
Mitig(-oog) | Tree(s) | |
Mookichiiwanibiik | Spring | |
Neyaa | Point | |
Neyaakwaa | Point with trees | |
Neyaakwaang | Place of point with trees | |
Neyaapkaang | Rocky point | |
Nibiniishiiwinan | Summer camping | |
Niisapkaang | Rocky slope | |
Nimishoomisaabik | Grandfather rock | |
Ningkwaa’ikan | Burial place | |
Nipaywinan | Camping place | |
Nopoming | Forest / bush | |
Okwokizowaag | Patch / grove of trees | |
Okwokizowaag Wigwasaatigoog | Birch grove | |
Okwokizowaag Geezhigoog | Cedar grove | |
Okwokizowaag Agimakoog | Black ash grove | |
Okwokizowaag ‘tree name’)-oog) | Used to refer to any grove of tree by its plural name conjugation | |
Onigum | Portage | |
Oshkwaakite | Burnt
tree place - 2, 3, 4 years where new vegetation started to come in Blueberry location | |
Paakita’waywikamikoon | Fishing station | |
Paasitinang | Ravine - boreal - ravine, often black spruce with associated vegetation—therefore both landform and assumed habitat | |
Paawitig | Rapids | |
Pikwatinaa | Hill | |
Saagiing | River mouth | |
Saaigan | Lake | |
Shiibaakobang | Willow spit | |
Shiibeshkoteyaang | Prairie / open grassy meadow Clear area that you can see across |
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Shiibeyaa | Seeing
through under Used to refer to - parkland areas - fern-covered areas where blueberries grow underneath | |
Sigwanishiiwinan | Spring camping | |
Taashkaapkaang | Cliff - sage location | |
Taawin | Family dwelling place | |
Takwaakishiiwinan | Summer camping | |
Totogan | Floating bog | |
Waabigan | Clay | |
Waabiganikaa | Place of clay | |
Waachiew | Big hill / mountain | |
Waakaa’igan | Cabin | |
Wiikwechiishkiiwagaang | Shallow, muddy bay - wild rice location | |
Wiikweshkosewaagaang | Grassy bay | |
Wiikweyaang | Bay | |
Zhiibaaminis | Narrows between two islands | |
Zhiibaaminisiing | Narrows between a group of island - often found in front of a bay | |
Kaazhiibaaminisiwong | Kaa = Go - wong - place where Go to the place where there are narrows between the islands | |
Ziibi | River | |