9 Animals, Birds, Insects

ohkwá:ri bear

tsyanì:to beaver

tsihstekeriyà:kon bison / buffalo

orhyó:ken chipmunk

kén:reks cougar / lynx

ohskennón:ton deer

atená:ti elk

tsítsho fox

anonhwaráweron groundhog

tehahonhtané:ken jackrabbit

ska’nyónhsa moose

tsinó:wen mouse

anò:kyen / anókyen muskrat

waniheyà:tha opossum

tawí:ne otter

anèn:taks porcupine

kwa’yén:’a rabbit

atí:ron raccoon

tsinowen’kó:wa rat

onkwe’tá:ko squirrel, black / grey

aró:sen squirrel, red

anì:tas skunk

ò:nyare snake

kanyáhten snapping turtle

a’nó:wara turtle

okwáho wolf, coyote

teríteri / terí:teri blue jay

kanekwenhtárha cardinal

tsiktsiré:re chickadee

ká:ka / tsyò:ka’we (East) crow

só:ra(k) duck

atonnyon’kó:wa / á:kweks (East) eagle

katsihnekwárha goldfinch

káhonk goose, Canada

ohkwé:sen grouse

karhakón:ha / atónnyon hawk

ohá:kwaron(t) heron

raónraon hummingbird

tawístawis killdeer, sandpiper

tsyonya’tarèn:ton loon

tsihstékeri great horned owl

tekáhstya’ks parrot

orí:te pigeon, dove

tsiskó:ko robin

tsyohwátstakahwe seagull

kanatakón:ha sparrow, house

onahsakèn:ra swan

skaweró:wane / skawiró:wane (East) turkey

kenheyón:taks turkey vulture

karontároks woodpecker

ohstò:kwa beak

otsi’é:ra claws

okò:tsya crest

ohstò:sera feather (generic)

o’náhsha feather (wing, tail)

onerahóntsha wing

óweya wing

tsi’nhontstókhi ant

katsikhe’tón:nis / kahsehstón:nis bee (honey)

o’nó:wa beetle

nikontinyaréhsha blackfly

otskwárhe bullfrog

tsiktsinón:nawen butterfly

orwharà:ne caterpillar

tsiríktsirik / taráktarak cricket

tewatsirókwas firefly

otá:wek flea

tsiks fly

tsikerentányaks frog

tsihstá:rare grasshopper

otsì:non lice, louse

okaryahtà:ne mosquito

ohó:wa moth

otsihskayonnì:tha snail, slug

takwa’áhson spider

tsikhnennà:taks toad

yakonere’rhohárhos / otsi’nahkontahkwà:ne wasp, hornet, bee

ohséhton woodtick

otsi’nonwanhè:ta worm

ohskawí:yak bass

ohwén:ta catfish

oyenhè:ta perch

tsikónhses pike

ohyé:karon(t) trout, salmon

skakahráksen walleye, pickerel

tsyonnhó:wane whale

tyawerón:ko eel

o’néhtara egg(s)

okawè:tshera fin(s)

watonryéhtha gill(s)

ótsta scale(s)

o’táhsa tail

teka’nón:ten alligator / crocodile

tsikera’wíhstak / yakohónhtariks bat

onotsta’kó:wa elephant

kanyá:rehs giraffe

tó:tis lizard, salamander

katsi’nòn:taks / katsi’nonhtakskó:wa monkey / gorilla

kanonwakón:ha kwéskwes hippopotamus

yohna’tà:tsheronte kangaroo

takohskó:wa lion, tiger

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