Spring Vocabulary
ft. Mi'kmawi'simk, Michif, Abenaki, Wendat & Anishinaabemowin !!
ziigwan / ᓰᑾᓐ - spring - Anishinaabemowin
gabe-ziigwan / ᑲᐯ-ᓰᑾᓐ - all spring - Anishinaabemowin
endaso-ziigwan / ᐁᓐᑕᓱ-ᓰᑾᓐ - every spring - Anishinaabemowin
ziigwanong / ᓰᑾᓄᓐᒃ - last spring - Anishinaabemowin
ziigwanishi / ᓰᑾᓂᔑ - spend the spring / s/he sends the spring somewhere - Anishinaabemowin
awasi-ziigwanong / ᐊᐗᓯ-ᓰᑾᓄᓐᒃ - spring before last - Anishinaabemowin
mookijiwanibiig / ᒨᑭᒋᐗᓂᐲᒃ - spring water - Anishinaabemowin
oginiiwaande / ᐅᑭᓃᐙᓐᑌ - it is rose-colored, is pink, the color pink - Anishinaabemowin
oginiiwaanzo / ᐅᑭᓃᐙᓐᓱ - s/he or it (animate) is rose-colored, is pink - Anishinaabemowin
oginiiwaanzan / ᐅᑭᓃᐙᓐᓴᓐ - color it pink - Anishinaabemowin
sikkw - spring - Mi'kmawi'simk
paniaq - spring begins - Mi'kmawi'simk
pemisiwk - present spring - Mi'kmawi'simk
sikkwe'l - about or towards spring - Mi'kmawi'simk
sikun - last spring - Mi'kmawi'simk
sikune'ji'j - springborn animal - Mi'kmawi'simk
sikunuk - next spring - Mi'kmawi'simk
"Sikinuk mtoqwita'tesnu." - "In the spring we will go down into the valley." - Mi'kmawi'simk
welisi'wk - a fine spring - Mi'kmawi'simk
nijinjewamu'k - pink - Mi'kmawi'simk
pa'kewimk - easter - Mi'kmawi'simk
si'ko'ku's - march - Mi'kmawi'simk
penatmuiku's - april - Mi'kmawi'simk
etqoljewiku's - may - Mi'kmawi'simk
na'qatpa'ltimk na'kwek - april fool's day - Mi'kmawi'simk
kijjinaq na'kwekmuow - mother's day - Mi'kmawi'simk
kujjinaq na'kwekmuow - father's day - Mi'kmawi'simk
mnumkwej na'kwekkm - groundhog day - Mi'kmawi'simk
pwasoon d'avrii - april fools - Michif
praentaan - spring - Michif
maar - march - Michif
avrii - april - Michif
mii - may - Michif
kooleur di rose - pink - Michif
li praentaan - pink - Michif
siguan - spring season, it is spring - Abenaki
siguaniwi - spring, in spring - Abenaki
yayenra’ - spring, springtime - Wendat
otsi’tsa’ - flower - Wendat
ora’wan’ - sunflower - Wendat
yahihk - fruit, berry - Wendat
