Some Words Usually Used at Feasts and Ceremonies:
Wisnek Eat (Plural) Wisnen Eat (Singular) Shemgoyak What we are going to eat Éshema To Feed Wisnewen Food/Groceries Wisnet He/She Eats Dopwen Table Dopwenmenitowégen Table Cloth Mtekdopwen Picnic Table Jibtebwen Chair/Place to sit/Something to sit on Mtekjibtebwen Bench Mtekjibtebwenen Benches Waskek Pepper Bkwéshken Bread Wawnon Eggs Wawen Egg Émkwanés Spoon (small) Btekjigen Fork Koman Knife Wnakas Small Dish Wnaken Dish Wnagen Shkemot Dish Bag Siwtaken Salt Wiyas Meat Mdamnek Corn Saskokwaték bkwéshken Fried Bread Damnenbkwézhgen Corn Bread Éshobek Cabbage Kojések Beans Kojisek Head Lice/Fleas Bmeté Lard or oil Mbeté Butter or Margarine Sisbakwet Sugar/Maple Sugar Washpek Sugar/Something Sweet Wabwashpek White Sugar Be'akakwa Chicken/Useless Old Rooster Bidi Chicken Bsheke Beef/Cow Kokosh Pig/Pork Kwabkas Small Cup Kwabaken Cup Benyék Potatoes Mnomen Rice Séma Tobacco Nenséma Indian Tobacco Déwé'gen Drum Déwé'kenatek Drum Stick Déwé'genatek Shkemot Drum Stick Bag Déwé'gen shkemot Drum Bag Migadiwdéwé'gen War Drum Midéwé'gen Mystical Drum Kejibsowen Belt Kowéwen Flag/Eagle Flag Negokowéwen American Flag Waboyan Blanket Bekoyen Cloth Nkemwen Song Nkemwenen Songs Meneto Nkemwenen Sacred Songs Nkemon Sing Nim'etik They Dance Nim'ediwen Drum Dance/Dream Dance Mesho Grandfather Keshémeneto God/Great Spirit/Chief Spirit/Good Spirit Kéjkosnan Our Father Kmeshomsenan Our Grandfather Kmeshomsenanen Our Grandfathers Jikwék Thunders Wéjnawkwék South Wéjbok North Wéjksenyak North Wéjmokék East Wéjbkeshmok West Bi takojké Offering of Tobacco Pwagen Pipe Shkemot Bag Mikwen Feather Knomikwen Eagle Feather Bonsémikwen Hawk Feather Zhishigwen Gourd Menitokisesnemoyek Sun Dogs Kikabés Little Boy Kikyakos Little Girl Wdekwéyomen His Wife Ndekwéyom My Wife Ndanes My Daughter Nkwes My Son Mtekwék Trees Sekmekwé Mother Earth Nokmeskignan Grandmother Earth Dodaské Ask For in a Spiritual Manner Dodaskéwen Things Asked For in a Spiritual Manner Najdo Ask For Najdowat They Asked Najdowen Things Asked For Shpemek Above/The Heavens Jig Just Above the Horizon Kijig The Horizon Shkodénsi Fire Spirit Shkodé Fire Msén Firewood Sen Stone Senik Stones Mdodomgemek Sweat Lodge Zibyédogemek Sweat Lodge or Lodge of Purification Zhozhogwen Whistle Knozhozhogwen Eagle Bone Whistle Zhozhokigdowen Whistle Talk Mkedékéwen Vision Quest (literally: Blackening of the Face) Mawjeshnowen Gathering Mawjeshnot He/she Gathers at a Meeting Mawjeshnoyak As We Gather
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