Achonhaeffti - woman

Adwgen - Axe

Ahghoora - Indian money

Ajung - bearskin

Avarunsi - thank you

C

Canadra - bread

Canheegha - water

Canequassa - drink

Chanoona - tobacco pipe

Chanooro hiss - I make much of you

Chtsis chijrw- see here what I will give you

G

Gaija? - have you?

Generoo - good friend

H

Haagw- deer

Haque - skin

Hiss - you

Honon jaijvo- I am tired

Hoo - may be

Hoona sattaande - now I am going away

I

Iihadaeaero - my particular good friend

Itaeaetsin - man

J

Jaiack - six

Jaiack schaaro - sixteen

Jase - brother in law

K

Kaatzie - dish

Kaatzie - come here

Kahwroonta - gun

Kareenach - gun

Kareenach testa hije gaijw- I have a knife for you

Katzha gaije? - what have you got?

Koona - large

N

Naehhae - yes

Naehhae hiss gaije kareenach - yes -you have a knife

O

Ojeenqua - tobacco

Onaesta - Indian corn

Onskat - one

Onskat schaaro - eleven

Otzkaenna - pious, good

Owntack - pot or kettle

S

Sandergarjaago - beaver

Sarakaliw- to shoot

Serwquaksi - you are bad

Skaddenijnu? - will you sell or barter something?

Skairwha - turkey

T

Taesta - no

Taesta gayw- have you nothing?

Taesta zwroncka - I don't understand

Testa sis chijero - the dog does not bite

Tzatzie - sit and stay

tzidtze - cat

U

Uthsijsta - fire

Z

Zaruncka kahwiehw uthsusta? - can you make fire?

Zatzioore - to boil

Zatanwri - be quick

Learn more at:

• Who were the Susquehannocks?
• Excerpts from Louise Welles Murray
• Were they GIANTS?
• How did they live?
• What was their language like?
• Andastes, Minques, Susquehannocks, and Conestogues Names
• Accounts from 1608 - 1695
• Why do we care if they were here?
• Bronze statue illustrating the description by Captain John Smith