Yǫsáha (birds: subset of animals)

Question 1

yǫsá:ha

Answer 1

they are birds

Question 2

sętsiʔtaʔah

Answer 2

turkey vulture, buzzard

Question 3

uhkwesę́hužaʔ

Answer 3

Prairie chicken

greater prairie chicken

Question 4

uhkwesęʔ

Answer 4

chicken

Question 5

ⁿgyatayenyǫʔah

Answer 5

great blue heron

Question 6

uhšiⁿguʔt

Answer 6

crane: prairie crane (?); possibly sandhill crane

Question 7

tehaʔnǫhtetsiʔs

Answer 7

whooping crane

Question 8

yahkaʔah

Answer 8

crow

Question 9

eyuʔ

Answer 9

dove

Question 10

yǫgyeʔ

Answer 10

duck

Question 11

tsamęhuhiʔ

Answer 11

eagle

notes:

the two main types of eagles are bald eagles and golden eagles, we are still figuring out who is who

Question 12

suⁿdakwę

Answer 12

eagle

notes:

used mostly in Wendat (not so much as Waⁿdat)

Question 13

yahǫk

Answer 13

goose

notes:

this is an onomatopeia - geese honk!

Question 14

uhkweʔⁿdisęʔah

Answer 14

grouse, partridge, pheasant

Question 15

yaⁿdehsǫʔ

Answer 15

hawk

Question 16

yuʔkúʔ

Answer 16

owl

Question 17

tsuhšuskaⁿdetahka

Answer 17

burrowing owl

Question 18

híhih

Answer 18

great horned owl

notes:

this is an onomanopeia

Question 19

kǫráhkǫmęʔ

Answer 19

raven

Question 20

uⁿdehtǫtaʔ

Answer 20

wild turkey

Question 21

kwęhkwę́hkwęh

Answer 21

woodcock

Question 22

yáhǫʔ

Answer 22

goose

notes:

this is an onomatopeia - geese honk!