In Winnipeg, the May long weekend is when the bedding plants are finally considered safe from frost: seems like a good time for gardening terms! Thanks to Solomon Ratt for corresponding audio: listen as you read the list!
| SRO | syllabic | English |
|---|---|---|
| âhtaskicikan | ᐋᐦᑕᐢᑭᒋᑲᐣ | transplant, transplanted vegetable |
| apoy | ᐊᐳᕀ | a shovel, 1. paddle 2. shovel, spade |
| apoyahikâkanis | ᐊᐳᔭᐦᐃᑳᑲᓂᐢ | hoe; shovel |
| ayaham | ᐊᔭᐦᐊᒼ | cover s.t. with earth; hoe s.t, hill s.t. |
| ayahikâkan | ᐊᔭᐦᐃᑳᑲᐣ | hoe, hiller, tool for covering potatoes with earth |
| ayahikâtêw | ᐊᔭᐦᐃᑳᑌᐤ | be hilled, be covered with earth; be hoed [e.g. a garden] |
| ayahikêstamawêw | ᐊᔭᐦᐃᑫᐢᑕᒪᐍᐤ | hoe [it/him] for s.o. |
| ayahikêw | ᐊᔭᐦᐃᑫᐤ | hoe things, cover things with earth, hill things |
| ayahwêw | ᐊᔭᐦᐍᐤ | hoe s.o.; cover s.o. with earth |
| ayayihikan | ᐊᔭᔨᐦᐃᑲᐣ | hoe |
| ayicîminak | ᐊᔨᒌᒥᓇᐠ | peas |
| cîhcîpicikêw | ᒌᐦᒌᐱᒋᑫᐤ | rake, scratch |
| iyinitôskâtâsk | ᐃᔨᓂᑑᐢᑳᑖᐢᐠ | wild carrot |
| iyiniwacis | ᐃᔨᓂᐘᒋᐢ | bean, green bean |
| kâskikwâcikanis | ᑳᐢᑭᒁᒋᑲᓂᐢ | rake |
| kaskipicikan | ᑲᐢᑭᐱᒋᑲᐣ | 1. A small hand rake [garden tool]. |
| kihci-okiniy | ᑭᐦᒋ ᐅᑭᓂᕀ | tomato |
| kiscikânis | ᑭᐢᒋᑳᓂᐢ | garden; vegetable, potato |
| kiscikêsiw | ᑭᐢᒋᑫᓯᐤ | plant seeds; have a small garden |
| kistikâcikan | ᑭᐢᑎᑳᒋᑲᐣ | seed, plant for transplanting |
| kistikân | ᑭᐢᑎᑳᐣ | grain. Also grain field. field, arable land; farm; garden |
| kistikân-âpacihcikan | ᑭᐢᑎᑳᓈᐸᒋᐦᒋᑲᐣ | garden tool |
| kistikâtam | ᑭᐢᑎᑳᑕᒼ | plant s.t, sow s.t. |
| kistikatamawaw | ᑭᐢᑎᑲᑕᒪᐘᐤ | be planted for him. |
| kistikataw | ᑭᐢᑎᑲᑕᐤ | be planted [animate], as grain. |
| kistikâtêw | ᑭᐢᑎᑳᑌᐤ | 1. plant him [animate], as grain. 2. be planted [meaning a field]. be planted |
| kistikêw | ᑭᐢᑎᑫᐤ | plant or sows it, farm; plant things, seed things; harvest |
| macikwanâs | ᒪᒋᑿᓈᐢ | rubbish or weeds, garbage, rubbish; weed |
| mahcâminis | ᒪᐦᒑᒥᓂᐢ | kernel of corn |
| mahtâmin | ᒪᐦᑖᒥᐣ | a cob of corn, corn, ear of corn, cob of corn; kernel of corn |
| mahtâminask | ᒪᐦᑖᒥᓇᐢᐠ | corn husk |
| mahtâmini-kistikân | ᒪᐦᑖᒥᓂ ᑭᐢᑎᑳᐣ | corn field |
| mâmawaskitêwa | ᒫᒪᐘᐢᑭᑌᐘ | stand in a cluster [e.g. plants] |
| manipitam | ᒪᓂᐱᑕᒼ | obtain s.t. by pulling; pull s.t. out [e.g. tooth], pull s.t. loose, pull s.t. free, tear s.t. off; pick s.t. [i.e. a plant] |
| maskimocis | ᒪᐢᑭᒧᒋᐢ | bean; literally: "little bag" |
| mâwasakopicikan | ᒫᐘᓴᑯᐱᒋᑲᐣ | rake |
| mâwasakopicikêw | ᒫᐘᓴᑯᐱᒋᑫᐤ | rake things up |
| mâwasakopitam | ᒫᐘᓴᑯᐱᑕᒼ | rake s.t. in a heap, rake s.t. up |
| mâwasakopitêw | ᒫᐘᓴᑯᐱᑌᐤ | rake s.o. in a heap |
| mawisokopitew | ᒪᐏᓱᑯᐱᑌᐤ | rake them into a heap. Animate, as wheat. |
| mêscipitêw | ᒣᐢᒋᐱᑌᐤ | pull them out. Animate. As carrots from a garden, pull s.o. out entirely [e.g. carrots] |
| mîcîminak | ᒦᒌᒥᓇᐠ | peas |
| mistikoskâtâsk | ᒥᐢᑎᑯᐢᑳᑖᐢᐠ | dried up carrot, carrot that has gone wooden with age |
| mônahaskwêw | ᒨᓇᐦᐊᐢᑵᐤ | harvest; root |
| mônahikâkan | ᒨᓇᐦᐃᑳᑲᐣ | spade, shovel |
| mônahikêw | ᒨᓇᐦᐃᑫᐤ | harvest; dig, dig things |
| nihtâwikihcikan | ᓂᐦᑖᐏᑭᐦᒋᑲᐣ | field, garden |
| nihtâwikihcikanis | ᓂᐦᑖᐏᑭᐦᒋᑲᓂᐢ | small field, small garden |
| nihtâwikihcikêw | ᓂᐦᑖᐏᑭᐦᒋᑫᐤ | farm, make a garden |
| okiniy | ᐅᑭᓂᕀ | a tomato. Also the term used for a rose bush berry, rose-bush berry, rose hip; thorn berry; tomato |
| okistikâniw | ᐅᑭᐢᑎᑳᓂᐤ | have a wheat field or garden, have a field or garden |
| onihtâwikihcikaniw | ᐅᓂᐦᑖᐏᑭᐦᒋᑲᓂᐤ | have a field, garden |
| opakatinikêw | ᐅᐸᑲᑎᓂᑫᐤ | one who plants grain, a garden |
| osâwipak | ᐅᓵᐏᐸᐠ | pumpkin |
| oskâcâskos | ᐅᐢᑳᒑᐢᑯᐢ | carrot |
| oskahtâmin | ᐅᐢᑲᐦᑖᒥᐣ | young kernel [of corn] or stone [of fruit] |
| oskâtâsk | ᐅᐢᑳᑖᐢᐠ | carrot |
| otêhipak | ᐅᑌᐦᐃᐸᐠ | cabbage |
| paskopicikêw | ᐸᐢᑯᐱᒋᑫᐤ | be plucking fowl or weeds from the garden |
| paskopita | ᐸᐢᑯᐱᑕ | weed it. |
| paskopitam | ᐸᐢᑯᐱᑕᒼ | weed it, pluck s.t. [weeds] |
| pêpêskômina | ᐯᐯᐢᑰᒥᓇ | pepper beans |
| pimâcihtâw | ᐱᒫᒋᐦᑖᐤ | make it live. keep s.t. alive [e.g. a plant] |
| pîmiciwacis | ᐲᒥᒋᐘᒋᐢ | bean |
| pîsi-kiscikânis | ᐲᓯ ᑭᐢᒋᑳᓂᐢ | vegetable; seed |
| pîsi-kiscikânisi-mêskanâs | ᐲᓯ ᑭᐢᒋᑳᓂᓯ ᒣᐢᑲᓈᐢ | garden row |
| pîwi-kiscikânis | ᐲᐏ ᑭᐢᒋᑳᓂᐢ | vegetable |
| pîwi-kistikân | ᐲᐏ ᑭᐢᑎᑳᐣ | vegetable garden |
| pohciwêpaham | ᐳᐦᒋᐍᐸᐦᐊᒼ | sweep it in with an object. shovel s.t. in |
| pohciwêpahwêw | ᐳᐦᒋᐍᐸᐦᐍᐤ | shovel s.o. in |
| sikopicikan | ᓯᑯᐱᒋᑲᐣ | harrows for tilling the soil. |
| sikwatisikan | ᓯᑿᑎᓯᑲᐣ | a disc for tilling the ground. |
| wîpâcikin | ᐑᐹᒋᑭᐣ | grow out of place, grow wild, grow as a weed |
