mitho-cîpayi-tipikanisik! ᒥᖪ ᒌᐸᔨ ᑎᐱᑲᓂᓯᐠ! Happy Halloween!
Some Halloween Vocabulary from Solomon Ratt:
| SRO | Syllabic | English |
|---|---|---|
| ayapîhkêsîs | ᐊᔭᐲᐦᑫᓰᐢ | spider |
| ayapîhkêsîsi-ayapiy | ᐊᔭᐲᐦᑫᓰᓯ ᐊᔭᐱᐩ | spider web |
| cîpayi-tipiskâw itwêwina | ᒌᐸᔨ ᑎᐱᐢᑳᐤ ᐃᑘᐏᓇ | Halloween words |
| kaskitêwi-minôs | ᑲᐢᑭᑌᐏ ᒥᓅᐢ | black cat |
| maskosîwi-iyinîhkân | ᒪᐢᑯᓰᐏ ᐃᔨᓃᐦᑳᐣ | scarecrow |
| mistikowatihkân | ᒥᐢᑎᑯᐘᑎᐦᑳᐣ | coffin |
| nanâtohkikwâcikan-iyiniw | ᓇᓈᑐᐦᑭᒁᒋᑲᓂᔨᓂᐤ | Frankenstein |
| nîpâyâstêhk | ᓃᐹᔮᐢᑌᕽ | in the moonlight |
| nîpâyâstêhk cikâstêsiniwin | ᓃᐹᔮᐢᑌᕽ ᒋᑳᐢᑌᓯᓂᐏᐣ | moon shadow |
| osâwipako-mihkwâkanihkân | ᐅᓵᐏᐸᑯ ᒥᐦᒁᑲᓂᐦᑳᐣ | Jack-o-lantern |
| oyôyow | ᐅᔫᔪᐤ | howl |
| sîwâs/sîwicîsak/sîwinos | ᓰᐚᐢ/ᓰᐏᒌᓴᐠ/ᓰᐏᓄᐢ | candy |
| tipiskâwi-pîsim | ᑎᐱᐢᑳᐏ ᐲᓯᒼ | moon |
| wâtihkwân | ᐚᑎᐦᒁᐣ | grave |
| wâtihkwân-asiniy | ᐚᑎᐦᒁᓇᓯᓂᐩ | gravestone |
| wêpahikan | ᐍᐸᐦᐃᑲᐣ | broom |
| wêpahikanâhtik | ᐍᐸᐦᐃᑲᓈᐦᑎᐠ | broomstick |
| wêwêkinâkaniyiniw | ᐍᐍᑭᓈᑲᓂᔨᓂᐤ | mummy |
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