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Siksika
Literal Meaning
Animal
kaawá'pomaahkaa
runs about on the ground
Antelope
saokiawakaasi
Baby Rabbit
poká´aatisistaawa
Badger
siinaisski
marked face
Bald Eagle
ksikkihkíni
white head
Bat
makápipi'kssi
bad bird
Big Duck/Goose
ómahkssa'áí
Bighorn Sheep
miistáksoomahk ihkiaa
Mountain Sheep
Bird
pi'kssíí
Bison
iiníí
Black Bear
sikohkiaayo
Brown Bear
ootsimiohkiaayo
Cat
poos
Chipmonk
i'kayssi
Cougar/Mountain Lion
omakatyo
Cow
áápotskina
Coyote
aapí'si
Deer
áwákaas ii
Dog
omitaa
Donkey
omahksstooki
Elephant
innóóhksisii
has long nose
Elk
innoka
Frog
matsiyíkkapisaa
Golden Eagle
otaikimmio'tokaan
gold head
Grizzly Bear
otahkóíssksisi yoohkiaayo
brown nosed bear
Horse
o'ta's
Jack Rabbit
omahkááaitistaawa
Lark
mia'tii
Meadowlark
soohkiisimsstaan
Muskrat
mí'sohpsski
Owl
sipisttoo
night announcer
Prarie Dog
kitsisomahkokata
Puppy
sisomm
Rabbit
ááattsishaa
Rattle Snake
sáí'ittsikotoyi
rattle tail
Raven
omahkai'stoo
large crow
Red Fox
máóhkataatoyi
Salmon
i'kotsóómii
pink fish
Swan
iimahkáyii
large gull
Thunderbird
ksiistsikómiipi'kssii
Turkey
ómahksipi'kss
big bird
Timber Wolf
ómahkapi'si

*Information from Donald G. Frantz and Norma Jean Russell's Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes, Second Edition

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