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Welcome to the Kainai Studies Phraseology Database. This innovative tool provides spoken and text English-Blackfoot translations to our visitors.
We can use your help. If you are fluent in the Blackfoot language you can submit your own phrases with us! To do so, sign up for an account with us by clicking the "Register Now" link at the top of the page. Once your account is activated and you are logged in, you will see a shiny "submit" link every time you visit the Phraseology.
Don't worry too much about your Blackfoot spelling either; your submissions are reviewed by us here thoroughly before they become “live”. Have fun with this tool, we sure are!
There are 494 entries in the database.
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Accident (5) |
Animal Qualities (6) |
Around Town (1) |
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Artistry (1) |
Birds (50) |
Body and Anatomy (32) |
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Children (6) |
Clothing (4) |
Cooking (6) |
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Demonstratives (4) |
Directions (8) |
Driving (1) |
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Eating (12) |
Ecology (16) |
Everyday Conversation (16) |
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Everyday Questions (6) |
Exchange (9) |
Food (26) |
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Gambling (1) |
Greetings (22) |
Home (16) |
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House Types (3) |
Household Objects (11) |
Hunting (2) |
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Hygiene (3) |
Insects (16) |
Introductions (5) |
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Kinship (9) |
Labor Work (2) |
Mammals (28) |
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Movement (8) |
Number, Amount (7) |
Other (5) |
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People (4) |
Places (30) |
Plants (16) |
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Reptiles and Amphibians (2) |
School or Office (7) |
Sleep (6) |
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Social (0) |
Speaking (13) |
Spirituality (25) |
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Telephone (1) |
Tension (9) |
Time (15) |
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Visiting (2) |
Warfare (1) |
Weather (15) |
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New Additions
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Ai'taamaakiisaaapisskitsi okonokiistsi
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Saskatoons are about to flower out
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Akayokaki |
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Akaomatapiipssko
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The leaves are going to start emerging
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Akayokaki |
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Pisatonistaahs
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Stillborn bison fetus
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Akayokaki |
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Otahkoistamik
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Yellow bull
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Akayokaki |
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Miiniksistamik
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Mean bull
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Akayokaki |
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Ni'tokaayi
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Lone bison
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Akayokaki |
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Nitaakotoisstsiiyi
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I'm going to participate in a sweat
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Akayokaki |
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Itsiki'tsiisaokii
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Sagebrush meadow in forested floodplain
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Akayokaki |
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Pi'kssiiksi akaissko'too
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The birds have returned
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Akayokaki |
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Nimaataakattsipahtsa'psspa
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I won't make that mistake again
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Akayokaki |
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Aaahsaapiiwa aisstoyiimsstaawa, ki Nappiiwa aisi'kssopomsstaawa
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Good Old Man makes the cold, and Old Man makes the chinook wind
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Akayokaki |
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Aakomatapowaai'staa niiksi aapsspiniiksi
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The geese are going to start laying eggs
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Akayokaki |
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Aahsa kitsikimmoki?
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What is it that cares for you? ie What animal gives you power?
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Akayokaki |
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Annistsi kohtookiistsi
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There's your ears, ie use your ears and pay attention
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Akayokaki |
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Katai'taopaissiiwaiksaa?
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Were they present?
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Akayokaki |
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Katai'tayaopiiwaatsis?
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Does he or she stay here?
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Akayokaki |
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Maatsitayaopiiwaiksaa
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They do not stay here
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Akayokaki |
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Maatsitayaopiiwaatsis
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He or she does not stay here
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Akayokaki |
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Nimaatsitaopiihpa
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I don't stay here
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Akayokaki |
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Nitayaakitaopii
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I'm going to stay here
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Akayokaki |
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Nitaisookitaopii
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I used to stay here
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Akayokaki |
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Iitaopiiyaa
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They stay there
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Akayokaki |
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Iitaopiiwa
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He or she stays there
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Akayokaki |
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Nitsitaopii
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I stay here
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Akayokaki |