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Blackfoot Animal Words

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Note that animal names will sometimes, but not always, be spoken with the Blackfoot animate suffix -wa or -ma on them.
So the word for "buffalo" is sometimes said "iinii," other times said "iiniiwa." Both are correct.

omitaa	ponokáómitaa	iiníí	ponoká
ómahkapi'si	kiááyo	natáyo	máóhkataatoyi
áwatoyi	kai'skááhpa	ááattsistaa	kaanaisskiinaa
pi'ksíí	ksikkihkíni	áápsspini	sipistoo
pitsííksiinaa	mamíí	sspopíi	naamóó

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