Just a few examples out of many hundreds of different languages are:
Powhatan.............mawchick chammay (the best of friends), netab, netah, winggapo (my beloved friend)
Shawnee..............neechehe (my friend), neekahnah
Cheyenne.............hóvahe, nésema'hááhe
Arapahoe.............naterhaah
Blackfoot..............nappe'
Abenaki...............nidoba
Maliseet...............uhkomol
Mohegan..............-itôp
Naskapi...............wiichi-chisaaiiyiisa
Chippewa.Ojibwe...noos, ojiiwaaman, wiijiiwaagan, indaangwe, niijii
Sanish (Arikara)....siináNI
Pawnee................ir'ari
Shahaptin (Yakama) ... pásiks
Inca (Quechua).....khumpa, riqsinakuqmasi, wawqi
Aztec (Nahuatl).....icniuhtli
Comanche............hoarch
Cherokee..............unalii
Creek...................his'see
Tlingit..................axh xhuni (my friend)
Inuit (Eskimo).......illa
Lakota..................kola (man speaking)
Mandan................manuka
Hidatsa.................maki-itakua (male friend), maki-ikoxbawa (female friend)
Assiniboin..............codah
Pima.....................no'itch
Zuni......................keeheh
Navajo...................kwa'ssini
Apache...................skeetzee
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