What is the Native American word for friend?

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2026-08-11 20:50

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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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