What is the native American word for leopard?

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"Native American" refers to all the native peoples of the Americas, from Alaska and the Arctic Circle to southernmost tip of South America; there were many thousands of languages spoken historically by these people and a huge number of words for "bear". In addition, many tribes had specific terms for black bear, brown bear, grizzly bear and so on.

Just a few examples meaning "bear" in general unless otherwise stated:

Inuktituk (Eskimo)......................nanuq (polar bear)

Aleut...........................................tanĝaaĝim (polar bear)

Tlingit..........................................s'èek

Ahtna..........................................sos

Menominee..................................awaehsaeh

Natick..........................................mosq, masq, mashq or moshq

Delaware (Lenape)......................mak'hk or machk

Algonkin.......................................makwa

Shawnee.....................................m'kwah

Mahican.......................................muxq

Powhatan....................................amonsoquath

Mi'kmaq........................................muin

Blackfoot......................................kiaayo, kyai, kaiyi

Cheyenne....................................nahkohe

Arapaho.......................................nóókox or wox (bear); nonóókunéseet (grizzly)

Cayuga........................................gahnyagwaidagęt (polar bear), hnyagwai (bear)

Mohawk.......................................ohkwari'

Mandan........................................mato

Omaha.........................................mon'chu

Hidatsa.........................................nohpitsi

Crow.............................................daxpitse'

Lakota...........................................mato

Kalispel (Flathead).........................smgeichen (grizzly)

Kiowa............................................'anha'dei

Navajo...........................................shash

Apache..........................................sush

Jicarilla...........................................shash

Cherokee......................................ya'na

Choctaw........................................ni'ta

Zuni...............................................e'lu

Arikara (Sanish).............................kuúNUx

Yakama (Sahaptin)........................anahoy

Aztec (Nahuatl)..............................tecuanotl (black bear)

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i'm bot sure about BLACK bear, but just for bear, i've heard some things like (Don't remember where they're from though, as in which tribes): Anishnaabe, mato, and m'kwah(the m's suppose to be silent).

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There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America.

If you are not sure which language you are talking about, here is a partial list of the most common Native American languages in North America:

Abnaki, Eastern
Achumawi
Afro-Seminole Creole
Ahtena
Alabama
Aleut
Alsea
Angloromani
Apache, Jicarilla
Apache, Kiowa
Apache, Lipan
Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
Apache, Western
Arapaho
Arikara
Assiniboine
Atakapa
Atsugewi
BarbareÃ±o
Biloxi
Blackfoot
Caddo
Cahuilla
Carolina Algonquian
Carolinian
Catawba
Cayuga
Chamorro
Chehalis, Lower
Chehalis, Upper
Cherokee
Chetco
Cheyenne
Chickasaw
Chimariko
Chinook
Chinook Wawa
Chippewa
Chitimacha
Choctaw
Chumash
Clallam
Cocopa
Coeur d'Alene
Columbia-Wenatchi
Comanche
Coos
Coquille
Cowlitz
Cree, Plains
Crow
CruzeÃ±o
CupeÃ±o
Dakota
Degexit'an
Delaware
Delaware, Pidgin
Esselen
Evenki
Eyak
Galice
Gros Ventre
Gwich'in
Halkomelem
Han
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
Hawai'i Creole English
Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language
Hawaiian
Hidatsa
Ho-Chunk
Holikachuk
Hopi
Hupa
IneseÃ±o
Inupiaq
Inupiatun, North Alaskan
Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
Iowa-Oto
Jemez
Jingpho
Kalapuya
Kalispel-Pend D'oreille
Kansa
Karkin
Karok
Kashaya
Kato
Kawaiisu
Keres, Eastern
Keres, Western
Kickapoo
Kiowa
Kitsai
Klamath-Modoc
Koasati
Koyukon
Kumiai
Kuskokwim, Upper
Kutenai
Lakota
LuiseÃ±o
Lumbee
Lushootseed
Mahican
Maidu, Northeast
Maidu, Northwest
Maidu, Valley
Makah
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Mandan
Mattole
Menominee
Meskwaki
Miami
Michif
Micmac
Mikasuki
Miwok, Bay
Miwok, Central Sierra
Miwok, Coast
Miwok, Lake
Miwok, Northern Sierra
Miwok, Plains
Miwok, Southern Sierra
Mohave
Mohawk
Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
Mokilese
Molale
Mono
Muskogee
Nanticoke
Natchez
Navajo
Nawathinehena
Nez Perce
Nisenan
Nooksack
Nottoway
ObispeÃ±o
Ofo
Ohlone, Northern
Ohlone, Southern
Okanagan
Omaha-Ponca
Oneida
Onondaga
Osage
Ottawa
Paiute, Northern
Pawnee
Piro
Piscataway
Plains Indian Sign Language
Pomo, Central
Pomo, Eastern
Pomo, Northeastern
Pomo, Northern
Pomo, Southeastern
Pomo, Southern
Potawatomi
Powhatan
Purepecha
PurisimeÃ±o
Quapaw
Quechan
Quileute
Quinault
Salinan
Salish, Southern Puget Sound
Salish, Straits
Sea Island Creole English
Seneca
Serrano
Shasta
Shawnee
Shoshoni
Siuslaw
Skagit
Snohomish
Spanish
Spokane
Takelma
Tanacross
Tanaina
Tanana, Lower
Tanana, Upper
Tenino
Tewa
Tillamook
Timbisha
Tiwa, Northern
Tiwa, Southern
Tlingit
Tohono O'odham
Tolowa
Tonkawa
Tsimshian
TÃ¼batulabal
Tunica
Tuscarora
Tutelo
Tututni
Twana
Umatilla
Unami
Ute-Southern Paiute
VentureÃ±o
Wailaki
Walla Walla
Wampanoag
Wappo
Wasco-Wishram
Washo
Wichita
Wintu
Wiyot
Wyandot
Yakima
Yaqui
Yokuts
Yuchi
Yuki
Yupik, Central
Yupik, Central Siberian
Yupik, Pacific Gulf
Yurok
Zuni

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There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America.

If you are not sure which language you are talking about, here is a partial list of the most common Native American languages in North America:

Abnaki, Eastern
Achumawi
Afro-Seminole Creole
Ahtena
Alabama
Aleut
Alsea
Angloromani
Apache, Jicarilla
Apache, Kiowa
Apache, Lipan
Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
Apache, Western
Arapaho
Arikara
Assiniboine
Atakapa
Atsugewi
BarbareÃ±o
Biloxi
Blackfoot
Caddo
Cahuilla
Carolina Algonquian
Carolinian
Catawba
Cayuga
Chamorro
Chehalis, Lower
Chehalis, Upper
Cherokee
Chetco
Cheyenne
Chickasaw
Chimariko
Chinook
Chinook Wawa
Chippewa
Chitimacha
Choctaw
Chumash
Clallam
Cocopa
Coeur d'Alene
Columbia-Wenatchi
Comanche
Coos
Coquille
Cowlitz
Cree, Plains
Crow
CruzeÃ±o
CupeÃ±o
Dakota
Degexit'an
Delaware
Delaware, Pidgin
Esselen
Evenki
Eyak
Galice
Gros Ventre
Gwich'in
Halkomelem
Han
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
Hawai'i Creole English
Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language
Hawaiian
Hidatsa
Ho-Chunk
Holikachuk
Hopi
Hupa
IneseÃ±o
Inupiaq
Inupiatun, North Alaskan
Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
Iowa-Oto
Jemez
Jingpho
Kalapuya
Kalispel-Pend D'oreille
Kansa
Karkin
Karok
Kashaya
Kato
Kawaiisu
Keres, Eastern
Keres, Western
Kickapoo
Kiowa
Kitsai
Klamath-Modoc
Koasati
Koyukon
Kumiai
Kuskokwim, Upper
Kutenai
Lakota
LuiseÃ±o
Lumbee
Lushootseed
Mahican
Maidu, Northeast
Maidu, Northwest
Maidu, Valley
Makah
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Mandan
Mattole
Menominee
Meskwaki
Miami
Michif
Micmac
Mikasuki
Miwok, Bay
Miwok, Central Sierra
Miwok, Coast
Miwok, Lake
Miwok, Northern Sierra
Miwok, Plains
Miwok, Southern Sierra
Mohave
Mohawk
Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
Mokilese
Molale
Mono
Muskogee
Nanticoke
Natchez
Navajo
Nawathinehena
Nez Perce
Nisenan
Nooksack
Nottoway
ObispeÃ±o
Ofo
Ohlone, Northern
Ohlone, Southern
Okanagan
Omaha-Ponca
Oneida
Onondaga
Osage
Ottawa
Paiute, Northern
Pawnee
Piro
Piscataway
Plains Indian Sign Language
Pomo, Central
Pomo, Eastern
Pomo, Northeastern
Pomo, Northern
Pomo, Southeastern
Pomo, Southern
Potawatomi
Powhatan
Purepecha
PurisimeÃ±o
Quapaw
Quechan
Quileute
Quinault
Salinan
Salish, Southern Puget Sound
Salish, Straits
Sea Island Creole English
Seneca
Serrano
Shasta
Shawnee
Shoshoni
Siuslaw
Skagit
Snohomish
Spanish
Spokane
Takelma
Tanacross
Tanaina
Tanana, Lower
Tanana, Upper
Tenino
Tewa
Tillamook
Timbisha
Tiwa, Northern
Tiwa, Southern
Tlingit
Tohono O'odham
Tolowa
Tonkawa
Tsimshian
TÃ¼batulabal
Tunica
Tuscarora
Tutelo
Tututni
Twana
Umatilla
Unami
Ute-Southern Paiute
VentureÃ±o
Wailaki
Walla Walla
Wampanoag
Wappo
Wasco-Wishram
Washo
Wichita
Wintu
Wiyot
Wyandot
Yakima
Yaqui
Yokuts
Yuchi
Yuki
Yupik, Central
Yupik, Central Siberian
Yupik, Pacific Gulf
Yurok
Zuni

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There is actually no such language as "Native American". There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America. You will have to be more specific. If you are not sure which language you are talking about, here is a partial list of the most common Native American languages in North America: Abnaki, Eastern Achumawi Afro-Seminole Creole Ahtena Alabama Aleut Alsea Angloromani Apache, Jicarilla Apache, Kiowa Apache, Lipan Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache, Western Arapaho Arikara Assiniboine Atakapa Atsugewi Barbare&Atilde;&plusmn;o Biloxi Blackfoot Caddo Cahuilla Carolina Algonquian Carolinian Catawba Cayuga Chamorro Chehalis, Lower Chehalis, Upper Cherokee Chetco Cheyenne Chickasaw Chimariko Chinook Chinook Wawa Chippewa Chitimacha Choctaw Chumash Clallam Cocopa Coeur d'Alene Columbia-Wenatchi Comanche Coos Coquille Cowlitz Cree, Plains Crow Cruze&Atilde;&plusmn;o Cupe&Atilde;&plusmn;o Dakota Degexit'an Delaware Delaware, Pidgin Esselen Evenki Eyak Galice Gros Ventre Gwich'in Halkomelem Han Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai Hawai'i Creole English Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language Hawaiian Hidatsa Ho-Chunk Holikachuk Hopi Hupa Inese&Atilde;&plusmn;o Inupiaq Inupiatun, North Alaskan Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska Iowa-Oto Jemez Jingpho Kalapuya Kalispel-Pend D'oreille Kansa Karkin Karok Kashaya Kato Kawaiisu Keres, Eastern Keres, Western Kickapoo Kiowa Kitsai Klamath-Modoc Koasati Koyukon Kumiai Kuskokwim, Upper Kutenai Lakota Luise&Atilde;&plusmn;o Lumbee Lushootseed Mahican Maidu, Northeast Maidu, Northwest Maidu, Valley Makah Malecite-Passamaquoddy Mandan Mattole Menominee Meskwaki Miami Michif Micmac Mikasuki Miwok, Bay Miwok, Central Sierra Miwok, Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, Northern Sierra Miwok, Plains Miwok, Southern Sierra Mohave Mohawk Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett Mokilese Molale Mono Muskogee Nanticoke Natchez Navajo Nawathinehena Nez Perce Nisenan Nooksack Nottoway Obispe&Atilde;&plusmn;o Ofo Ohlone, Northern Ohlone, Southern Okanagan Omaha-Ponca Oneida Onondaga Osage Ottawa Paiute, Northern Pawnee Piro Piscataway Plains Indian Sign Language Pomo, Central Pomo, Eastern Pomo, Northeastern Pomo, Northern Pomo, Southeastern Pomo, Southern Potawatomi Powhatan Purepecha Purisime&Atilde;&plusmn;o Quapaw Quechan Quileute Quinault Salinan Salish, Southern Puget Sound Salish, Straits Sea Island Creole English Seneca Serrano Shasta Shawnee Shoshoni Siuslaw Skagit Snohomish Spanish Spokane Takelma Tanacross Tanaina Tanana, Lower Tanana, Upper Tenino Tewa Tillamook Timbisha Tiwa, Northern Tiwa, Southern Tlingit Tohono O'odham Tolowa Tonkawa Tsimshian T&Atilde;&frac14;batulabal Tunica Tuscarora Tutelo Tututni Twana Umatilla Unami Ute-Southern Paiute Venture&Atilde;&plusmn;o Wailaki Walla Walla Wampanoag Wappo Wasco-Wishram Washo Wichita Wintu Wiyot Wyandot Yakima Yaqui Yokuts Yuchi Yuki Yurok Zuni

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what is the native American translation for English "bear"

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Dakota is Sapa Mato

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In Lakota, one of 400+ native languages still spoken, Mato is the name for bear.

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