Ottawa Phrases

Going down hill : Ne-saw-ki

Going up Hill : O-gie-daw-ki

Go away : Wush-ti-ba

Come with me : Maw-chon

Hello or goodby : Bo-jo

Let us play golf : O dum min no dah, Ma tig gonce, bah quock ko donce

Do you love me? : Ki zah gay, e nah

Let us have some fun : O-sawn a ways e dah

Do you dance? : Gi neem nuck ko?

Are you hungry? : Buck a day, nuh?

Lots of fun : Onona goozy win

A moving picture show : Ba baw mo say, mi zin itch i gun, ma mon jeen o win

I should worry : Dah niece skane dum

How old is Ann? : Ah nee dush, Ann, Ah peet ah zid?

War is Hell : De bish ko an naw ma kom mig, me god a win

It's a nice Day : Me no ki she gut

Come again next year : Me na wah beshawn ne-bin

Be careful : Wing gay zin

Good luck : Me no say

Rainy weather : Gim me one

Certainly : Ah neen da

Petoskey : "Rising sun" or "comming light"

Traverse City : Gitchi que ton, "Big Bay"

Detroit : Wa-wi-ah-ti-nong

Grand Rapids : Bah-go-ting

Cheboygan comes from the word : Sha-bo-e-gun-ing and means going through

Charlevoix : ma-daw-be Bah-de-noong ( A passagway down to the bay)

Way-ya-ga-mug : Round Lake

Wau-go-naw-ki-sa : "The Crooked Tree" This was the name given to the area from Harbor Springs to Cross Village

Ah-na-may-wa-te-going : Cross village

Ah-pi-tah-wa-ing : Middle Village

Muckwah ne bod : "Sleeping Bear"

Muckwah zeba : Bear River

Muskwah ne bissing : Bear Lake

Chippewa :Bah-go-ting

Ah-mik-ko-gane-dah : Beaver Island

Pit-tik-way-wi-ji : Roaring Brook

Zebewaing : Five mile creek

Menonaqua :Fine hair

Tim misk o nush qua ze win : Idylwilde

May gwa ah qua dah da bay : Forest Beach

Waugoshance : Little fox

Bilss Farm : Me-sheem-in

Naga-wash-ta-kwa-ko-sid : Short Apple Tree

Burt Lake : Sha-bo-e-gun-ing

Crooked Lake : We-gwas-sance-ka

Lake Superior : Gitchi Guming

Lake Erie : Name for thr tribe Eries or Cat nation

Lake Huron : From the Huron tribe

Ne-saw-je-won :Water running down

Green Bay : Bo-gee-we-quade

Milwaukee : min-newog

Wisconsin : Wish-konsing

Ludington : Na-na-da-be-ga-gan-ing

Grand Haven : Wash-tenong

Muskegon : Fresh smelling

Canada : Shaw-ga-nosh-king

Buffalo : Be-she-ka

Wah-ka-kaning

Niagara Falls : Ne-beesh A-Bung-ge-sing

Manistee : Sha-wa-noog

Manistique : Ke-way-di-noong

Mackinaw City : Gata Oda-noong

Bois Blanc Island : Wego-bemish

Round Island :Me-ne-sa-sing

Manitoulin Island : Manitou waning(Spirit Land)

Quebec : Ka-bek

Montreal : Money-ong