Terminology Glossary

The creation of a terminology glossary is essential for the EPC members for several reasons. It will allow for a more accurate and consistent translation when commissioners or other designated persons must explain the commission’s work and actions to a Cree audience. It’s often very difficult to translate some of these specific words. This glossary will also serve as a basis for a wider translation work of existing and future of the EPC.

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(NC) = Northern Coastal Dialect

(CS) = Coastal Southern Dialect

WORD	INLAND ROMAN CREE	COASTAL ROMAN CREE	MEANING FROM CREE WORD	SOUND
WORD	CREE SYLLABICS		MEANING FROM CREE WORD	SOUND
ACTION \| ACTION PLAN	ewiiyeyihtaakanuuhch che iishi apatisiihkahtaakanuuhch	e aahchiishtakanuwich	Planning what to work on
ACTION \| ACTION PLAN	ᐁ ᐧᐄᔦᔨᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᒉ ᐄᔑ ᐊᐸᑎᓰᐦᑲᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ	ᐁ ᐋᐦᒌᔥᑕᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ	Planning what to work on
AGRICULTURE	aschii nesht e ishi ihtakuhch aschiihch e apatisiihkahtaakanuuhch	e nihtaauchihchikanuwich	Land and what is worked on in the land
AGRICULTURE	ᐊᔅᒌ ᓀᔥᑦ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᐃᐦᑕᑯᐦᒡ ᐊᔅᒌᐦᒡ ᐁ ᐊᐸᑎᓰᐦᑲᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ	ᐁ ᓂᐦᑖᐅᒋᐦᒋᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ	Land and what is worked on in the land
ASPIRATIONS	pukuseyihtamuun	e maayuuhiiwawin pakuhseyimuwin	Hope
ASPIRATIONS	ᐳᑯᓭᔨᐦᑕᒨᓐ	ᐁ ᒫᔫᐦᐄᐧᐊᐧᐃᓐ (NC) ᐸᑯᐦᓭᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐ	Hope
CARTOGRAPHY	aschiyuusinahiikanh e ustaakanuuhkwaah	e aschiiusinahiichaanuwich aschiiusinahiichewin	Making maps
CARTOGRAPHY	ᐊᔅᒋᔫᓯᓇᐦᐄᑲᓐᐦ ᐁ ᐅᔅᑖᑲᓅᐦᐧᑳᐤᐦ	ᐁ ᐊᔅᒌᐅᓯᓇᐦᐄᒑᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᔅᒌᐅᓯᓇᐦᐄᒉᐧᐃᓐ	Making maps
COMMISSIONER	kaa wiitipihchemut kaa asitipit	Wiishuweuchimaau	One who sits with a group
COMMISSIONER	ᑳ ᐧᐄᑎᐱᐦᒉᒧᑦ ᑳ ᐊᓯᑎᐱᑦ	ᐧᐧᐄᔓᐧᐁᐅᒋᒫᐤ (s)	One who sits with a group
CONSULTATION	e ayimihaakanuutwaau awenichii/iinuuch	chischeyitaakuhtaachewin chischeyitamahiiwewin	Talking to/with people
CONSULTATION	ᐁ ᐊᔨᒥᐦᐋᑲᓅᐧᑖᐤ ᐊᐧᐁᓂᒌ/ᐄᓅᒡ	ᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᑖᑯᐦᑖᒉᐧᐃᓐ (s)ᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᑕᒪᐦᐄᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ	Talking to/with people
DATA \| DATA BASE	e maamuunikanuuhch chischeihtamuun	e maamuukanaweyitaakuhch naanituuchischeyihtamuwin	Gathering information
DATA \| DATA BASE	ᐁ ᒫᒨᓂᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᑕᒨᓐ	ᐁ ᒫᒨ ᑲᓇᐧᐁᔨᐦᑖᑯᐦᒡ ᓈᓂᑑᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐ	Gathering information
DEVELOPMENT	e apatisiihkahtaakanuuhch chekwaan chechii uhchi ihtakuhch	e waweyishtaakanuwich e waweyaahpataakanuwich	Working to create something
DEVELOPMENT	ᐁ ᐊᐸᑎᓰᐦᑲᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᒉᐧᑳᓐ ᒉ ᒌ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐃᐦᑕᑯᐦᒡ	ᐁ ᐧᐊᐧᐁᔨᔥᑖᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ (S) ᐁ ᐧᐊᐧᐁᔮᐦᐸᑖᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ	Working to create something
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT	e uhchi ushihuumakahch apatisiiwin	uuhtinaachewin uuhtaachihuwin	Economic development
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT	ᐁ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐅᔓᐦᐆᒪᑲᐦᒡ ᐊᐸᑎᓰᐧᐃᓐ	ᐆᐦᑎᓈᒉᐧᐃᓐ ᐆᐦᑖᒌᐦᐅᐧᐃᓐ	Economic development
FORESTRY	e nuutaahtikwaanuuhch	e nuutaahtakwaanuwin	Forestry
FORESTRY	ᐁ ᓅᑖᐦᑎᐧᑳᓅᐦᒡ	ᐁ ᓅᑖᐦᑕᐧᑳᓄᐧᐃᒡ	Forestry
FRAMEWORK		e uumipishtaakanuwich e maamuuwiihkahkanuwich	Foundation of where its built Foundation of where its worked from
FRAMEWORK		ᐁ ᐆᒥᐱᔥᑖᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡᐁ ᒫᒨᐧᐄᐦᑲᐦᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ
GOAL (ORIENTATION)	Niishtamihch e iishi kanuwaapahtaakanuuhch e iishi pukuseyihtakuhch	e mishaach e wii ihtuutakanuwich pakuhtamaasuwin / pakuseihtamuwin	Looking ahead to achieve
GOAL (ORIENTATION)	ᓃᔥᑕᒥᐦᒡ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᑲᓄᐧᐋᐸᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᐳᑯᓭᔨᐦᑖᑲᓄᐦᒡ	ᐁ ᒥᔓᒡ ᐁ ᐧᐄ ᐃᐦᑑᑕᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ (NC) ᐸᑯᐦᑕᒫᓱᐧᐃᓐ / ᐸᑯᓭᐃᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐ (SC)	Looking ahead to achieve
HARMONIZATION (TO HARMONIZE)	e miyuuwiicheytuumakahkwaau Taapituu eishi wiicheutumakahkwaau	maamuu wiichihiituwin	In harmony together Together in balance
HARMONIZATION (TO HARMONIZE)	ᐁ ᒥᔫᐧᐄᒉᐅᑑᒪᑲᐦᐧᑳᐤ ᑖᐱᑑ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᐧᐄᒉᐅᑑᒪᑲᐦᐧᑳᐤ	ᒫᒨ ᐧᐄᒋᐦᐄᑐᐧᐃᓐ	In harmony together Together in balance
HYDROELECTRICITY	e uhchi ushihuumakahch waastenimaakaniyaapii / iskuteuyaapiih	nimischiiushkuteu nipiihch kaa uhchipayit	Where electricity generates from
HYDROELECTRICITY	ᐁ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐅᔓᐦᐆᒪᑲᐦᒡ ᐧᐋᔅᑌᓂᒫᑲᓂᔮᐲ / ᐃᔅᑯᑌᐅᔮᐲᐦ	ᓂᒥᔅᒌᐅᔥᑯᑌᐤ ᓂᐲᐦᒡ ᑳ ᐅᐦᒋᐸᔨᑦ	Where electricity generates from
IMPLEMENTATION (TO IMPLEMENT)	e ihtuutaakanuuhch taan kaa ishi wiistaakanuuhch	shaash e chihchipayihtaakanuwich	Putting in action what was planned
IMPLEMENTATION (TO IMPLEMENT)	ᐁ ᐃᐦᑑᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᑖᓐ ᑳ ᐄᔑ ᐧᐄᔅᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ	ᔖᔥ ᐁ ᒋᐦᒋᐸᔨᐦᑖᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ	Putting in action what was planned
INTEREST	miyuupaihtaachewin	mushteneyihtamuwin mushtenaapahtamuwin	Advantage Attracted
INTEREST	ᒥᔫᐸᔨᐦᑖᒉᐧᐃᓐ	ᒧᔥᑌᓀᔨᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᒧᔥᑌᓈᐸᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐ	Advantage Attracted
ISSUE (CONCERNS)	An e ishi maamituneyihtamihiiwech nesht e iishi ayimuutech	nanaahkuu ushtaapayihiiwewin nanaahkuu nichishkamuwewin	That what is thought about and talked about
ISSUE (CONCERNS)	ᐊᓐ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᒫᒥᑐᓀᔨᐦᑕᒥᐦᐄᐧᐁᒡ ᓀᔥᑦ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᐊᔨᒨᑌᒡ	ᓇᓈᐦᑰ ᐅᔥᑖᐸᔨᐦᐄᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ ᓇᓈᐦᑰ ᓂᒋᔥᑲᒧᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ	That what is thought about and talked about
MANAGEMENT	Aschiih e ishi wiipayihtaakanuuhch	e uhchi pimipayihiitisuunaanuwich e uhchi wiishuwaanuwich	Land how it is managed
MANAGEMENT	ᐊᔅᒌᐦ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᐧᐄᐸᔨᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ	ᐁ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐱᒥᐸᔨᐦᐄᑎᓲᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐁ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐧᐄᔓᐧᐋᓄᐧᐃᒡ (S)	Land how it is managed
MAPPING	e wiisinihiikanuuhch aschiyuusinahiikan	aaschiiusinahiikanuwich	Making a map
MAPPING	ᐁ ᐧᐄᓯᓇᐦᐄᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᐊᔅᒋᔫᓯᓇᐦᐄᑲᓐ	ᐋᔅᒌᐅᓯᓇᐦᐄᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ	Making a map
METHODOLOGY	e iishi ihtuutaakanuuhch chekwaan	chekwaan che ishkaapuushtaakanuwich nanaahkuu che iishi aapatisiishtaakanuwich	How something is done
METHODOLOGY	ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᐃᐦᑑᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᒉᐧᑳᓐ	ᒉᐧᑳᓐ ᒉ ᐃᔥᑳᐴᔥᑖᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᓇᓈᐦᑰ ᒉ ᐄᔑ ᐋᐸᑎᓰᔥᑖᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ	How something is done
MINING	e nuutisinaanuuhch	e muunihiishuuyaanaanuwich	Working with rocks for purpose of finding something
MINING	ᐁ ᓅᑎᓯᓈᓅᐦᒡ	ᐁ ᒨᓂᐦᐄᔔᔮᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ	Working with rocks for purpose of finding something
MUSKEGS	mischekwh	mischekw	Swamp area (bog)
MUSKEGS	ᒥᔅᒉᒄᐦ	ᒥᔅᒉᒄ	Swamp area (bog)
NON-TIMBER PRODUCT	nanaahkuu aschiyuu nihtaauchihchikanh	wesiisach utaahuchihchikanawaau iiyiyuumuhtaachihuwaakan	Different earth plants
NON-TIMBER PRODUCT	ᓇᓈᐦᑰ ᐊᔅᒋᔫ ᓂᐦᑖᐅᒋᐦᒋᑲᓐᐦ	ᐧᐧᐁᓰᓴᒡ ᐅᑖᐦᐅᒋᐦᒋᑲᓄᐧᐋᐤ ᐄᔨᔫ ᐅᐦᑖᒋᐦᐅᐧᐋᑲᓐ	Different earth plants
OBJECTIVE	ewiiyeihtaakanuuhch che iishi pukuhtaakanuuhch	taaniteh che iishkaapustaakanuwinch	Planning how to accomplish
OBJECTIVE	ᐁᐧᐃᔦᐃᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᒉ ᐄᔑ ᐳᑯᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ	ᑖᓂᑌᐦ ᒉ ᐃᔥᑳᐳᔥᑖᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐸᑯᐦᓭᒧᐧᐃᓐ	Planning how to accomplish
PARK (RECREATIONAL)	aschiih nanaahkuu eitaapachihtaakanuuhch	metaweuschii / iiwesuwewin	Different uses of the land (recreational)
PARK (RECREATIONAL)	ᐊᔅᒋᐦ ᓇᓈᐦᑰ ᐁᐃᑖᐸᒋᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ	ᒣᑕᐧᐁᐅᔅᒌ / ᐄᐧᐁᓱᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ	Different uses of the land (recreational)
PLAN \| PLANNING LAND USE PLAN	ewiiyeihtaakanuuhch (aschiih che itaapatihch)	waweshipeyihtamuhiiwewin waweyeyihtakanuwich waweshipeyihtamuwin (aschiih che itaapatihch)	Plan (land use)
PLAN \| PLANNING LAND USE PLAN	ᐁ ᐧᐄᔦᐃᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ (ᐊᔅᒌ ᒉ ᐄᑕᐸᑎᐦᒡ)	ᐧᐧᐊᐧᐁᔑᐯᔨᐦᑕᒧᐦᐄᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ ᐧᐧᐊᐧᐁᔦᔨᐦᑕᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐧᐧᐊᐧᐁᔑᐯᔨᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐ(ᐊᔅᒌ ᒉ ᐄᑕᐸᑎᐦᒡ)	Plan (land use)
PROCESS	e iishi ihtuutaakanuuhch	nuum ihtuuwin	In process
PROCESS	ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᐃᐦᑑᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ	ᓅᒻ ᐃᐦᑑᐧᐃᓐ	In process
PROPOSAL	e masinahiikanuuhch iteyihtamuun	nituutamaausinahiikan	A written thought
PROPOSAL	ᐁ ᒪᓯᓂᐦᐄᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᐃᑌᔨᐦᑕᒨᓐ	ᓂᑑᑕᒫᐅᓯᓇᐦᐄᑲᓐ	A written thought
PROTECTED AREAS	aschiih taanit e kanuweyihtaakuhch	mamechim aschiiwaanh e mamechimanakanuwich aschii	Protected areas of the land
PROTECTED AREAS	ᐊᔅᒌᐦ ᑖᓂᑦ ᐁ ᑲᓄᐧᐁᔨᐦᑖᑯᐦᒡ	ᒪᒣᒋᒻ ᐊᔅᒋᐧᐋᓐᐦ ᐁ ᒪᒣᒋᒪᓇᑲᓇᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᔅᒌ	Protected areas of the land
PROTECTION	yaakwaau e iishi kanuweyihtaakuhch ekaa che chii wanaatiihch	miyunanaakachihtaachewin miyukanawaapahtamuwin miyukanawaapahtaachewin	Keeping it safe not to be destroyed/ruined
PROTECTION	ᔮᐧᑳᐤ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᑲᓄᐧᐁᔨᐦᑖᑯᐦᒡ ᐁᑳ ᒉ ᒌ ᐧᐊᓈᑎᐦᒡ	ᒥᔪᓇᓈᑲᒋᐦᑖᒉᐧᐃᓐ ᒥᔪᑲᓇᐧᐋᐸᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᒥᔪᑲᓇᐧᐋᐸᐦᑖᒉᐧᐃᓐ	Keeping it safe not to be destroyed/ruined
REPORT	e wiihtakuhch taan e iishi chischeihtaakuhch	aashuu wiihtamaachewin wiihtaachewin chischeyihtamuhiiwewin	To report what is known
REPORT	ᐁ ᐧᐄᐦᑕᑯᐦᒡ ᑖᓐ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᑖᑯᐦᒡ	ᐋᔔ ᐧᐄᐦᑕᒫᒉᐧᐃᓐ ᐧᐄᐦᑖᒉᐧᐃᓐ ᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᑕᒧᐦᐄᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ	To report what is known
SUSTAINABILITY	e miyuukanuweyihtaakanuuhch nesht Chineush e uhtaapachihunaanuuhch aschiih	anische utaachihuuwin anische uhtanaachewin	Taking good care and long term use of the land
SUSTAINABILITY	ᐁ ᒥᔫᑲᓄᐧᐁᔨᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᓀᔥᑦ ᒋᓀᐅᔥ ᐁ ᐅᐦᑖᐸᒋᐦᐅᓈᓅᐦᒡ ᐊᔅᒌᐦ	ᐊᓂᔅᒉ ᐅᑖᒋᐦᐆᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᓂᔅᒉ ᐅᐦᑕᓈᒉᐧᐃᓐ	Taking good care and long term use of the land
THEME \| THEMATIC	Ant euhchi wiihtakuhch chekwaan maak chekwaayuuh	e wiihtakuhch chekwaan nesht chekwaayuu	Where a thing or things are relating to
THEME \| THEMATIC	ᐊᓂᑦ ᐁ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐧᐄᐦᑖᑯᐦᒡ ᒉᐧᑳᓐ ᒫᒃ ᒉᐧᑳᔫᐦ	ᐁ ᐧᐄᐦᑕᑯᐦᒡ ᒉᐧᑳᓐ ᓀᔥᑦ ᒉᐧᑳᔫᐦ	Where a thing or things are relating to
TOURISM	maniteuch e uhchi wiipayihaakanuutwaau	waapahtiiwewin chischeyihtaakuhuwin	Services for tourists (visitors)
TOURISM	ᒫᓂᑌᐅᒡ ᐁ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐧᐄᐸᔨᐦᐋᑲᓅᐧᑖᐤ	ᐧᐧᐋᐸᐦᑏᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ ᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᑖᑯᐦᐅᐧᐃᓐ	Services for tourists (visitors)
VALUES	chistimaaweyihtamuwinh	chistamaaweyihtamuwinh	Important values
VALUES	ᒋᔅᑎᒫᐧᐁᔨᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ	ᒋᔥᑕᒫᐧᐁᔨᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ	Important values
VISION	niishtamihch e iishi kanuwaapahtaakanuuhch Niikaan waapahtiiwewin	niikaan waapahtiwewin uchishkuu chischeyihtamuwin uutahsaapahtamuwin	Seeing into the future Future vision
VISION	ᓃᔥᑕᒥᐦᒡ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᑲᓄᐧᐋᐸᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᓃᑳᓐ ᐧᐋᐸᐦᑏᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ	ᓃᑳᓐ ᐧᐋᐸᐦᑎᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ ᐅᒋᔥᑰ ᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᐆᑕᐦᓵᐸᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐ	Seeing into the future Future vision
WORKSHOP	emaamuuapistaakanuuhch chekwaan eayimuutech nesht cheishi apatisiihkahtaakanuuhch	maamuu manehiituwin\e ayimituutaakanuch chekwaau	Meeting together to discuss something and how to work on it
WORKSHOP	ᐁ ᒫᒨᐊᐱᔅᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᒉᐧᑳᓐ ᐁ ᐊᔨᒨᑌᒡ ᓀᔥᑦ ᒉ ᐄᔑ ᐊᐸᑎᓰᐦᑲᐦᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ	ᒫᒨ ᒪᓀᐦᐄᑐᐧᐃᓐ \ ᐁ ᐊᔨᒥᑑᑖᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᒉᐧᑳᓐ	Meeting together to discuss something and how to work on it
WATERSHED	nipiih eskahiipech anite siipiihch maak saakahiikanihch eitaasikuuch	aahtaawaakamii	Where water collects and flows into rivers and lakes
WATERSHED	ᓃᐲᐦ ᐁᔅᑲᐦᐄᐯᒡ ᐊᓂᑌᐦ ᓰᐲᐦᒡ ᒫᒃ ᓴᑲᐦᐄᑲᓂᐦᒡ ᐁ ᐊᑕ ᐃᑖᓯᑰᐦᒡ	ᐋᐦᑖᐧᐋᑲᒦ	Where water collects and flows into rivers and lakes
ZONES \| ZONING	aschiih e chiisaawatisinaatech	e pahkaanisinahkanuwich aaschii	A marking on the land
ZONES \| ZONING	ᐊᔅᒌᐦ ᐁ ᒌᓵᐧᐊᑎᓯᓈᑌᒡ	ᐁ ᐸᐦᑳᓇᓯᐦᐄᑲᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᔅᒌᐦ	A marking on the land