ᏩᏯ (Pronounced as either: waya or wahya, sometimes as wahaya.
all the 'a's make the 'o' sound in hot.)
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I was taught the word of wolf as mwe'ewa, but some Shawnee tribes use petweowa. I had a good Shawnee friend whose name is Maka Mwe'ewa (Black Wolf)...
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Kashatstenhsera = Strength. :D
A Mohawk speaker would not say that since he would know that bears are incapable of grinning (they do not have the necessary facial muscles).The Mohawk word for a bear is ohkwari'. "He is smiling" is royéshuhe' so the theoretical translation is *ohkwari' royéshuhe'.
A historic Mohawk word meaning great, big or large is quane or kewanea. These were recorded in 1634 - 1635 in a list entitled "The Language of the Maquas". A slightly later list gives the word as kawanna. These are probably all the same word, heard slightly differently by people unfamiliar with the language.