![Three Stoney Nakoda names are highlighted in the above art: left, TatÂga MÂnî on Cochrane’s metal lamppost banners; centre, ITALICS]îy Mnathka in a painting by Morley](https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/cochranetoday/import/17/2018/04/GG-20171026-COE0903-310269980-AR.jpeg;w=800)
This week’s column is a multiple-choice quiz on Stoney Nakoda words that have appeared in these columns in recent years. See how you do in matching up the Stoney expression with the correct English translation. (Answers at the end; don’t peek.)
1. Mânî –
A. wears horned headdress
B. head chief
C. walking buffalo
2. Îyâ Mnathka –
A. flat rock
B. first mountain
C. beautiful face
3. Wazin-îchinabi –
A. pink
B. oneness
C. nature’s gift
4. Ahopabi –
A. frozen
B. respect
C. smiling
5. Oyade –
A. language
B. journey
C. town
6. Wîchastabi –
A. medicine
B. people
C. white
7. Mînî Wakâ –
A. sacred water.
B. lake between two mountains
C. long lake
8. Âba wathtech –
A. good day
B. sun is shining
C. nice meeting you
9. Nîbi ne dohâ ptenâ wanch –
A. let’s go fishing
B. life is very short
C. it happened a long time ago
10. Îyethkabi –
A. Stoney
B. Blackfoot
C. Cree
11. Îsnîyes –
A. hello
B. compassion
C. thank you
12. Mîchîn –
A. my father
B. my mother
C. my older brother
13. Waűsiginabi –
A. compassion
B. gratitude
C. patience
14. Ozîjan –
A. happy dancer
B. likes powwows
C. little bear
ANSWERS (with date of column in which that word is explained on website, coffeewithwarren.com): 1C (July 9, 2015). 2A (March 5, 2008). 3B (March 5, 2008). 4B (Apr. 9, 2015). 5C (Apr. 9, 2015). 6B (Aug. 24, 2017). 7A (Jan. 30, 2008). 8A (Jan. 30, 2008). 9B (March 2, 2017). 10A (Aug. 24, 2017). 11C (Nov. 14, 2013). 12C (Jan. 23, 2008). 13A (Aug. 7, 2014). 14C (July 14, 2016).
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