Note The spelling of some languages are “Romanized” for ease of pronunciation
| Algonquin: | mahigan |
| Apache: | ba’cho, ba’uchaahi, ma’cho |
| Athabascan: | teekon |
| Cherokee (Tsalagi): | wahya (pronounced “wah-n(y)a”) |
| Chemehuevi | tivaci |
| Cheyenne: | ho’nene; maiyun |
| Chinook: | lelou, leloo |
| Chipewyan: | segolia , nuniye |
| Choctaw: | nashoba |
| Cree: | mahigan |
| Comanche: | tseena |
| Greenland-Inuit: | amarog |
| Havasupai | hatagwila |
| Hawaiian | ‘ilio hae |
| Hopi: | kweeuu |
| Hualapai / Walapai: | hatkwil |
| Inuktitut: | singarti |
| Inupiat: | amaguk |
| Kiowa: | kooy |
| Lakota: | shunkaha |
| Lakota tanka: | suuk manitu |
| Lenape: | mohegan, te-me |
| Maricopa: | xatkuli |
| M’ikmac, M’igmaw: | paqtism |
| Mohave: | hatekulye |
| Mohawk: | mahiingan |
| Mvskoke: | yvhv |
| Navajo: | ma’iitsoh |
| Nootka: | lokwa’ |
| Ojibwe: | maengun |
| Pawnee: | skiri’ ki |
| Seminole: | o-ba-ho-she |
| Seneka: | kyiyu |
| Shawnee: | m-weowa |
| Shoshone: | beya ish |
| Sioux (Lakota): | šung’manitu Tanka [pronounced: shoonk.manee.too.tonka] |
| Sioux (Dakota): | šunktokeca |
| Ute: | sinapu |
Please send us the word for “wolf” in your language if it does not appear in the above list.
Thank you!
Wolf Song of Alaska
wolfsong@wildwolves.org