Onondaga/Basics

This section contains basic Onondaga vocabulary.

Todadaho Sid Hill, a member of the Onodaga nation.

Onondaga Nation Dialect

• Onoñda’gegá’- Onondaga (People of the Hills)
• Nya•wéñha -Thank you (I am grateful)
• Nyoñh - You're welcome
• Nya•wéñha Sgé•noñ’- I am thankful that you are well (a formal greeting)
• Heñheñ - Yes
• Hi•yah- No
• Hátsgwih- All right
• ___ Gya·jih - ___ it is my name