| Language | Indigenous | English | Context | Source |
| Dakota / Lakota | Mni | water | Mni sni daktaå yaçiå he? — Would you like a drink of cold water? | That’s Siouan for Water |
| Lakota / Dakota | Mní | water | popularized during the Dakota Access Pipeline crisis as the battle cry Mní Wiconi, roughly translated as “water is life” | World Water Day: 12 Native Words for Water |
| Anishinaabemowin | Nibi | water | Water is Language | |
| Ojibwe | Nibi | water | World Water Day: 12 Native Words for Water | |
| Cree | ᓃᐲᕀ / nîpîy | water | Online Cree Dictionary | |
| Cree | Nipiy / Nîpîy / ᓃᐲᕀ | water | World Water Day: 12 Native Words for Water |
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