Here's a list of languages and what their word for "squirrel" is:
- Ainu: akkamui
- Albanian: ketor
- Alleghany: ahgwingwoos
- Anishinaabe: agongos
- Apache: na'iltso'
- Arapahoe: eenahnunnee
- Armenian: skyurr
- Atakapa: paktsa'kc
- Basque: urtxintxa
- Bengali: kAtHbIraI
- Byelorussian: vevërka
- Caddo: she'wah
- Cayuga: joniskro
- Cherokee: sa-lo-li
- Cheyenne: no'ee'e
- Chinese: sung shu
- Chinook: skudzo
- Choctaw: fuhni
- Chontal: cece
- Cushna: tshumbo
- Czech: veverka
- Danish: egern
- Delaware: honneek
- Dutch: eekhoorn
- Eklektu: belka
- English: squirrel
- Eskimo: siksik
- Esperanto: sciuro
- Estonian: orav
- Finnish: orava
- French: ècureuil
- German: eichätzchen
- Gilbertese: taoumene poukina
- Greek: skiouros
- Guarani: kuatî
- Hausa: kurege
- Hawaiian: yayaliyi hiyu
- Hebrew: sna'ee, senaye
- Hindi: gilahri
- Hopi: sakuna
- Hungarian: mòkus
- Indonesian: bajing
- Interlingua: scuriolo
- Italian: scoiattolo
- Japanese: risu
- Kioway: chahondeton
- Korean: taramchwi
- Lakota: tasnaheca
- Latin: sciurus
- Latvian: vàvere
- Maori: ki~rera
- Manx: roddan biljagh
- Micmac: ahdoo-doo-wech
- Mohawk: arosea
- Nauran: itùr iwin
- Navajo: hazèìtsoh
- Norwegian: ekorn
- Ojibway: atchidamoy
- Onandaga: tshukatakee
- Oneida: tshukweloh
- Passamaquoddy: mihku
- Persian: mushak
- Polish: wiewiòrka
- Portuguese: esquilo
- Potawatomi: sengo, citmowuk
- Quechua: huayuashi
- Russian: byelka
- Scottish: feòrag
- Seneca: tyihukwaes
- Sioux: nayhenowenab
- Slovak: veverica
- Spanish: ardilla
- Swahili: kidiri, kuchipika
- Swedish: ekorre
- Tarahumara: chi-mu-ri
- Thai: adaì
- Turkish: sincab
- Ukrainian: bilka
- Vietnamese: con sòc
- Welsh: gwiwer
- Xhosa: unomatse
- Zulu: ingwejeje, intshindane
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