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ending. Cp. A. ivdi^ldn Mie tells him.' Ahwaniish 'someone' 

 with ihh fut. ending. With ahwam, cp. O. D. aiiwen 'who?' and 

 ' someone '; also A. aivani ; Penob. aweni. Pawhji * he will 

 come.' Note that the fut. ending here is -ji as in A. Cp. O. D. 

 pejaf 'he who comes' and A. wbaidji 'he will come.' See 

 below pawoich the fut. participle. Cheepeenawqthoo 'one who 

 looks strange,' from cheepee?i = O. D. ischipin 'strange' and 

 •awqthoo ' he appears.' Ahkonjauptoona ' one who is ' (?) from 

 Vkonj 'exist' (?). Kweeshulooqkich 'thou shalt fear it'; cp. 

 O. D. wischassin ' he is afraid.' See below on II. ^ . Shuqk ' but ' 

 = O. D. schuk. Chee weeshulooqkoowih ' fear thou not !' Chee = 

 neg. prohibitive particle, as in IV. ^ For weeshul see above. The 

 neg. ending here is -oowih. Aluthkuneeiahaul ' be brave.' The 

 stem muthkun is probably cogn. with Oj. songl- 'brave,' as \Visongi- 

 deewin ^ co\ir2igQ.^ The Minsi ending -^d'/^/?^/// undoubtedly con- 

 tains the stem seen in leetahah ' he thinks '; cp. I. % IV. ^, and see 

 on II. ^ Pawoich 'he will come'; fut, psLVtic'iple pawoi'f -\- c/i. 

 See above pawhji. Andah-laweetpihkahk * when it was midnight ' 

 = O. D. lawitpikat. It is a comb, of lawi ' midst ' and pihkahk 

 'night'; cp. A, nowitebakak 'midnight.' Andah-wam-quack- 

 kaweet. Andah 'when '; quack 'thing'; also 'what?' (cp. O. D. 

 keco ? A. kagid ?'). It should be written queq and not quack. 

 Kaweet^ ptc. 3 p. ' it, he sleeps '; cp. A. kawi ; Oj. nin gawingwash 

 ' I fall into a deep sleep ' For this whole sentence, cp. A. : — tdtii 

 adoji mziwi kagui kawit (in A. we usually find the recipr. form as 

 kawold^ wak ' they are asleep '.). 



II. ^ Nulnuh ; see on I. \ Peethkahkeek ' it was night '; cp. O. D. 

 pisgeu ' dark '; pisgeep ' it was night ' (^-eep = sign of the past) ; 

 cp. A. pesgid' bakak 'it is dark.' Mahji 'already'; see on I. *. 

 Keeshmeettheeteeiah ' they had eaten '; parte. 3 p. pi. Keesh = 

 sign of perfect ; meetthee ' eat ' -|- ieet, ending of 3 p. pi. parte. ; 

 ah = temporal ending as in waupungeeka, I. ^. In A. kizi- 

 mitsihidit 'after they had eaten '; cp. O. D. mizin 'one eats ' and 

 mizewagan and miistiwagan ' food ' (the last form from Zeisberger). 

 Montour renders here freely ' after the evening meal,' but this 

 would necessitate the use of the word ulakunipoagan 'supper.' 

 Awuihee 'opposite.' Tindawing, loc. 'at the fire,' from tindey 

 'fire.' Lmuiawpoowh 'he sat'; cp. O. D. wulumachdappiji ^\\q 



8 Note that/ in O. D. has the value of consonantal^!'. 



