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•onomatopoeic origin. To this category belong most probably : — shi- 

 ship (cluck), kokosh (pig), papi, (laugh), kokoko (owl), kakaki (raven) 

 and perhaps a few others. The change that has taken place in the 

 vocabulary, judging fi'om a comparison with the " Old Algonkin of 

 La Hontan," and a Ms. vocabulary of Mississagua (1805), does not 

 seem extensive, e.g.: 



1805 makwa, amik, chichip, wikiouam, pouacan, chipi, cema, nipi, etc. 



{hear) {beaver) {duck) {house) {pipe) {river) {tobacco) {loatcr). 

 1888 mukwa, amik, shiship, wikiwam, poagan, sipi, sema, nipi, etc. 

 1703 , amic, chichib, ouikiouam, poagan, sipin, sema, nipi, etc. 



