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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



VI CORN CULTIVATION TERMINOLOGY* 



i The process 

 SENECA 



a OnaV 



b waeeyunt'to' 



c ohwe n o'dadyie' 



d oga"hwaoda n 



e otgaa'haat 



/ otga'aahat 



g deyua'ha'o 



h ogwa n 'daaodyie' 



i ogwa n 'daa'e' 



; oge"odarlyie' 



k owa n 'da' 



/ o'geot 



m ogwa n du'ae', ogwa n 'da n e' 



H ono"gwaat 



o deju'go n saat 



p owea n daadye', owe n dadye' 



q one'oda'dyie' 



r hadi'nonyo"cos 



s yesta'anyo n nyano' 

 t dusta n 'shoni 

 u gasda n t'shudoho' 

 v gano n 'gadi' 



a wae'yuntto' 



b yeeo'do^gwus 



c deyonanyaoh, or deyo'wennye 



d wae'oao", or waea 



of growing 



ENGLISH 



Corn 



She plants 



It is just forming sprouts 



It has sprouted 



The blade begins to appear 



The blade has appeared 



The blade is already out 



The stalk begins to appear 



The stalk is fully out 



It is beginning to silk 



The ears are out 



It has silked out 



The tassels are fully out 



It is in the milk 



It is no longer in the milk 



The ears are beginning to set 



The kernels are setting on the cob 



They are husking (indefinite as 



to method) 

 She is braiding 

 It is braided 

 It is hung over a pole 

 It is strung along a pole 



a Terminology of cultivation 

 S'he plants 

 She weeds 



She stirs up the earth 

 She hills it up 



a oea 



b odjo n/ wa'sa 



c oaya', oe'a' 



3 Parts of corn 



Leaves 



Leaves of corn 

 Stalk 



1 Based upon manuscript lexicon of Rev. Asher Wright. For the sake 

 of uniformity the Wright system of orthography has been changed to that 

 used in the body of this work; 



