APPENDIX 3 

 ADDITIONAL HURON WORDS AND PHRASES 



FROM THE JESUIT RELATIONS 



/to, Ao, ho^ outoecti^ 'many thanks.' Said to acknowledge hospitality 



on leaving a house ( JR 8 : 95 ; cf . JR 8 : 129) . 

 yo eiouahaoua^ 'Come, put on the kettle' ( JR 8 : 113) . 

 ca chia attwain aa arrihwaa^ 'Certainly these are important matters, 



and worthy of being discussed in our councils; they speak the truth, 



they say nothing but what is to the purpose ; we have never heard 



such discourse' (JR 10: IT). 

 oniondecliouten^ 'Such is the custom of our comitry' (JR 10: 19; cf. 



below). 

 ta arrlhwaienstan sen, 'Teach me, I pray you' ( JR 10 : 25) . 

 enonche watiwareha, enonche watidtate (a prayer that they might 



not be shipwrecked and might not suffer by fire) ( JR 10 : 73) . 

 (The following five refer to the soul :) 

 khiondheGwi, the soul in so far as it merely animates the body and 



gives it life (JR 10: 141). 

 oM andaerandi, 'like a spirit, counterfeiting a spirit'; the soul in so 



far as it is possessed of reason ( JR 10 : 141) . 

 endionrra, the soul in so far as it thinks and deliberates (JR 10 : 141). 

 gonennoncwal, the soul in so far as it bears affection to any object 



(JR10:141). 

 ondayee ihaton onennoncivaf, 'That is what my heart says to me, that 



is what my appetite desires' ( JR 10 : 141) . 

 Aoutaerohi hechrio hihenklion, '' AoutaevoM, ah, I pray thee that this 



one may know who you are, and that you will make him feel the 



ills that you make me suffer' (JR 10: 183). (This was said by a 



sick woman to a Jesuit after he had assigned another cause of her 



sickness and laughed at her Aoutaerohi.) 

 aiervdaioasti, a polite person ( JR 10 : 213) . 



Jesus tditenr, 'Jesus, have pity on me' (JR 13: 53). Also written: 

 Jesous, tditenr ( JR 23 : 71, 131) 

 Jesus taitenr ( JR 30 : 49) 

 Jesous taitenr ( JR 30 : 101 ; 33 : 177) 

 cUeshe, 'What do I kno w ? ' ( JR 13 : 125 ) . 

 teouastato, ' I do not wish it' (JR 13: 141) ; 'I am not willing' (JR 



19:189). 

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