BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 813 



]ce' pAtci'kigA^n^ lid, cork for small opening, as in a bottle 



Tcepl'higA'n^ fence (kep- to enclose) 



Tcd'wipuHcigA'Yi^ file (kdwi- rough, serrated; -jm- or -put- [see 



§21; Qi.pltci- beside p^ti-] bite, and so an indented tool for 



taking hold) 

 Apwd'tcigA'Ti^ scaffold for roasting and drying meat on (Apwd- 



to roast, and so a thing for roasting) 



-gAii- is a common element for many nouns denoting parts of the 

 body. 



ml'setu'ndgA^n^ mustache, beard {mis- hair, fuzz; -tun- mouth 

 [§ 18], lips, and so the hair or thread-like arrangement about 

 the mouth) 



uwi'pigA'n'' marrow {-wlp- form, length, and roundness vaguely 

 implied) 



u'^lcwdgA'n^ neck (-'kwd- the space back of the neck [§ 18]) 



-na- refers in a general way to place, and is used to denote an inhabited 

 region or community. 



Cd'wAno'insi^w^ Shawnee village (Cd'wAno^w'^ a Shawnee) 

 WAcd'cina^w^ Osage town (Acdca an Osage) 

 O'tcipwd'hinsi^w'' Ojibwa country {O'tcipwd'^w^ an Ojibwa) 



With the locative ending -f/', as -ndg^, the meaning becomes more 



that of COUNTRY, LAND. 



^ca'^ina^g* in the country of the Sioux {A'cd"- a Sioux) 

 M'gdpd'hina.^g' in the Kickapoo country (Ki'gdpo^w'^ a Kickapoo) 



"gan- is another collective term for place. It refers especially to 

 enclosures. 



Add'wdgSi^n^ store (Addwd- to sell, and so selling-place) 

 Ase'mgSi^n^ stone house {A'sen^ stone) 



pa''kwAigSi^n^ flag-reed lodge (pa'^kwa^ flag-reed or flag-reed 

 mat) 



~tn-, -wi/n-f -u'e?t-f -an-, -wdfi-f -on-. There is one suffix that 

 imparts an abstract meaning to a combination : it is analogous in 

 meaning to d'wahfn ', a demonstrative pronoun with an indefinite 

 sense of vague reference, allusion, and having a close parallel to 

 the colloquial "What d'ye call it?" The suffix appears in 

 slightly varying forms, as -in-, -win-, -wen-, -an-, -wdn-, -on-. 



A'pApVn^ chair, seat (Ap- to sit, and so something to sit on) 

 JcA'nawl^n^ word, talk, report (kAn- to talk, and so something about 

 talk) 



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