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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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askootasq — eontinueil. 



[Narr. askutaj«/ii(i>sh, "their vine ap- 

 ple, which the English from them call 

 squashes, about the bigness of apples, 

 of several colors," R. W. Chip. (Gr. 

 Trav.) ashkehthmo, melon; (Saginaw) 

 esli-ke-tah-mo, Sch. n, 462. Shawn. 

 yeske'elahmdiket; melon [cf. ohhoskeid- 

 m uk, C. supra] . Del. ehaskitamanh (pi. ) , 

 watermelon.'!, Zeisb.] 



askuhhum, v. t. he waits (and watches) 

 for (it), pi. -humvng, John 5, 3; ira- 

 perat. 2d pi. -hinnaik. watch ye (it "I, 

 Ezra 8, 29. 



askuhwheteau, v. i. he keeps watch, 

 watches, 1 Sam. 4, 1.3; nut-askuhvhe- 

 team (-askwHeam, Ps. 102, 7), I watch; 

 imper. 2d pi. -ieagk, watch ye, Mark 13, 

 35, 37. Adj. and adv. -leae, of watch- 

 ing (with komuk, a watch tower), Is. 

 21, 5. Vbl. n. -leaonk, watching, a 

 watch. N. agent, -leaen, a watchman, 

 Ps. 90, 4; Judg. 7, 19. 



*askun (Xarr. ), it is raw. See aske. 



askunkq, askkuhnk, n. a green tree, 

 Ezek. 17, 24; 20. 47; cf. kishkunk; mus- 

 smunk. 



askuwhekonali, v. t. an. (with charac- 

 teristic of continued action ) he habitu- 

 ally watches or is a spy upon (him). 



asookekodte3,inoo, v. i. he is a de- 

 ceiver, (habitually) deceives; suppos. 

 noh asaokekodteamwil, he who deceives, 

 Job 12, 16. {nut-assaokekodteam, I 

 cheat, C. ) Vbl. n. -ammonk, -aumuonk, 

 deceiving, deceit, craft. N. agent. 

 -ammen, a deceiver, one who is crafty, 

 Job 5, 12; 15, 5. 



[Xarr. kuti axsokakdmme, you deceive 

 me.] 



ascDkekomaii, v. t. an. he deceives, 

 cht-ats I him), John 7, 12; suppos. 

 null a.idjkfkuinoni, he who deceives 

 (another), Prov. 26, 19; pass, noh 

 a.saokekomil, he who is deceived, Job 

 12, 16. 



asootu, V. i. he is foolish, ignorant, sim- 

 ple, Prov. 14, 15, 18; 17, 7; pi. -iiog, 

 Is. 56, 10. Vbl. n. ascotuonk, folly. 



[Narr. assdiu and assSko, a fool. Abu. 

 azSgSaiigan, folie; (isSghi, il est fou, il 

 n'a point d'esprit.] 



aspuhquaeii. See ushpuhquaeii. 



asq, ashq, asquam, not yet, before that, 

 Jer. 1, 5; 1 Sam. 3, 7; Luke 22, 34. 

 (Apposed to dnue, further, more than. 

 It is the base of aske, *riRkun, it is raw 

 or not prepared for food: ashkoshki, 

 green; nniKke, young, new. In compo- 

 sition it serves as the n. generic for 

 whatever is eaten or otherwise used 

 when green or immature; not yet ripe; 

 pi. i(.ifjuml(, whence our 'squash.' See 

 askwlfisq. 



[Narr. atiqucnn, not yet; ax pumnuwi, 

 he is not gone by; fiKkfoi, it is raw. 

 Abn. cskilami'k Sa'saSe, melon d'eau, 

 qu'on ne fait pas cuire. Micm. echl:, 

 lorsque, pendant que; echkSmenahh, au- 

 paravant. Cree numma cskva, not yet. 

 Del. esquo, esquota, not yet, Zeisb. 111. 

 escSa, not yet.] 



*asqliuttooch.e, whilst, C*. =asq-utlfoclie. 



assa[au(?)], v. i. to tuni back: matta 

 niil-ii>ii<aa>]>, I did not turn back, Is. 

 50, 5. See assoushaii. 



[Chip, nind ajeta, '1 draw (move) 

 backwards,' Bar.] 



assamau, v. t. an. he feeds (him), gives 

 (him) to eat, Ps. 136, 25; imperat. 

 2d pi. ossammk, feed ye (the flock), 

 Zech. 11, 4; 2d -(-1st sing, aggameh, give 

 me to eat; sohkomau [== assohkomau'], 

 he goes on feeding, habituall)' feeds 

 or provides food for (him); nus-sohko- 

 mon (suppos. when) I feed (the flock), 

 Zech. 11, 7; imperat. 2d sing, solikom- 

 mcDS niit-shepsemesog, feed my lambs, 

 John 21, 15. From assamau, with char- 

 acteristic (ohk) of continued action. 



[Narr. assdmme, give me to eat. Abn. 

 ned'n'samaii, je lui donne a manger; 

 ned'a'sar, je donne a manger. Micm. 

 eshemSey, je donne a manger. Cree 

 Asgamayoo, he gives him food; dssam- 

 issoo, he gives himself food, serves him- 

 self.] 



assau. See fiA<<a. 



assepinum, v. t. he ties (it) together, 

 binds up; imper. 2d pi. assepinook, bind 

 ye (the tares, in bundles), Matt. 13, 30; 

 ^ ii'ushpunnum , q. v. 



assishquttauaog, n. pi. the Pleiades, or 

 seven stars, according to Eliot, in Job 

 38, 31; Amos 5, 8; but R. Williams 

 gives shwishcuttowwdtiog as the name of 

 'the golden metewand', i. e. the three 



