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meesunk, etc. — continueci. 



ken [of. vrshai/ai). El.], hair iir wool, 

 Zeiab.] 



meetsu, metsu, v. i. he eats, he takes 

 food, 1 K. 19, 6. Active intraiis. form 

 (or verb adj. an.) of meech-n, as if 

 meech-esu. Imperat. )H«to'«/!, eat thou; 

 pi. meetsel;- suppos. noh meelsit, he who 

 eats, 'the eater', Is. 55, 10. Vbl. n. 

 meetmionk, food ('meat'. Matt. 6, 25). 

 Cf. rneechu, mminhau (v. t. an.). 



[Narr. ascumflesimmis {=^asi] kilm- 

 metesimmu) , have you not yet eaten? 

 kom-melesimmin, your eating (iniinit. 2d 

 sing. ) . Abn. ne-mitsesi, je mange. Micm. 

 migichi, je mange. Cree mechesoo, he 

 eats; iriMiesoosu, he eats a little. Chip. 

 vemi, he eats. IMenoni. inee-ti'f-^hlii. 

 Del. mItKu, Zeisb.] 



meetwe, metwe(?), n. a 'poplar'. Gen. 

 30,37; Hos.4, 13. 



*meeun, meun(?) (Peq., Groton, 1762), 

 n. tlie sun, Ptiles. 



mehcheeu, mahcheyeu, (v. i. .she is) 

 barren. Gen. 25, 21; 11, .'50; Luke 1, 7 

 {mehchiycue, barren; mohchiyi-ue, empty, 

 C. ). Vbl. n. mehchhjnionk, barrenness, 

 sterility. 2 K. 2, 21. See inithchuiiim; 

 miilirjii. 



melimehshandm ('.'') , v. i. he pants; imin- 

 mfhmi'hshan6m-v.p (pret. ) I panted, Ps. 

 119, 131. Cf. sauuhkissv.. 



[Abn. iiiamantsrrc jieri'Sai'iffan, le 

 coeur me bat.] 



mehquantam, -oantam, v. t. he re- 

 nieniber.s (it); nmn-, I remember, Gen. 

 41, 9; imperat. 2<1 sing, mehquantash, 

 Ex. 20, 8; Deut. 5, 15; suppos. iiieh- 

 quontog, when he remembers, 2 Cor. 7, 

 15. Vbl. n. mehquantamcoonk, remem- 

 brance (of inan. obj.), a memorial, 

 Eccl. 1, 11; Xeh. 2, 20 (wunnegen meh- 

 quontamtiouk, 'a good memory', C, 

 should be wunne mehquontammonk). 

 With an. obj. inehqiuimimau, he remem- 

 bers (him). Gen. 19, 29; with affixes, 

 him-mehquunumoush , I remember thee, 

 Ps. 77, 3; imperat. mim-mchqiuhmm-eh, 

 .remember thou me. Vbl. n. mehqudit- 

 utiidonk, memory, remembrance (of an. 

 obj.). Job 18, 17; Prov. 10, 7. From 

 ahijiiiintaiii [ahipie-andnn'], he refrains 

 from thinking of, with negat. prefix; 

 mo-ahquanlam, he does not refrain, etc. 



mehquantam, -oantam — continued. 

 [Narr. kum-meqtuivnnm-e, dost thou 

 remember me? Abn. iie-mik8itehaii'- 

 damen, j'ai la memoire de cela, je m'en 

 souviens; (with an. obj.) ne-mi'kSitehai'i- 

 maii, nc-mi'kSeremnfi.l 



mehquau, mequau, n. the thigh, Ezek. 

 24, 4; (igiiv iiivqiui-ul, under my thigh. 

 Gen. 47, 29; vehquau, his thigh. Cf. 

 mohpie, hip, upjier part of the thigh; 

 molipcgli, shoulder. 



mehtauog:, n. the ear; jil. -tigmisJi, El. Gr. 

 10, -ogqnmh, Rum. 11, 8; nehliitiog, my 

 ear; 2d pers. keht-; 3d pars. vvht-. From 

 wahtcou, he understands, knows (?); 

 suppos. wautog, he who knows, under- 

 stands, the knower(?), or perhaps from 

 the causative form, it makes (him) un- 

 derstand. Cf. ncolannmdt, to hear. 



[Narr. niittoitwog, pi. -guasli. Abn. 

 mctaSakS; 3d pers. StaSakS; ])1. -iujSr. 

 Peq. kutluwannege, your ear, or 'what 

 you hear by'. Stiles. Muh. loicoliqn,, 

 ear, Edw. Del. (3d pi.) vliitlawak-all, 

 Hkw. ; hiftaock, ear, Camji. Cree vw-td- 

 v:d-ki, ear, Harmon.] 



jnehtug', -tugq, mahtug, n. (1) a tree, 

 wood: pi. -ugqKaali, El. Gr. 10; mi'lng- 

 kmhnitii. 'among thick trees', Ps. 74, 5; 

 dimin. nu'lilugqticn and mehhigquhnes, a 

 small tree. El. Gr. 12. (2) small wood, a 

 stick, a twig (inuhtoikaomes, a stick, C, ) ; 

 pi. mehtugkcomesash, twigs, Gen. 30,37; 

 withes, Judg. 16, 7, 8. In compound 

 ' words, -uhtug or -uhlugq, tree, wood; 

 -unk, a tree (while standing or in the 

 earth). See agwonk; kislikiutk; mus- 

 smonk; qunuhtug. 



[Narr. inihtuck, pi. -j- quash. Chip. 

 mitig, pi. -gog. Cree i}iist'ick, dimin. 

 mistickoos. Del. lachaii [ = 'higkuii('!)'\, 

 wood (}n? /a c/i((/(, firewood); mehitluk, 

 a tree, Zeisb.] 



meisunk. See meeaiink. 



mekaussu, v. i. act. he strives, contends; 

 suppos. iiielMiml, Is, 50, 8. 



mekonau, v. t. an. he contends with 

 (him), strives against (him); imperat. 

 2d pi. mckonaik, contend with, do bat- 

 tle with (him), Deut. 2, 9, 24; suppos. 

 voh mekonont, he who contends with. 

 Is. 45, 9; mutual, mekonltluog, they con- 

 tend one with the other, they strive 

 together. Lev. 24, 10; 2 Sam, 14, 6, 



