^'^ATICK-ENGL[SH DICTIONARY 



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neekin, nekin — tontinuefl. 



the growth of inanimate l]eing, a? does 

 -etu tliat of animate: netii, he grows; 

 iiekin, it grows; but from Eliot's use of 

 these two forms it apiiears that nekin 

 had the force of an an. passive, he 

 is born, he is grown ; netu an. in- 

 trans. , which we may nearly translate 

 by ' he has birth ' , ' he grows. ' See both 

 forms in the same verse, .John 3, 4]: 

 indch nekin-nedt (infin. ), from birth, 

 Hos. 9, 11; ntkri}, (a tree) grows, is 

 grown, Ezek. 17, 6; Dan. 4, 3.3; (of the 

 hair), Judg. 16, 12; suppos. nekik, negik, 

 when it grows or is grow'n, Dan. 4, 

 33 {nekuk, Matt. 13, 32); pi. an. -kig: 

 nikeekifj, Rom. 9, 11; pi. inan. -khh: 

 nehtikish, 2 K. 19, 29; (pass, form) nekit, 

 when he is born, John 3, 5, 6; pi. ney 

 nekitcheg, John 1, 13. Cf. adlamugen; 

 sonkin; tannegen, etc. 



[Abn. nigS, un enfant est n4, il est 

 sorti; IzanigS (cf. tannegen, EL), il cesse 

 de croitre.] 



neempau, v. i. it thunders; as n. thun- 

 der, Ps. 81, 7 (nimbau, thunder, C. ): 

 ken-neempomog, 'thy thunder', Ps. 104, 

 7; 77, 18. 



[Narr. neimpduog, thunder.] 



neemskom (?), v. t. he brings (it, i. e. 

 f' lod or drink?) : nunneemskom petukqun- 

 ueg, I fetch bread. Gen. 18, 5; imperat. 

 1st pi. neemskomunuh, let us fetch (it), 

 1 Sam. 4, 3. With an. 2d obj. neemsko- 

 mah nippemes, bring me a little water, 

 1 K. 17, 10. 



neen, nen, pron. 1st sing. I; pi. inclus. 

 keuawun, exclus. neencnimii, we. El. 

 Gr. 7: nen nnoh, I am he (who). Is. 

 41, 4; tianoihaue netwtrun kah ken, be- 

 tween us (exclus. pi.) and thee, Luke 

 16, 26; but nanashaue kenaumn, Isetween 

 us (all of us, inclus. pi.), Judg. 11, 10. 

 The pronoun in the singular has the 

 form of the noun agent, with n' direc- 

 tive or demonstrative as the base. 



[Del. ni, I; niluna, we (exclus.); ki- 

 luna, we (inclus.), Zeisb.] 



*neepanoii, n. a shower, C. 



neepattau, -padtau, v. t. inan. (1) he 

 stands (it ) upright , erects ( it ) , e. g. a post 

 or column, 2 Chr. 3, 17. (2) he boils or 

 cooks over a tire, i. e. .sets up the pot 

 for boiling: neepatiiu sdbaheg, he 'sod 

 B. A. E., Bull. 25 6 



neepattau, -padtau — continued. 



l)iittage'. Gen. 25, 29; imperat. tupa- 

 liiti.'li nabaheg, 'seethe jjottage', 2 K. 4, 

 38, and with an. obj. nejja-s [= nepaunh'] 

 m!.'!hc ohkvlik, 'set on the great pot', 

 ibid. (nej>ntloJiknlirjii6)iat, to lioil the 

 pot(?),C.). 



[Abn. nihadenl:, leve cela; ne-niliade- 

 nakSn, je leve un pieu. Del. nipachton, 

 he raises or sets up (e. g. a post, a pole), 

 7.t'i^]i. Gr. IHO.] 



neepattunkquonk, nepattuhquonk, 

 n. a post or stake, 1 Sam. 1, 9; Is. 33, 

 20; a pillar, 1 K. 7, 2, 17, 20, 21; an 

 image (statue), pi. ■ii'un-neepatlunkrjnonk- 

 anog, their images, Ex. 34, 13 [nepntnh- 

 rpionk-ash, (printers') 'columns'. Mass. 

 Ps. title-page]. 



neepau, neepoh, v. i. ( 1 ) he stands, holds 

 himself erect; and, as implying a change 

 of posture. (2) he rises, erects himself, 

 Ex. 2, 4; 24, 13; pi. -poog, Ex. 32, 6; 

 imperat. 2d sing, nepaush, 'up', stand, 

 Judg. 8, 20; pi. -peak, -piik, stand ye, 

 1 Sam. 12, 16; Nah. 2, 8; suppos. noh 

 neepauit, he who stands, Deut. 1, 38 

 (mm-neepco, I stand, C. ). [Cf. Chip, 

 and Alg. niha, nipma, he sleeps, and 

 ISIass. niippm, ( he is ) dead. ] 



[Narr. yd niepoitsh, stay or stand 

 here. Del. ni pu, he stands; pret. ni 

 poop; imperat. 2d sing, ni pa v:i!, Zeisb. 

 Cree nepowoo, he stands.] 



*neepuck (Narr.?), blood, R. W. Per- 

 haps the Pequot (Muh. ) name. See 

 vmsqueheonk. 



[Abn. nebakkanSm, mon sang; 3d 

 pers. abdkkanSm, hdgakkann, sang. 

 Miami ne pe kon u-e, blood.] 



neese, num. two, El. Gr. 14; an. pi. 

 neesuog, Deut. 22, 30; inan. pi. nee- 

 sinash, Cant. 7, 3; suppos. neesit iwmpe, 

 when it is two times, when it is 

 doubled. Gen. 41, 32 (neese lahshe, 

 twice as much. Job 42, 10). 



[Narr. neesse. Peq. naez, neese. Del. 

 ni schi, Zeisb.] 



^neeshauog (Xarr. ), eels, R. W. ; nee- 

 shuongok, Stiles. [Neese-aiiog, they go 

 by twos or in pairs, they couple; cf. 

 Abn. nissSSak, ils sont mari^s. See 

 nequitteconnml-og.'] The name of 'ne- 

 shaw eel' is yet retained by the fisher- 

 men of 3Iartha.s Vineyard and perhaps 



