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*iieeshauog — continued. 



elsewhere in Massafhusetts fm- tlie sil- 

 ver eel (Manena argentea, Le Sueui'). 

 I am inclined to Vielieve that it origi- 

 nally belonged to the lampreys ( Petro- 

 myzon americanus, Le Sueur), which 

 may appropriately be called 'pairera' 

 or 'couplers' in distinction from the 

 'single going' eel. 



[Peq. iieesh, pi. neei<)maag.r, Stiles.] 

 neesin-wog, v. i. (pi.) they lie two to- 

 gether, they couple, and v. t. they lie 

 with, have carnal connection with, 

 1 Sam. 1, 22; sing, neesin, he (or she) 

 lies with, Gen. 19, 33; 35, 22; imperat. 

 1st pi. neet'inUih, let us lie together. 

 Gen. 39, 7, 12; suppos. uoh rieemk, he 

 who, etc.. Lev. 20, 13; Judg. 21, 11. 

 From neese, two, with the formative 

 {-sin) of verbs of lying down. Vbl. n. 

 neesinnmonk, coupling, lying with an- 

 other, Xum. 31, 18. 



[Abn. nixSxinSda, nisSsinSl;, nous 



couchons deux ensemble (de duobus 



viris non male audit, de viroet f;eminii, 



male ) . ] 



neesneechag, nesnechag, num. twenty, 



Kl. tir. 14. Adj. pi. an. kodtog; 



inan. kudtaxli. From neese and 



nutcheg (hand; see meniUcheg), the sec- 

 ond time of employing the hand in 

 counting, twice [the number of lingers 

 on each] hand. 

 neesukossont, suppos. part, parting the 

 hi « if, Deut. 14, H. From ner:<e, two, and 

 „inlih,s. nail, hoof. 

 neeswe, both, the two, :\Iatt. 15, 14; Luke 



6, 39. See »<•<>■(■. 

 neetskehheaii, v. cans. an. he makes 

 (him) well, heals, citres: ken-ncelskeli- 

 hexh, I heal thee, 2 K. 20, 5; imperat. 

 neelskeh kuhltoy, heal thyself, Luke 4, 

 23 [nun-neehkeh , I heal; neetskeh, heal 

 thou [me], C). Vbl. n. neelskehnira- 

 onk, a cure, Jer. 33, 6. With inan. obj. 

 nedd-ehteau, he makes (it) well, he 

 heals or cures (it), e. g. a wound, a dis- 

 ease, etc., Ps. 103, 3. 

 neetskesu, v. adj. an. (he is) cured, re- 

 stored to health, .Fer. 46, 11. Vbl. n. 

 -kvmouk, a cure, health-giving, Prov. 

 4, 22. 

 neetu, v. i. ( 1 ) ho (or it) grows, as a plant 

 or animai, .lob S, 11; Ps, 92, 12; pi. 



neetu — continued. 



-nog, Jer. 12, 2. (2) he is born, Prov. 

 17," 17; .Tob 5, 7; Is. 9, 6; cf. tieekln. 

 This word is not easily translatable; 

 it signifies he comes into life, has birth, 

 but it also (with an an. subj.) con- 

 notes the coniing into the family or 

 tribal relation, domestic lifeand growth. 

 Cf. )'•('(/(. 

 neg, nag, pron. demonst. they (who), 

 El. Gr. 7: imme neg, all they who. 

 Lev. 11, 9, 10; accus. nagoh, they whom, 

 them. Cf. noh, nagum. 

 negonne, 'adv. of order', first. El. Gr. 

 21. Like neqntta (one), of which it is 

 the ordinal, negonne api^ears to be 

 nearly related to imkkdiie (Abn. ne- 

 gaiiiiii'), old, ancient, and so first in 

 order of time. Seenvkkomnuondt; nuk- 

 kone; pasuk. 



[Narr. rifctncnv. Abn. nikk(iiiniS(,de- 

 vant, par avance. Del. nigmii, at the 

 first, Zeisb.] 

 negonshaii, v. i. he goes tii-st, he is in 

 advance; v. t. he goes before (them). 

 [The characteristic -sh denotes going 

 swiftly, a,s in 2 Sam. 18, 27: suppos. 

 noh negonsshont, he wlio runs liefore or 

 foremost.] N. agent, negonshaen, a 

 leailer (indef. -aun), Acts 24, 5. 

 negontooaii, v. t. he sends a message to 

 (him), i. e. sends word before or in 

 advance of coming, 2 Chr. 2, 3 (nun- 

 Dtkonrliiiaiii, I send, C. ). 

 negonuhkau, v. t. an. he goes onward 

 before (him), continues to go before or 

 in advance of [with the characteristic 

 (-ulik) of progression] : irun-negonnhkau- 

 oh, he goes before them, John 10, 4. 



[Abn. ne-nikkannSsse, v. i. je marche 

 devant.] 

 negoshkag, =«»' kodikag, its breadth. 



See k::dtki. 

 nehchippog. See neechippog. 

 nehenwonche, (1) his own, their own, 

 2 Sam. 12, 3; 2 K. 18, 27; Prov. 14, 10. 

 ( 2 ) of himself, of themselves, suasponte; 

 Hi.s/i iielienwonche nekukish, things w'hich 

 grow of themselves, spontaneously, 2 

 K. 19, 29. 

 nehnekikom, -ekugkom, v. t. he tears 

 or rends (it). Josh. 8, 7: irnn-fiihnekik- 

 oiii-iin, he tears it in pieces (of a wild 

 beast, Mic. 5, 8); nen rielinekiigkoin, I 



