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Bl'REAI' OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BVl.I.ETIN 25 



iWDkohteauunat, to soften or make ^oft: 

 nrokohteim, he softens (it), Job 23, 16. 

 See iimhhi. 



nrokompanonat, v. t. an. to let or lower 

 (one) liown, as l>y a cord, etc.: iimn- 

 lunkoiiipiiiMh, slie let them down (by a 

 ford). Josh. 2,15; [jmnlnmkompanit, I 

 was let down (from the wall), 2 Cor. 

 11, 33. 



nookononat, nohk-, v. t. an. to cast 

 down, til throw down (an. ob].): !''(((- 

 Iliiiidhbiinih (ilik-eil, he east him down 

 to the •rnmnd. Pan. S, 7; inmnmhuh- 

 /..,/,»/(, li<- <-ast them down (from the 

 rock), 2 Clir. 2.'i, 12. Ci. peaoJih'inan. 

 See iiiin/ildeumiiiu'il. 



nookshinat, v. i. to ca.st one's self down: 

 Kfohslinn. she fell down, John 11, 32. 



ncDkuhkonauonat, v. t. an. to cast or 

 throw down from a high place: nim- 

 ncokiihkoiii'tuli, they threw her down, 

 2 K, 9, 33; iriiltinuhkonauh, they cast 

 him (into the sea), Jonah 1, 15; iniii- 

 iiaikuhkoniih, he cast them down, 2 

 Chr. 25,12. Cf. pi'nohkonau. 



ncDnamontukquohwh6nat, v. t. an. to 

 owe t(j, to l)e indelrted to: pcisiik iim- 

 namontakquohwhau, one owed (him so 

 much), Luke 7, 41. See unnontuhjuoh- 



uconau, nconcD, c'heek. See iiianwnnii, 



noone: iiatnc ipitliuinaioiik, scant measure, 

 Jlic. 6, 10. 



noononat, v. act. an. to give suck, to 

 suckle, 1 K. 3, 21: xnmamuh, she gave 

 him suck, 1 Sam. 1, 23; ncandog, they 

 give suck. Lam. 4, 3. 



[Cree nionu, he sucks, Howse 81.] 



najnontamunat, v. t. to suck, to obtain 

 by sucking, to ind)ibe {nmninneat, C. 

 211): pish ki'ri(uniintam vohpanagunco, 

 thou shalt suck the breasts, Is. 66, 16 

 (in this place Eliot has given to this 

 verb the meaning elsewhere appropri- 

 ated to nconunat, and vice versa; see 

 example under najnundt); nmnantam, 

 he shall suck up. Job 20, 16; nmnordam- 

 iivh, they shall suck up, Job 39, 30 

 (mukkoies nmn&ntam, a cbild sucks, C. 

 211). Cf. rnunnontam, he smells. See 

 uconiuiiit, 3,nd *menmnunk, milk. 



ncDnoo. See namau. 



nconconae, noonojunae, ailj. flaming, 

 Is. 21t, ti; Ezek. 20, 47; Nah. 2, 3: iim- 

 iimi'ii' iiatlini, flaming fire, 'fiery flame', 

 Dan. 7, 9. 



noonoouneau, n. flame, Judg. 13, 20; Job 

 15, 30; nmiiioniiiil, in the flame, .Tiiilg. 

 13, 20. 



noonuk, n. a suckling, one who sucks or 

 is suckled, Deut. 32, 25; Jer. 44, 7; 

 Lam. 4, 4. See nmnontainiiin'tl; niniuindl. 



nconukae, adj. sucking: namukun muk- 

 kies, a sucking child. Num. 11, 12. See 

 nimiundt. 



I'Narr.nunnese, a,h&hy, Stiles; iiooush 

 nimdnnw, a sucking child ; iiiiiiiiii'oiiiik/, 

 milk; iniDmmnogan-ash, breasts, R. W. 

 126. IVcj. DMzaus, 'sucklings of men 

 and beast'. Stiles. Del. no iic tschik 

 (pi.), suckling babes, Zeisb. Voc. 25.] 



noonumunat, v. i. to be unable: nwnit- 

 iiinii. I can not, Luke 11,7; 16, 3; ni/j- 

 iiuiii. he was not able, he could not, 

 Xum. 14, 16, = iiroiiunum, Deut. 9, 28; 

 nwmiiiniiiiiiiiiin, we are not able, Ezra 

 10, 13; umnnaiimh, they (inan.) could 

 not, Ezek. 31, 8; t'inheau dmacohhm- 

 (')}i<if, he could not drive (them) out, 

 Judg. 1, 19 (namat, 'to be wanting, or 

 defective', C. 214). 



[Narr. mindnum, nooiuhfin, I can not, 

 K. \V. 30. Del. »io/ hand, lazy, Zeisb.] 



nconunat, v. t. to suck: {nunnconundl, I 

 to suck, Job 3, 12, with prefix of 1st 

 pers.;) minnroa, I suck, C. 211; p/.«/i 

 kmmn, thou shalt suck (the milk). Is. 

 60, 16; pish nconwog, they shall suck, 

 Deut. 33, 19; neg nwnonloijig, they who 

 suck (the breasts), Joel 2, 16 {nmnu- 

 nutche, a sucking child. Is. 49, 15,= no- 

 ndnese, R. W. 45). See nmnontamundt. 



noodnat, ncDwonat, v. i. to say (with 

 reference to the thing said), Luke 14, 7. 

 It is used l)y Eliot as synonymous with 

 the irregular verb msinAt, to say, but 

 the latter appears to have been \ised 

 when attention was to be called to the 

 speaker or the person spoken to. Cf. 

 annm, he says to; kenamaii, he speaks 

 with authority; kuttw, he speaks, utters 

 speech; ketookau, he goes on speaking; 

 kehketmkan, he goes on talking; iittind- 

 ndl, to say to; nmwau . . . Jehoixih toh 



