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[pemsqunnum, V. t. he wreaths, twines, 

 twiHt> (it I ;] adj. -numwde, 'wreathed', 

 Ex. 2S, \-i,=pepemgqunnv.mv:u, v. 22. 



[Del. pimochqueii, vbl. adj. turned, 

 twisted, Zeisb.] 



pemsquoh, n. a whirlwind, Job 37, 9; 

 I.-. 40. 24. For pemgqudil, it winds 

 al"iiit, twines (?). Ct. pepemsqne. 



pemunnealit, -unneat, n. a cord, a 

 strinj:. Is. -50, 2; Mark 7, 35; pi. ~^ash 

 and -ronash, Judg. 15, 13; 16, 11, 12. 

 Suppos. of pemunohU'au (it is twisted 

 or plaited), 'when twisted' {j)emin- 

 neiiht oine, a tishing line; pedmenyaht, 

 a cable, C). The primary meaning 

 seems to be plaited or braided; that 

 which is made by putting one (strand 

 or thread ) across another. Cf. pummee- 

 che. See tuttuppun. 



[Abn. pemaiSi, il va de travers. Cree 

 pim-icli, crasswise. Del. pimenatan, 

 thread; ;>im«/, slanty, Zeisb. Cree pe- 

 eme-num, 'he awryeth it'; phnme-num, 

 'he twists it', How.se 93. Powh.: 

 "Their women use to spin ... a kind 

 of gras.^ they call peinmenau; of these 

 they make a thread very even and 

 readily."— J. Smith, Hi.'^t. of Va.] 



penaekinnu, v. i. it grows and spreads, 

 spreads as it grows (of a vine, Ezek. 

 17, 6). ¥ro\iipenn?u, with k progressive, 

 and -iiinu, the characteristic of verbs of 

 growth and production : ' it goes on 

 growing and spreading ' , or ' it continues 

 tu spread as it grows.' 



penaeu, v. i. it is spread about, as a 

 growing plant, tree, or vine. Cf. pa«n?, 

 out of the way. 



[Xarr. penayi, 'crooked', E. W. 56.] 



penohkonau, v. t. an. he casts or throws 

 (him) down: kvp-petnthkon-eh, thou 

 easteth me down, Ps. 102, 10 ( penoh- 

 konal, to throw down, C. ). From nmh- 

 konau, he throws (to the ground); with 

 the prefix pe-, he throws from a height, 

 casts down (to the ground). See na>- 

 kondnat and its cognates, and penuhkau. 

 [Abn. ne-penakann or 7)e-nesakkan, 

 'je le jette du haut en bas.'] 



*penoht, n. soot, C. 161. 

 [.\bn. plratdl.^ 



penomp, n. a virgin, (ien. 24, 16; Is. 7, 

 14; pl.-/>aojr, Esth. 2, 19. From penotie, 

 strange, in its secondary or privative 



penomp — ton t i n ued . 



.■^ense. and -omji, n. gen. for 'man', nes- 

 cia viri (?). Cf. *keegsq>iaw; *ipiaui<«s. 

 [Du Ponceau (?) says: "A young man 

 of Delaware is called pilape. This 

 word is formed from pilsit, chaste, in- 

 nocent, and lenapi, man, \'iz., man in his 

 purity and innocence." — Tocqueville, 

 Democ. en Amer. app. c. {penomp, 

 peissit (?), or pemigsu (?).) Hkw. gives 

 pilapeti, a lad; piharegis, aboy; pilavrtil, 

 a male infant babe. Zeisb. gives pi la 

 pi u, a big boy; pi la ire lit, a little boy; 

 pi In ve Ischitsch, a boy, Voc. 52.] 



penowe, adj. and adv. (1) strange, differ- 

 ing, or of another kind, imeommon. 

 (2) foreign, of another country or lan- 

 guage. From the same base, perhaps, 

 with panne (q. v.), out of the way. 

 Vbl. n. penameyeum [penvur-uw'], it 

 is different, strange, Prov. 21, 8. Caus. 

 inan. penmivehlenu, he makes (it) differ- 

 ent, distinguishes (it), Lev. 11, 47. Cf. 

 nanve. 



[Abn. piri, pirSi, ' indicat no\'itatem ' ; 

 pirie, nouveau. Del. pili, another, 

 Zeisb.] 



*pena)on, n. a boat, ilass. Ps. , John 6, 22. 

 See *jiemmig. 



pencowanumau, penuan-, v. t. an. to 

 have a difference with, to contend 

 with (him). Suppos. part, penuanu- 

 »HOH<, when contending with. Job 9, 3; 

 u]>-penuanumo-tth, they contended with 

 them, Prov. 28, 4. V. mutual an. pienua- 

 tiittvog, they contend with each other, 

 'are at strife', 2 Sam. 19, 9. Vbl. n. 

 penuanUtuonk, mutual strife, contention. 

 Gen. 13, 8; 2 K. 5, 7. Adj. -itteae, at 

 strife with, contentiously, Prov. 27, 15. 

 From penmve (emotional an. form). 



pencowohkomuk, penu'woli-, n. a 

 stranire place, Ex. 2. 22. 



pencowolit, penu'wot, (contracted form 

 of the preceding) n. a stranger, one dif- 

 ferent, a foreigner, Prov. 5, 20; Deut. 

 27, 19; pi. -tedog, stTnugers {penwuohtea, 

 a stranger, C. ). U.sed by Eliot for ' the 

 heathen', Ezek. 36, 3, 4. Adj. -ohtede, 

 foreign, Ezra 10, 11. 



[Xarr. nip-penoadnlauem , I am of 

 another language, R. W. 31. Abn. ne- 

 pirSnhHSe, je parle une language etran- 

 gere.] 



