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sohkunkquodt, as n. height; adv. in 

 height (measureofaltitudeorelevation) ; 

 ne sohkunk, ne sohkunkquok, its height, 

 Kev. 21, 16; Ex. 25, 23 [i. e. suppos. that 

 to which it has grown, gone up to?]. 

 From Honkiii (?). A great number of 

 form,«, of several roots, are employed by 

 Eliot to express 'height', 'in height', 

 and 'high'. Besides those noted are 

 ui' xolikonkog, the height of it, 1 K. 6, 2; 

 ne (i.ihpohtag, Ex. 37, 1, ne ashpilhtag, v. 

 10, and ne nhshpohtag, v. 25; ne kodlunk- 

 qiioy (of a small object), Ex. 30, 2; ne 



aniDhqae spohtag, spwnogkog, 



spongok, its height from bot- 

 tom tci top. Gen. 6, 15; Ex. 25, 10; 27, 1. 

 [Atjn. spigaiinS, la cabane est haute; 

 tii rspigiinnik, voilu de combien (elleest 

 haute).] 



sohmagunum. .See suiiimdgiiiiHm, he 

 stretrhes forth, holds out (his hand or 

 siimething with his hand). 



sohq. See .tmkf/, saliva, spittle. 



sohqshanau, v. t. an. lie tears (him) in 

 pieces (as a wild beast his prey), rends 

 (him): ishkont aolikwuihonau, lest he 

 tear (me), Ps. 7, 2; with inan. obj. 

 .tohr/sIiadUnt, heteareth (it); sokshadtoh, 

 Deut. 33, 20; suppos. sohqshadtunk, 

 when he tears, 'rends it in pieces', Ps. 

 7, 2; pass. inan. -adtau-un, it is (vio- 

 lently) broken or t(_>rn in pieces. Is. 30, 

 14. 



sohquennum. See xohqiinnain. 



sohquettahham. See mhquflahhain. 



sohqulikauau, scoquhk-, v. t. he con- 

 tinues tearing or rending (him); with 

 the characteristic -uhk of continuing 

 actiiMK 



sohqui, (it is) in small jiieces, tine, in 

 dust or powder; adv. suhque puppksi, 

 'small dust'. Is. 29, 5; suppos. ne soh- 

 quag, that which is in small pieces, in 

 dust or powder, Deut. 28, 24. Adj. 

 inan. sukquiyeue, in powder, 2 Sam. 22 

 43. See ptrnpiiig. 



sohqunnum, sohquen-, v. t. he breaks 

 (it) in pieces, he pulls (it) to pieces, 

 Mark 6, 41; Is. 5, 5; Jer. 1, 10. From 

 soliqui, with trans, formative -imum, 

 denoting action performed by the hand. 



*sohquompooo (?), a coward; -ompmonk, 

 cowardice, C. 



soh.qussuin, v. t. he cuts (it) small, 

 makes it small by cutting: sohqsum-un, 

 he cuts it in pieces, 2 K. 24, 13; 7MS- 

 mliquK, I cut (her) in pieces, Judg. 20, 

 6. From sohqui, with formative -xuin, 

 denoting cutting, etc. (see Howse, free 

 Gr. .S7).' 



sohquttahhani, sohquet-, v. t. he 

 breaks (it) in small pieces, pounds (it) 

 or beats (it) small The formative tah- 

 huiii, according to Howse (Cree Gr. 86), 

 "implies he beats or batters the object, 

 after the manner of the root." Inan. 

 pi. nohqaUahhamunash, they (grains of 

 corn. Is. 28, 28) are broken; otherwise 

 smliq-, sukq-. Adj. and adv. sohpMah- 

 hae, pounded; pi. xohqnllulihdsli, whence 

 the adopted name sncrolaxli. Of. poh- 

 qinuiiim. 



[Vix-f seekira-laln'ini, he beats it into 

 smaller pieces.] 



sohqutteahhau, v. i. he is faint-hearted, 

 cowardly (suhkutleahhune, adj. faint- 

 hearted, C. ); pi. -hdog, they are faint- 

 hearte<l, Jer. 49, 23; suppos. -honi, when 

 he is faint-hearted, Deut. 20, 8. Cf. 

 seqidtaliwhau, he remains. 



[Abn. xkS'delie, il a peur (v. g. des 

 tourments), il craint le chatiment, etc.; 

 V. i. seghesi, il a peur; an. negliesS, 11 

 craint. Cree segiasu, he shrinks, he is 

 afraid; s^gehayoo, he frighteneth him; 

 mkoo-t'ig-ngoo, he is faint-hearted, cow- 

 ardly. (By this division of the word 

 Howse marks a derivati<.in fr(jm 'tag 

 (ni'tah, El.), 'heart' (?).)] 



sohsumasmcD, v. pass. inan. it shines 

 (forth), emits light, is bright (cf. voh- 

 summmitntieat, to shine) : u-equai nohsu- 

 iiiwiiirn pulikenahtu, the light shineth in 

 darkness, John 1, 5. Adj. and adv. 



xoln<mi) irc'ie, shining (forth ) ; teequal, 



a shining light, John 5, 35; kektssait, 



'king of glory', Ps. 24, 9. Vbl. n. suh- 

 .iihninooiik, a shining-fortii | use<I by 

 Eliot for 'glory'): niit-toiKjhkuiiiiikipie 

 siihiiiimoonk, his-forest glory, 'the glory 

 of his forest', Is. 10, 18. (In preparing 

 a list of words selected from Eliot s 

 Bible Mr Duponceau, misled perhaps 

 by the order of words in this verse (Is. 

 10, 18 ) , inserted solixumoonk for ' forest ' , 

 and on his authority it appears with 

 that meaning among the 'Select Words 



