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cry aloud, cry out — coiitinued. 



W. ), cry out; vbl. n. act. mishontmva- 

 onk, a crying out, outcry, shouting. 



cuckoo, kit/urik, Lev. 11, 16; but in 

 Deut. 14, 15, hikkmr is transferrer). It 

 is not certain to \vhat species of bird 

 tlie name nseii )iy Eliot belonged. 



cunner, chogset, or burgall (Labrus 

 cliogset, Mitch.; Crenilabrus burgall, 

 Storer), cachauj-et, Stiles (Peq. ) [choh- 

 cliohh'Kil, spotted?]. 



cure, heal, nt-rlxh'hhen'u, lie cures or 

 lieals (liini) (causat., makes him well) ; 

 neeUkehtemi, he cures or heals (it, as a 

 fever, awound); neetske.ni,, (he is) cured 

 or restored to health {nun-neetskeh, I 

 heal, C. ); neetskehhuwaonk (a making 

 well), a cure. 



current, bissitchuwan (it flows swiftly 

 onward); iik-kisiitchuanncoonk (vbl. n. 

 act., a flowing onward, a continuous 

 flowing). See flow. 



curse, matt6num(iu, he curses (him); 

 iiiiilj'imimwk, curse ye (him); maitcintom, 

 indtlauitam, he cursed (it) {num-mattmt- 

 riitteam,v. {.("!), I curse, C. ; mattannuk- 

 mat, V. t. an. (?), to curse, ibid. ) ; jnata- 

 nittuonk (mattannuttuonk, C. ), a curse 

 (pass. ) ; matunumdank, a curse (act.) ; cf. 

 mnttamrit, devil, matchenaneteau, v. i. 

 he curses; maicheiimitam (he thinks 

 evil, is evil-minded), he curses (it); 

 miilrheiKirieteaonk, cursing; mamatche- 



curse — continued . 

 7iOit, he curses (him) [intens. from 

 mntchenaii]. 



custom, uhshuaonk, ushuaonk, a custom 

 (ushuwdonk, ussemik, an example, C. ; 

 ulwhutraonk, example, Danf. ), =uxsed- 

 mik, doing (?). See action. 



cut, tmrnmusiim, tummehtam, he cuts 

 (it) off: tummehtamwog uppuhkuk, tinn- 

 musmimwog uppuhkuk, they cut off his 

 head, 1 Sam. 31, 9; 2 Sam. 20, 22 {7wt- 

 tummlssum, I cut, C. ; tummethamnnate 

 mehtug, 'to hew down a tree', Ind. 

 Laws); suppos. pass. part, ne voh fdme- 

 tahhamuk, that which must be cut off; 

 tumniehtamun, (it is) cut off. tmnmeh- 

 tammi wuhtauog, he cut off from (him) 

 his ear; with suffix wuttummehtamau- 

 oh, he cut (it) off from him. tummig- 

 quohvon, he beheaded (him), =fnm- 

 mehtamau uppuhkuk (t'lmequam'm, to cut 

 off or behead, K. W. ). luhnekikkom, he 

 tears, claws, rends, cuts in pieces (as by 

 the teeth or claws); with an. obj. neh- 

 nekukkan; intrans. vehiiekikkissu, he 

 tears, rends, or cuts (particip. nenehkis- 

 sditu, cutting, C. ) ; neekussosu, iieegqsdsu, 

 he cuts himself, vunsum ummeemmk, he 

 cuts or shaves his hair [lit. he smoothes 

 it; from mmsi, smooth] (moosomunat, 

 to shear (sheep), C; moosnmttUtneat, to 

 be shaved, ibid. ; peeghumunat, to shave, 

 ibid.; nujipeeghain, I shave, ibid.). 



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dance, puiiinkoii,, he dances; pummukonat 

 (ptunukkonat, C), to dance; pummuka- 

 onk, a dancing {jiauochauog, 'they are 

 playing or dancing', E. W.;ahque mat- 

 ii-dkesh, do not dance, ('. ; mattwakkdonk, 

 dancing, ibid. This was probably the 

 war dance. Cf. ninttirni, an enemy; 

 iiiatiriu'ionck, a battle, R. W.). 



dangerous, ndnukquok (when there is 

 need to beware), from nunmikqussu, he 

 takes heed, is cautious {nen nunnukqua, 

 I beware, C. ), which is from nuh- 

 quiieu (?), he looks for, looks out, uses 

 his eyes: imnnukque nquompiyeuash, 

 perilous times; nannukquajijni, nuk- 

 qiinppu, he is in danger. 



dark, pohkendi {pmi.kunnmn, <\a.r\i, R.'NV.; 

 jMihkunui, C), when it is dark; as n. 



dark — continued, 

 darkness; pohkenl (?), it is dark; poh- 

 kenahtii, in darkness; pohkenittipukmk, 

 'in the dark night', night-darkness; 

 adv.po/itoidf, darkly, obscurely; causat. 

 pohkemimwde [= pohkenviiiuhhdel, ma,k- 

 ing dark, made dark, blind. Prol)- 

 ably from pogkenau, he puts away, a 

 putting away light or the sun. Cf. 

 ■leriiiorit, (going away) sunset. But how 

 related to pohki, pnhke, clear, plain, 

 transparent? See day. 



Roger Williams states that the In- 

 dians called the constellation Ursa 

 major ("the great Beare, or Charles 

 AVaine") nio>ik or pniikumiavnmw, 

 "which . . . signifies a Beare", and 

 Stiles (Xarr. Voc. ) has konooh, a bear. 



