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quindgok or qidnukok: pasuk kesuk, asuh 

 neemik kenukqiiAe . . . asuh piogkuk- 

 qiiiinir, 'one (lay or two days ... or 

 ten days', Num. 11, 19; nequtte ke,suk 

 asuh iifesequinnn, 'a day or two', Ex. 

 21, 21; ogguhse-qidrme, few days; mai- 

 chetikquinne, for many days. The sup- 

 pos. form is used after an ordinal, as 

 nishikquhiogok, on the third day {shuck- 

 qundckat, 'three days', R. W. ; nishik- 

 qunnohqudd, three days hence or ago, 

 C.) ; yoiiqiihiiKikiik, on the fourth day 

 [yomniiinrkiil. ' four days', R. W.'). So, 

 mahchrjiimi-liclik-qnhiogiik, 'after many 

 days' {nesiikquinogkod, two days ago, 

 C ; mamusse quhme kesukod, all the day 

 long, ibid., which last phrase points to 

 the etymology, from quinne, long, the 

 measure of duration). 



' ' They are punctual in measuring their 

 day by the sun, and their night by the 

 moon and the stars", R. "W. 67. Be- 

 sides the more obvious mode of indi- 

 cating time of day or night, by saying 

 that the sun or moon was 'so high' 

 (go li))nit mpl'i-an, 'the sun thus high, I 

 will come', R. W. 1, the seasons of 

 light and darkness were subdivided, 

 under significant names, to a degree 

 that admitted of considerable accuracy 

 in expressing time. The principal of 

 these subdivisions or hours were as fol- 

 lows: adrhuwdmpag, (when it is) morn- 

 ing watch, just before daylight lahchu 

 vompag, he looks earnestly for day- 

 light]; kiioiiipog, (when it is) daybreak 

 [keht-ii-(}iiiiiii(/ (? I, the beginning of day- 

 light] {kitiiiiijiiiiiisha. break of day, R. 

 W.; poalouwashd, C. ); c/(Oudea(c/i, about 

 cock-crowing, R. W. ; wompag (bright 

 light), full daylight (n-oinpan, niavldhoii, 

 (■liiclii'tiitjndt, it is day; uiupaldidxiii. it is 

 broad day, R. AV.; Cree wdpmn, Howse 

 77); mohtompan, it is morning (mauta- 

 bon, R."" W. ) ; mohtompog, when it is (or 

 was, or will be) morning, in the morn- 

 ing; nompodeii, early in the morning; 

 nompuhkeik, 'on the morrow', i. e. 

 when it W'as (next) morning; pAsh- 

 pishont {up-poshpishao)ik nepaz, C. ; pd- 

 shisha, 'it is sunrise', R. W.), sunrise 

 [when he springs forth, suppos. from 

 pishpeshau (freq. olj/eshau), he springs 



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forth, it blossoms; cf. uppeshau, a flow- 

 er] ; pohsheqiidcu ( halfway ) , noon {pdire- 

 shaquau', paushaqAaw, R.W. ; yahenpaw- 

 shaquan; almost noon, ibid.; pohshe- 

 qu<(e, C); pnnicdmpdiK, ■ii.awwduwqmv, 

 quItukqtMquati; R. W., qudUuhqiiohqud, 

 C, afternoon [pdnikompau, he stands at 

 one side or sidelong; nauirot-uhquaeu, 

 he looks afar or from a distance; qut- 

 taueu, he is sinking, going downward] ; 

 wayont, waont [suppos. from iranomi, 

 he goes astray, goes out of the way, 

 is lost], sunsetting; irayau (irayad/ri, 

 R. W. ), it is sunset {(oirayaonk neptaz, 

 C. ) ; ash iraaonghip, before sunset 

 (past time); paupakinasik, Prov. 7, 9, 

 paphakaeu, Ezek. 12, 7, in the twi- 

 light; "V(/?)«>»A'(;»('m', at evening; imnon- 

 ka>iik, irannotikaxvk, (when it was) 

 evening {ininnAiiq)iit,'R. W.); tuppara, 

 oleinat'qiporat, toward night, R. A\'. ; 

 iiukoii, niclikun {niikkon, C), \>\. x-'ixh, 

 night [from nvkkonav, he leaves or for- 

 sakes?] ; past or future supjxis. iiidikog, 

 when it was night; uiikkiindcu (udiihicks, 

 nokaiindiri, R. W. ),by night; pohkenit- 

 tipukaok, in the darkness of night (po})- 

 pakmmelcli, auchamgotch, dark night, 

 R. W.; jj<jhkiiilij,p6hkod, C.) [ivom pog- 

 ki'iii, it is clark, and lippaco (luppmco, 

 R. \V.), of doubtful meaning; cf. Abn. 

 lanni I'dSt.ii tebi kat/ quel temps de la iniit? 

 etc., Rasles494]; »(5rt(p((i-orf(5(>i(, at mid- 

 night; pajeh nOetipukkok, till midnight 

 {noultljipihkod, 'late at night', ('.; ikhhi- 

 shoirat'ippocat, midnight, R. W. [from 

 noeu, in the middle; nashaiu', between 

 or midway, and tippacot']); iraiiijuin- 

 iw, iniiiijianne, all night. 



day by day, daily, dsekesukokish. 



day's journey, ncqiitti- kesiikqiiashi'mat 

 (intin. ), to go one day's journey; ii'qitlt- 

 Idkccsiqiioi-kal, n'quUtakees-puiiiiiii.iJit'n, 

 'one day's walk', R. W. 



dead, imppiik, '^i.nnpukeg [suppos. part, 

 from riiippm, he dies]. Though Eliot 

 employs this word exclusively, it was 

 more customary with the Indians to 

 substitute some euphemistic eijuivalent, 

 "because they abhorre to mention the 

 dead by name", (R. \V. 161), as ch^- 

 peck [from rhippeii, he separates himself 

 or is separated; suppos. part., 'the 



