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egg — continued. 



from; ohie, earth; ohkas [=^olik-6d(ts], 

 mother; Sontoimik (dtomiik, E. M.), the 

 womb; Gr. mbv (aiov) ,eg^; a)oyEvf/i, 

 produced from the egg; tooro^os, that 

 lays eggs, etc. ; Lat. ovum. 



eight, )<hivos^ik tahshe {shwosuck, R. W.; 

 uliiroiidk or niskwd, C. ; Peq. shirausk, 

 Stiles; Del. cliaasch, chasch, Hkw. ); 

 shwoKuk iahsuog, eight (persons or ani- 

 mate objects) ; shwosuk tahshe kodtum- 

 »'(«', eight years; inan. pi. shwosuk tnh- 

 skinash missunkquaminneash, eight ears 

 of corn (shoasuck tashlnash, R. \V. ) ; ut 

 nishwosuk tahshe kodtummoa-ut, in the 

 eighth year; shwosjik tahshe nepAuz, the 

 eighth month. From n'shwe, three (and 

 n'ese, two?), with termination of the 

 Buppositive: the second counting or 

 "holding up" {tfilishe) of the third 

 finger, that is, 5+3. 



eighteen, nabo shirosuk: iiaho slnmsuk 

 tahsh-isquano(/k<i<I, eighteen i-ubits (long, 

 high, etc.) (plurknahna sliirufiirk, eight- 

 een, R.W.; Peq. 7^ )'«(/(/ iiatihiit sliiraiisk, 

 Stiles. ). 



eight hundred, an. slitrosuk tniishe pasiik- 

 kmog; inan. -koaash (sJmasucklashe pdw- 

 suck, R. W.). 



eighty, sliiousiik talisliiiicJinri [toroaxvck 

 tashindu'ck, R. W.; i,i.-<li,r,,i,ishnn„rl„ik. 

 C.) ; with an. noun slnnisnk tnhsliiiirluK/- 

 kodtog; inan. shwosuk talisJdnchayi: or 

 tahshinchagkodtash. 



either, luiniir, C. (?). luiiiwe, any, may 

 liave been u.sed in the sense of either, 

 but this is not probable. 



elbow, iiiecsk, ('. 



elder, eldest, kchcluog, kiitcli.ioi/, kcli- 

 chisog, the old men, the elders; ke)iclils- 

 squaog, the elder women, mohtomegit, 

 fir.stborn of sons or daughters, eldest 

 child, eldest brother or sister. Muh. 

 netolicoii, elder brother; n' mase, elder 

 sister, Kdw. 



embrace, niik-kilirhlkquuu, I embrace, 

 1 hold by the neck, C. ; leukkchcliquan- 

 iiuirnmun, we embrace, ibid. But 

 Eliot has uk-kechukquan-uh, 'he took 

 him by the throat' in no friendly em- 

 brace, Matt. 18, 28. moshogqunrdttuog, 

 they cling together, embrace each other 

 [reciprocal from mosogqueog, moshog- 

 qucog, they join, adhere], wonkoinau, 



embrace — continued, 

 he embraces (him) in taking leave; 

 mu'onkomuh, he embraced in taking 

 leave of them. Acts 20, 1; suppos. won- 

 kuttehhettit, when we took leave of each 

 other. Acts 21, 6 [an. form of imnkin- 

 nuin, he bends down, bows down]. 



empty, mohchiyeu {mohchiyeue, C. ); ?K(7i- 

 cheu, mehcheyeu, it is empty, barren, 

 waste [for inutche-yeu, good for nought, 

 bail] ; V. caus. mohchieliJteau, he empties, 

 i. e. makes (it) empty. 



encamp. See camp. 



enclose. See close. 



enclosure, enclosed place, koinuk; kii]i- 

 pohkomuk, a place closely shut in; nuh- 

 tngque kuppohkomuk, 'a grove', Deut. 

 16, 21; a harbor or haven, .\cts. 27, 40. 

 See building. 



end (n. ), uhquaeu, nhqu/ie, ohqui'ie, (it is) 

 at the extremity or point of, at the end: 

 ■uhqude u'ulanimhhou, the end or point 

 of his staff; uhquae vut-ogkmun-il, 'to 

 the skirts [extremity] of his garments ' ; 

 qut asqu-(im a>hquueu, 'but the end is 

 not yet', Mark 13, 7 (ohquae, on the 

 other end, C. ). Cf. rlhkos, m'uhkos, a 

 nail, talon, or claw; uhquon, a hook; 

 irut-uhquah, the skin; wussuhqun, the 

 tail; unkque, uhkque, aoTe, extreme; ii:6h- 

 kneu, on (its) sides or ends; vehque, as 

 far as, i. e. ending at; nmhqueu, so far, 

 at such a distance, etc. wehqshik, weck- 

 shik [when it is at the extremity or 

 limit, suppos. from iirliquoshiu , it goes 

 as far a.s, ending at], when it ends, the 

 end of, the utmost limit: u-diqsliik ohke 

 or ir,,li(jtihiiiiic ohkr, 'the ends of the 

 earth ', 'tlie uttermost parts'; nevxhshik 

 u-aii'iiu, 'its [the altar's] edge round 

 about', Ezek. 4.'}, 13. uiohkukqushik, 

 irohkukquoshik [when it reaches or at- 

 tains its utmost limit, suppos. from icoh- 

 kiikqnushiii, it comes to an end], when 

 it ends (in time or action i: "/ nohkuk- 

 qushik, t.o the end, =eii nohku/.i/iiiishiiiH. 

 uMtunaji}iquc, wiuuisliqui', at tlie end of, 

 i. e. the upper end or termination 

 (Abn. SauaskSiSi, le bout, au l)out; 

 SanaskSittan, le bout du nez, Rasles) . 



end (v. i.), wohkukquoshin, it comes to an 

 end, is ended; wuhkukquoshik, when it 

 reaches the end ; inan. subj. jiiili wohkuk- 

 qiwshiii-iish, they shall be ended. From 



