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fever, in-csiiii.'iIi,hiiiJ:, nrx.hiiitoiil: (a pesti- 

 k^ntial or iiilcctious ilisuuse), a fever, 

 Juhii 4, oL' [iir.^iiiiiisliiii'iniirl; the plague, 

 R. W.) ; wee.iushau, ivesohshau, he has a 

 fever (but loesauashaAi, he hath the 

 plague, R. W. ). This name is appar- 

 ently derived from veesoe (iregaui, 

 R.W. ), yellow, with the affix denoting 

 bad or evil, -ish, and describes "the 

 disease which they call the yellow 

 vomit, which", as Heckewelder states, 

 "at times carries off many of them" 

 (Hist. Account 216). Eliot also trans- 

 lates 'fever' by kussopitae nyne 

 (Deut. 28, 2) [jamopitae, very hot]. 

 kusdnohsliau, he has a fever {ii-iniicknu- 

 sopitanohock, my body burns, R. W., 

 i. e. warne kussSpitae nohock; ii' minotiiiiiii, 

 I have a fever, ibid., i. e. nen n6te-esu, 

 I am on fire). See pestilence. 



few, oyguhsuog (an.pl.), few {ogkossmog, 

 C); inan. oggiiliS(ii(i.'<h, few things; 

 dim. ogguhsexiiimh, very few; ogguhse- 

 quinogok, in (at the end of) a few days, 

 \i\. of ogguhxt? {(jgko.f^c, C), small in 

 quantity or amount. 



field, ohteuk, uhteak [aJitcvk, soil, a field, 

 C), pi. -\-onash (lit. that which is 

 owned or approjiriated, to which the 

 idea of individual ownership attaches; 

 suppos. inan. part, from ohteau, when 

 possessed); v( ohteakonil, in the field; 

 viit-oJiti'akunil, in his field. 



fierce, cliKclirjiit'Su, R.W.; rliatrJiep'issii , 

 cluwhepiiisu, wild, ('. »<.-;//(/»(/(/, tien-c, 

 H.W.; tavlilhh ,nsli,j,i,-l„lt,t, why are 

 they fierce? il>id. 



fight, mi'koiinii, he quarrels, contends, 

 fights with (him); suppos. ikjIi iiir- 

 konont, he who fights, when fighting; 

 pi. neg mekonotwheg; recip. mekomUnog, 

 they quarrel or fight, one with the 

 other (niecai'mteasK, fight (thou) with 

 him; ■inec/iuntitea, let us fight, R. W. ; 

 v. i. imm-mekuhteam, I fight, C. ; mecm'i- 

 tea, a ""fighter, R. W. ; cnm-mecautch, 

 you are a quarreller, ibid.), ageunliko- 

 nau, he fights with, in battle, prose- 

 cutes war against (him). V. i. ayeuweh- 

 iciin, aijeahteahhiKiii, he makes war, does 

 battle, fights (juhctleke, fight ye; jiihet- 

 iltlea, let us fight, R. W. ; ayexmtlTionk, 

 'fighting', C). Vbl. n. act. ayen- 



fight — continued . 



trnonk, ai/i'iiiriiltuonk, fighting, a fight, 

 war, abattle. X. agent, ayeutcaev. indef. 

 -niiii, one -wIk.) fights, a fighter, a war- 

 rior; i>l. -i-iiiiiiiiinog; neg iiycnhkniiiiiiit- 

 cheg (and nyeiiinhteaenuhchi'g), war- 

 riors (habitual fighters) (Jluh. oioteet 

 (particip. ), he who fights, Edw. ). 



fill, numnvhteaii, it fills, it is filled 

 (inan.subj.), he fills or makes (it) full; 

 nurnwohtij'iish kciiidcheganll, fill thou thy 

 hand {iiiimwuhtaj, let it be tilled, C); 

 from inimiraeu (it is full) and uliteau. 

 auinmippuog veiu, they (an. subj.) fill 

 the house, i. e. the house is full of 

 them, namwdpanum •iriilnskcii jniiiuiiee, 

 he fills his horn with oil; luiminijHniiiiii- 

 mk, fill ye (one thing with another, as 

 barrels with water, 1 K. 18, 33). iium- 

 wamccrlium InuDiirae-ineechum^, he is 

 full of food, has filled himself (niim- 

 vxtmechimehleaiii, I fill, C, i. e. make 

 myself full). 



fi.lth, filthiness, ni-'^hkeiieiirikqiiok (sup- 

 pos. jiart. concrete, when it is filthy), 

 filth, dirt; nishk,;,, ,i„hin,,i:,,„k, tlie do- 

 ing of uncleanncss, lilthiucss in action. 



filthy, nisthkenonikque, unclean, filthy 

 (inherently or by nature); nishki'iiciaik- 

 quodt, when unclean or filthy (as a gar- 

 ment, etc.); adj. an. n'lshkeneunkqussii, 

 (he is) filthy. 



fin (of a fish), wpirekan (?); neg vapwi'- 

 kaiiUfJicg, they which have fins. Lev. 

 n, il; I lent. 4, <1. 



find, iiiiiih Ihiiii, he finds (him): iia- 

 iitiltcdii, if I liud them; ke-jiamrli, thou 

 hast fcjund nie; kciiaiiiliesli, I have found 

 thee; iiiinifhlnm, he finds (it); suppos. 

 part, miiiteliteiiiik, when finding (it), 

 when he finds {inin-ndinecliteo, I find, 

 C. ). Causat. from nautii, he sees: he 

 causes to be seen ( ? ) . 



fine (in particles or powder), jm^qiiag, 

 that which is fine or like dust (pup)- 

 piisKl, dust; plKliqiu-hirk, unparched meal, 

 R. W. ) [from jiidxik, that which is 

 small?]: pi. inan. piahquehthavsuash, 

 'l;)eaten small', powdered. Lev. 16, 13 

 (causat. inan., made fine), isohqnag, 

 that which is fine or powdered, fine 

 dust: so)iqiuig kah puppissi, 'powderand 

 dust', Deut, 28, 24; sohque puppissi, &ue^ 



