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fine — continued. 



dust, Is. 29, 5. nulijiiiiiiiiif, in fine pow- 

 der, finely pcjwdered ; cf. ■•ml-ijiittahham, 

 be beats it to powder, >jrinils it small or 

 fine. 



finger, jxijicli n ii iilcli i-ij. puhchardtch, pi. 

 -('r/)islt; L-ii/i/iolii-Jtaiiiilrli, thy finger; iii- 

 ijulht-tahslii' jMihrlKiiiilrluiii, he had six 

 fingers, 2 Sam. 21, 20. From po/is/iecm 

 (it divides oi' is divided) and nutcheg 

 ( hand I. iiiiilliiiirliiiiiiti'lie<j, iiiittinwhun- 

 itcli. my finger; iriiltiinrhuiiitoh, his fin- 

 ger; luuttasuiiitcli. the little finger; heh- 

 tcoquanitch, keitiijajiniiiilrli (the great 

 finger), the thumli; imipiiiihh.i'kqimn- 

 i(o/i [('(/], the tip of th6 finger [lauppuhk- 

 ulrjae-nutclia/, the head of the finger] 

 {muppiihhjiKniilcli, pi. - cash, fingers, 

 C. ; nni>piiohl:iil:ipiniiitrl,l<in[x],'[,my fin- 

 gers, ibid. ). 



finish, make an end, complete, pa- 

 hidcJitnm ( pakodjtran , pogkodcheteau ) 

 anakatiSHonl; he finished the work; 

 nuppogkodcltehtmh iiiip-puinmdyeiionl; I 

 have finished my course, 2 Tim. 4, 7; 

 pakodjteiiii'in), it is finished [car.s. inan. 

 from pakodche, thoroughly, complete- 

 ly] . pakodche tissu, he performs (it) com- 

 pletely, finishes or accomplishes (it); 

 v. i. niipprikndclw iissem, I make an end 

 of it, coniiilete it. kextean, irut-anakatisH- 

 onk, he has finished his work- {keslou- 

 uuat, to finish, to leave off, C. ) ; anakau- 

 siionk ke.ite:'iinn>, the work is finished. 

 mahtm, >ii(ditoau, he made an end of 

 speaking; matoadt, when he had done 

 speaking {iinm-malitcaim, I cease; nuin- 

 rivjhianuhkvx, 1 conclude or linish, i. e. 

 I go on to conclude, C. ) . 



fire, iiffjtaii, nootrau {note, ybie, cliickot, 

 s(jutta, 'R.W.; Peq. y««Y, Stiles; chikkolit 

 ov nmtau, C. ). na.ihtpittag {=squtta,Jl. 

 W. ), a violent or destructive fire; inan. 

 concrete from nds-hquiimn, it burns, con- 

 sumes, rages; cf. iitish<pilliii, a tempest 

 or destructive storm, nmtati is of uncer- 

 tain etymology. Its use seems to have 

 been restricted to fire used for domestic 

 purposes, chkkohi [cliikohtean, it burns; 

 cMke-ohleau, it is fierce or violent] w'as 

 a more general name of fire as an ele- 

 ment, or rather as a power, and nash- 

 qidlaij or nqidta was nearly equivalent 



fire — continued. 



to the expression 'the devouring ele- 

 ment' — fire as an enemy or oliject of 

 dread. 



firm, ,ii,;iidd:i, mninhkni, (it is) liard, 

 strong, firm (menuhkolda, , firmly, C). 

 See hard; strong. 



first, ncr/miin' (necdiniii, (for m-i-ihi-ni)'! 

 E. W. 1, first. This word, though 

 differently written, is identical with 

 nnkkune, old (original, old, (". ), and 

 like nP(pit (one), of which it is the 

 ordinal, is related to nukkodtam (nickat- 

 tam, E. W.), he leaves behind, aban- 

 dons, etc.: ayimup negunne nakkune- 

 yeuut, he hath made the first old, Heb. 

 8, 13; lie negonneyeuaoh, 'that which 

 waxeth old ', ibid, nukkotiiati, he came 

 (or went) first, was in advance, negon- 

 Khacn (indef. ncgunshaea'in), a leader, 

 one who goes first. See one; old. 



fish (n. ) , namolis {nammaww, pi. -^nuck, E. 

 W. ; ndiiuU, pi. tiamasscoog, C. ; Del. 

 liomoas, in composition; -ameek, Hkw.); 

 dimin. mimohsemes (pi. ^og), little 

 fish. The root is apparently -munau or 

 -dmdii, from which namohs is formed by 

 prefixmg the demonstrative or deter- 

 minative n' and adding the animate 

 termination dn [for udax, animal]. In 

 compound words this radical, with the 

 suppositive or participial ternnnation, 

 -aumaug or diiiaugq, appears as the 

 representative of namohs. pi. mogkom- 

 mdquog \_iiiogke-dmaugq-uog'\, great 

 fishes, John 21, 11; kehtahhaiutdma- 

 quog, fishes of the sea. Num. 11, 22; 

 hou-amagqut [lioinan-diiiaugq-ut'], to any 

 fish, Deut. 4, 18 (aumaCd, he is gone to 

 fish, i. e. he fishes; aumauog, they are 

 fishing; n'lanmeyi, I am fishing; kattau- 

 iiien, do you fish? nHatturkqiniiiuirem 

 { = na)taiii6g(iuaiii, John 21, 3), I go a 

 fishing, E. W.). The modern Ojibwa 

 (Chippewa) restricts this name to the 

 sturgeon, adopting another ( kego, h'- 

 goe) for the class. In the Ojilnva vo- 

 caV)ularies in Schoolcraft's Indian 

 Tribes, ii, 466, we have for sturgeon 

 nam ai' (St Marys); mih ma (Gr. 

 Trav.); naw neigh (Saginaw); naugh 

 )H«;/ (Mackinaw) . So, in the Old Algon- 

 kxn, lamek, ' sturgeon', fish, Lah. noota- 



