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kind in. ) — coutiuued. 



Eliot's (irammar, 2 M. H. C. 9, xxiv- 

 xliv). Mr Pickering, at the puint 

 where his investigations promised suc- 

 cess, was misled by Cotton's vocabu- 

 lary, where the verb unniimit is given 

 with the translation 'to become' and 

 " iiiiltiiwi, I am become". This tran.s- 

 lation was perhaps suggested to Cotton 

 by some such use of the verb as in 

 John 1, 12: mnnaumoni'mneat God 

 [iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-iiinifiiiineat'], 'to become 

 the sons of (Jod', to be of or such as 

 sons ( if ( iod. Eliot himself contributed 

 to the misunderstanding by stating 

 that til. till, tiiiiic were syllables of "no 

 sitrniflcaticm, hut for ornament," and 

 only "in way of an elegancy" received 

 the affix of the verb, "as niiltinnr. kut- 

 tlniie, wiUtlniie." The manner in wtiich 

 these augments are employed in Eliot's 

 translation makes it clear that, while 

 the f may I)e interposed for euphony 

 merely, the additional syllables are 

 always significant, though not always 

 translatable to English, and that the 

 compound pronouns are equivalent to 

 mit-niinl, htl-iimu, inii-nnni, marking 

 the contrast or relation of 'such as' I, 

 thou, or he to or with those of another 

 kind or class. This significance attaches 

 to the verbal forms: nut-tinniin, I am of 

 the kind of, I am such as; nc nnttlmmn 

 {lie iiii'tiiiiniiii, Mass. Ps. ), I am such 

 as that, I am of that kind or class, 'so I 

 am ', John 1.3, 13; yen nuttiiiiin (yen nnt- 

 tiiiiKiiiii. 'thus 1 have been'. Gen. 31, 

 4H, thus T am; mn mittiniiini iieii init- 

 tiiiiiiiii. 1 am such as I myself am sucli 

 as, I am of my own kind, 'I am that 

 [which] I am', Ex. 3, 14. So with the 

 pronouns of the 2d and 3d persons: 

 iiednc uuiKnitay . . . ne n-uttinniin, 'as 

 he thinketh . . . so is lie'. Pro v. 23, 7; 

 viifliiiiiiii liiiii-iin, whosoever, i.e. of what 

 kind sncViT, he be. Matt. 16,24, 25; ne 

 pi.ili initliiiiiiiii, 'so will be his manner', 

 1 Sam. 27, 11; iienniil irnlfinncumin, ne 

 iniltiiiiiiiii iru.t.i(iiitiiiioiiiuii, 'as with the 

 servant so with his master', Is. 24, 2. 

 neanussii {neahheiiissil, 'such a one', 

 C. ), 'after its kind', suppos. from 

 neanusitn [iie-unni-u.'^su], the an. form 

 of necme; suppos. neaunak, of the an. 



kind (n. ) — continued. 



kind or s]iecies of, resembling, like. 

 inline liyiiiie. all kinds of (inan. obj.). 

 See like. 



king;, A•(•/(^t.«'"^ pi. krtassirjtiiinii-iiii. kings 

 { =lali.'<a)tiiiiiiniij, I ten. or>, 11 ). The first 

 syllable is kehte, great or chief, which 

 is occasionally omitted, as above, and 

 also in the verbal hetassmtniiKDunk 

 (sometimes anscolamnoonk, as in Dan. 5, 

 28, 31, and tfiln^mtammoiik, Zeph. 3, 8; 

 Matt. 4, s, etc. ), a kingdom. 'I have 

 not met with the verb form n.iismtdtiL 

 or tahsi/jtiiin, and can not with certainty 

 determine its primary signification. 

 See sachem. 



kinsman, iiii'tniiiji. my friend, my kins- 

 man; pi. "",'/; le.etniiij,. his friend or 

 kinsman; imtiHii/iiiiii, a friend, a kins- 

 man, i. e. the kinsman of anyone. I'ul- 

 tiiuuijikiniii'iiii, a kinsman of a female, 

 Kutli 3, 12; 4, 1; mittinotikumdog, my 

 kinsman. Acts 9, 3. irnttonkqs-oh, his 

 kinsman; nutorikej.^, 'my kinswoman', 

 Prov. 7, 4 {iiatoncks, my cousin, R. W.; 

 imcUrmkqsIn, a cousin, C. ). oinnithiiiik, 

 kindred, C. See cousin. 



kiss, e!iipiriiltii)iiiii)irfiii, he kisses (him); 

 init-rliijiinitliiiiiii/iiili, he kisses or kissed 

 him; eliijiiriiltaiiii'iiureh. kiss me (»»(- 

 chijiiiiitliDiiiiii. I kiss, C. ); reciprocal 

 eliipiiiittiuiii'iiiiiiilti'iii;/. they kiss each 

 other; vl>l. n. rliifjinittroiiiipienonk (a 

 kissing), a kiss [rhijijie-wuttoan, sepa- 

 rated mouth]. , 



kite, fjiiA'^iikrjiKinii.i/i. Lev. 11, 14; »■..•/».///, 

 Deut. 14, 13; but inrinuil, a raven. Lev. 

 1 1 , .^. 



knave, nioiilniikoniji, a knave; pi. —aor/, 

 C. (?). 



knee, ninkkiillnk [ iiiiikknlliik, C. ), a knee; 

 pi. —ijiiiii/ ( iri'iike kitlnk. a crooked 

 knee,C.) [»(•./«//'/»»/.■, that which .sinks 

 down, from ijulliiihii. it sinks down, 

 goes down]. Cf. Engl, knee; AS. 

 cneoie; Iniiytui, incurvare, inclinare, to 

 boW', to bend, to incline. 



knife, chohquoy {rhaiiij[u](irk, R. W.; 

 "whence they call Englishmen rVuic- 

 qiKiquock, that is, Knive-men"; see 

 Englishman); keiwliqiioy (keeneehquog, 

 C. ), a sharp knife [from kenai, it is 

 sharp] (eheqiKidireeliqiKiy, a razor, C). 

 vUi-ieek, rnocutick, pnnnetiinck, eiasiunck^ 



