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messeng-er — continued. 



he sent a messenger to (him). See 

 send. 



metals. See gold; iron; lead; steel. 



middle, ti6en, naihaueu, in the middle, 

 in the midst; en niien, ut n6eii, in the 

 midst of; n6ahtuk, noohtuk [iii'ii'ii-1ii];'\, 

 in the middle of the river; ni'ictijinknk, 

 noeutiptikkuk [nueu-tippaco'], midnight. 



mighty, missugke (great, powerful); suii- 

 pos. masugkenuk, (when he is) powerful : 

 wame masugkenuk, the Almighty, Ex. 

 6, 8. 



milk, sogkodtunk {wgkodonk, C. ) [suppos. 

 part. inan. from soh-kodtinnum: that 

 which is drawn forth; pi. sogkodhmga»h , 

 teats, dugs, mammse]. meninnunk, 

 woman's milk: Meninnunk ivutch Muk- 

 kiemg, 'Milk for Babes', is the title 

 of Cotton's catechism ; and in the quota- 

 tion from 1 Pet. 2, 2, menbinuanue is 

 substituted for the sogkodtungane of 

 Eliot's version [munnimnug, a woman's 

 milk, R. W. ) [from noonau, he sucks; 

 suppos. part, inan., that which is 

 sucked]. 



millstone, tognlnnonganompsk, togwonka- 

 nompuk. See grind; mortar. 



mind (to have in), unnanlam, he thinks, 

 purposes, wills, etc. See think. 



mine, nnttaihe, it is mine (it belongs to 

 me); \>\. an. inilliillu-ng, inan. nuttaihe- 

 ash, they are mine; iinttailicin, it is ours. 

 See lielong to. 



mingle, mix, kenukshau, it is mingled or 

 mixeil with; kenukshaog jieninrahted-ut, 

 they are mingled among the heathen, 

 Ps. 106, 35 {nuk-kinukklnum, I mingle 

 or mix, C. ; uunnickshan, to mingle; 

 u'uunlckshaas, mingled, E.W.); from 

 keintgke, (it is) among. 



minister, nohtompenntog [noldomp-pean- 

 liiij, (uie who leads in prayer). 



mink (Putorius vison) , notlomag (?), Judd, 

 in N,^ E. (Ten. Reg. xi, 219 (=mikM, 

 ^cureuil, of Rasles ?). 



mire. See mud. 



mirror. See looking-glass. 



mirth, puanatam, he makes mirth, Ezek. 

 21, 10;vbl. n.pdanittamaionk, mirth; neg 

 poarheg, they who make merry, Jer. 

 30, 19. mislie nnixkovantam, he makes 

 great mirth, Neh. 8, 12. wekontammonk, 



mirth — continued. 



gladne.«s, mirth [wekontani, he is glad]. 

 See glad; merry; play. 



miry, saupaeu, sahaeii, it is soft (softened 

 by water?); saupae, sabae, soft, miry. 

 Cf. KCim/i; niijipnirn. 



mischief, iniskildiinuuik, hurt, injury 

 ilnne; ii-nskrli itt ii on k , troskehtowonk, 

 hurt, injury suffered. See hurt. 



miserable, kittiimongkeneankqniit, miser- 

 able (pitiable), C. ; kuttunwnkei' yrne, 

 miserably, ibid. See pity. 



mishap, mussuhkauau, miskatnui, it hap- 

 pens to (him); applied only to the en- 

 counter of evils or mischance. See haj]- 

 pen. 



miss. See want. 



mist. See fog; vapor. 



mistake, niip-iiiihldntitm, I mistake, C. ; 

 vlil. n.jiiilitiiiiliiiiiajiink, mistaking, ibid.; 

 cf. jtuttahhdin, he is caught, ensnared, 

 trapped, jxtnncii, he errs, goes wrong 

 or astray. See astray. 



mistress, sonkisq, mnkusg, sonkufj, mis- 

 tress, queen; kehclie sonksq (great mis- 

 tress), queen, Esth. 1, 9, 11, 1.5, =kehchis- 

 sunkisq, v. 12 (Xarr. miinks, the queen, 

 or sachem's wife; pi. simncksguiinog, R. 

 AV. ; saunck sijikiiiIi, queen, Stiles; sunck 

 squa, Conn. Rec. ii, 289) [lanitlin-squa, 

 master-woman, or mnkqium (iiiihkau), 

 she prevails or has the mastery]. 



mock, mnmontauau, momonehtauau, he 

 mocks, derides, makes a mock of 

 (him); suppos. part, nnh nioinontiinimt, 

 one who mocks; suflSx innniomanlnu- 

 (hdi, they mocked him; inan. moinnn- 

 ehtatn, momontam, he mocks (it), 

 he makes a mock of (itl; v. i. act. 

 iiiniiiiiiiliiJisii, momontussK, he mocks, 

 is n locking; n. agent, ni'imoiitnhsuen, 

 inuiiujnililiixiicn, a mocker. Mntohkon- 

 auau, he mocks at, derides (him) 

 (elsewhere, 66tuhk-, eiontuhk-, elontogk-, 

 udntogk-, etc.); vnM6ont6hkonOuh, they 

 mock him; kuttdoniohkrmeh, thou mock- 

 est me; v. i. act. 66t6hkossu, Aontogkkoxsii, 

 he mocks, is mocking; n. agent. 6i'intbh- 

 kiiimoau'aen, a mocker. 



moist, iigqnxhki, (it is) moist, wet. See 

 wet. 



moldy, ogijiKjiikKliaen, ogqiionkslieau, it 

 is moldy; adj. ogqnoiikshi'w; vbl. n. og- 

 quoiiksJtutik, mold, 'mildew'. Cf. OQ- 



