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BUREAU OF AMERICAN KTHNdLOCJY 



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spin, liiij/HKdlilcmi, tiiliippenolitertii, (he) [ 

 spins, twists. See striii^;; twist. 



spirit, iiimliriaitiik, breath, the spirit of 

 man {nvfvna. spiritns). Apparently 

 a \erl)al from ii<ishi'iiii\ it i.^i l)et\veen, 

 me<lium; because intermediate to the 

 matei-ial and immaterial or to animate 

 and inanimate existence, a 'tertium 

 iini<r?. See soul. 



Spirit of God, iriiii-iiii>ili(iiiiiiiilmmoIi God, 

 (ien. I, 1 (cf. l>an. 4, S, 9; 5, bS); iiash- 

 aiiaiill. Matt. 4. 1 (cf. iiiattunit, the <)eyil, 

 ibid.). 



spit, nidik-oii, he spits (eskauoumnneal, to 

 spit, to lie spiteful, C; rnitteeKkouous, I 

 spit; nUxKkc. I am spiteful, C."); t^mki/. 

 sohcj, spittle. 



spoil (n., booty ), iti'ipitlfihliamootik [vbl. n. 

 irnmserniUuhhiiiii, he leaves ( it ) behind] . 



spoil (v.l. See hurt; rob. 



spontaneously, iielu'iiwowlif.ni himself, 

 of itself, sua sponte. 



spoon, irilllilltdlJIiniitcIl, pi. ^-tiaslt (but 

 iiiiiliilliiiiiiriirtrli, my cup, C. ) From 

 inilltiltilittiriiclilimii, -iri'lif'ini [caus. from 

 ■iriilliillinii], it makes him drink, enable.s 

 liim to drink (•.')■ kii)ii)iii.]i]. +iii(!noij, 

 K. \V.; kiniiia,,,. qiHununi,. -.md knhpoh- 

 huiik, Hi)oon or la. lie. ('. 



spot, chiihkiig. rliDii'i. a small bit, a trifle, 

 a spot, a jot: iruiiijii rlinlikiig, a white 

 spot; freq. cholirhnlikuij (suppos. inan., 

 when it is spotted or has many spots), 

 that which is spotted; an. chohkei^ii, 

 cliiihrhnhkem, (he is) spotted; suppos. 

 i-liiihchohkesit, when he is spotted; ])1. 

 'iic<j rholiclinjikixllrliiy, the spotted (ani- 

 mals), iiiniiini, rlinlib'xii, (lieis) Spotted; 

 iii'u iiwiiiwi'liiilikisili-licg, they (animals) 

 which arespotted [mmi-chohkem, having 

 dark or black spots?]. See speckled. 



spread about, pciiiu'kiiniu. it spreads 

 about (as a vine), Ezek. 17, (i. From 

 /jiniiicdii, it goes astray. 



spread out, .lepagoitnn, xrpdkiininiii. he 

 spreads fit) out; suppos. inaii. part. 

 mpagkeincouk, sjjread out; inan. sulij. 

 nepagemco, sepakemaj, it is spread out. it 

 spreads itself; v. i. an. xi'pab'o;/. they 

 spread themselves, .^ee sail (n.). 



spring ( a season ) . See seas(.)ns. 



spring (of water), tohkekom'a. spring, a 

 fountain, i>l. -\-mumh; tohkekommupog, 

 springs of water, running water, Num. 

 19, 17; .losh. 15, lit. 



spring up (as a plant), snnkin, nmikdn, 

 it springs up: ti'dixik .loiikuiKixli, (these) 

 s|iring ui> quickly. Matt. 13, .5; suppos. 

 part. s,j„kiik.- kulrhe smikiik, 'in the be- 

 ginning of the shooting up", Amos 7. 1 ; 

 caus. inan. .■suiikniirnlilidii. he makes it 

 spring up. xmihlili'dii. it si)rings forth, 

 puts out (as a bud from a plant ). 



sprinkle. See scatter. 



square, yaiw ih'iI (four-cornered), s(|uan'. 

 See angle; corner. 



squash, "idikHlasfjimuli, their vine-apple, 

 which the English from them call 

 squashes", R. W. " Isquoutersqua!<he'! 

 is theirbest bread in summer when their 

 corn is spent", Wood, N. E. Prospect 

 "S(|uashes, but more tnily sijuontfi- 

 >:ip(ii!<)ii'!i", .lo.sselyn, N. E. Rar. 57 

 Kliot gives nskooiasq, pi. ankcotanquash, 

 cucundiers. Num. 11, 5; itionaskmlax- 

 ijiiiish. melons; qwmcoasq, a gourd, etc. 

 Cotton derives this asq from axke, raw: 

 iiKuiioskeldmuk, 'cucumbers or a raw 

 thing', and this etymology is estab- 

 lished by Rasles' Abn. eskitamrk ffn'. '<()■'<'<'■, 

 |)1. ixkili(iiic(/liir, 'melon d'eau, i. e. 

 qu'on ne fait pas cuire' {skir, crud). 

 See raw. It was jirobably a general 

 name for the Cucurbitacese or melon- 

 like plants, derived either from ash; 

 raw, i. e. which may be eaten uncooked, 

 or from the kindred word a.ikelit, onkehl, 

 that which is green. Ci. u-ame ashkash- 

 iliKi.th.' all the green grass', Rev. 8, 7. 

 Kski'itnsq (pi. nxkiila.vpi.ash) is perhaps 

 comjiounded from aska>k, snake, and 

 (tsij. snake-like plant; perhaps from 

 iixkilil-axij, fin'en melon-like plant. The 

 English adopted the plural asqiiasli 

 as a singular and formed a new plural 

 .sv/m,.v/,r.s-. 



squeteague ( Labrus squeteague Mitch. ) 

 is supposed to be an Indian name of a 

 species of lish common on the coast of 

 New England, but I have not found it 

 in any early writer. The same species 

 is in some jilaces known as rlieaiiil or 

 liinpiit. 



squint-eyed, p<hiikipi('i, C. [paniie-iinh- 

 ijiiiiiii, he looks a.stray or wrong]. 



squirrel, (innjnx, a little colored squirrel; 

 pi. ani'qmiMiirk, R. W. ; the chipmunk or 

 striped squirrel, Sciurus striatus Ioiki;/- 

 kem, he is i>ainteil]. in'i'kSr. ecureuil; 

 aiiikSxivx. Suisse, Rasles. "The Suisse 



