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woman, .s</i'aa.<, srjuait, ■■irpuius, one of wom- 

 ankinil, a female (femina) \_squaodds, 

 female animal] (eshqua,C.; squHws, pi. 

 squawxurk, R. W.; patisuck gguAtv, one 

 woman, ibid. ; dimin. squasese, a little 

 girl, ibid.; Narr. aqiiaiihses, a girl, Stiles; 

 Del. ochqueu, a woman, Hkw. ; okhqueh, 

 khqueu, Zeisb. ; orhqnetschitsch, a girl, 

 Hkw. ) . See female. The radical squa 

 is not used bv Eliot except in compound 

 words, but in the verb form (squaiyeum, 

 she is female) is found in Gen. 6, 19. 

 Eliot has in Gen. 2, 23, pish hennuu 

 Ishah, 'she shall l^e called woman', 

 but this is probably transferred from the 

 Hebrew, nunkaqua, yiuiiksq (nonkuhq, 

 C. ), a young woman. See girl, mitta- 

 mu'iix, mulier, uxor. See wife, 

 romb, oontfmiuk, t6uidomuk, Stomuk { with 

 two nasals, 'as one would pronounce 

 (I with the mouth close shut', Exp. 

 May how ) { iruUontumukqut, C. ). 



wompam. See wampum. 



■wonder, monchaiintam (monchantam, C. ), 

 he wonders at (it), or v. i. he 

 wonders, he is astonished; vbl. n. iium- 

 chanrthunmonk, wonder, astonishment, 

 and sometimes for the caus. monchana- 

 tiiiiiiriilihiiir<ionk, (causing wonder), a 

 wonder, a marvel, 'a miracle'; adv. 

 moiirliiiiiiiliiinii'e, wonderfully: kummon- 

 i-hHiiiildiiiiivu&wm, 'thou hast done won- 

 derful things', Is. 2.5, 1. 



wood, iiiiUiihqim, u-uUuhq, iruttiik { init- 

 nhtiKj, of the tree), a branch or bougli, 

 wood for fuel {wudtuckqun, a piece of 

 wood: ii'udtuckquanash, lay wood on 

 (the lire), R. W.; vnltvoliqarinsh or 

 viixliiish (?), wood, C. ). See forest. 



woodchuck, ockqntchaun, R. W. (?). See 

 ho-. 



wooden, }in'Iitugque. See tree. 



wool, lueshagan (?). See hair, tinohke- 

 shakanash, soft wool, C. 



word, kiilfaiiirink, pi. -onrjitsJi. See speak. 



work, <iiHtkau»u, he works, he la- 

 lii.ns (iiutlandkouji, I labor; elsewhere 

 inUtann&kous, I work, C. ); imperat. 

 (maknu^ish, labor thou, work; suppos. 

 iKili iiiiiikdii^it, he who works; n. agent. 

 (iiiiiLiin,iiiin-in, a worker (miak&usu, pi. 

 (iiKdviixitrliick, R. W. ) ; vbl. n.anakait- 

 xuunk. work, laljor; v. t. anakaumn, he 



work — continued. 



works or labors upon (it), he does or 

 accomplishes work upon (it). 



world, muttaohke, miUtriok [muttae-ohke, 

 'exceeding much' land], the world. 



worm, 6hkq, cohk, pi. -quaog [oohke, C); 

 from ohkeieu, of the earth (?); but cf. 

 a.skcok. a^kookse (dimin. of askcok, 

 .snake), a worm. Is. 41, 14. 



worship, nauwaeMam, he bows down 

 to (it), he worships (it) ; neg. imperat. 

 nawaehtauuhkon, thou shalt not bow 

 down to (it), Ex. 20, 5; Deut. 5, 9; v. i. 

 nauwaeu (he bows down), he worships. 

 wowusmm, wowossum, he worships, 

 prays to; an. woumssuinau manitto, he 

 worships a god (wowmsum God, wor- 

 ship God, C. ); suppos. pi. part, neg 

 ■wdussumoncheg, neg wovmssumoncheg, 

 they who worship. 



would that! (utinani), napehnont, i.roi, 

 'adverbs of wishing', El. Gr. 21, 

 'O that it were!' "The adverb toh or 

 wipehnont properly signifieth utinam, I 

 wish it were!" and is annexed to the 

 the verb informing the optative mood, 

 El. Gr. 34. 



wound, tcoskekittuonk, a hurt, a wound 

 (being hurt), vbl. n. pass, homwoskehhu- 

 an, lie hurts; ncDchumwetanwwaonk, na>- 

 chumwehtaMvhuttuonk, a wound (being 

 disabled or made weak), vbl. n. pass. 

 from iiii;r]iiiiinivJt/<iliwhau, the caus. 

 inan. of nnirhinuirl^ he is weak. 



wrestle, quoi/qijailtiiiuJikonau,he wrestles 

 with (him). 



wrists, misslppuskunnichtg, C; cf. nius- 

 sipak, the ankle. 



■write, wusmkhom, vmssukhum, he writes; 

 elsewhere, in caus. form, wussukkulihum, 

 he writes (it); nmsukhum, nmsukkuh- 

 liniii, I write, I write (it) ; ahque nmssuk- 

 ■whiish, do not write {wussuckquash, 

 write a letter'; wussuchvheke, vmssiick- 

 v'honck, a letter, ' from v:ussuckwhdm- 

 men, to paint, for having no letters, 

 their painting comes the nearest', R. 

 W. ; vussrvhkh/imiinat wussukqiiohhonk, 

 to write a book; ncosoohquohham, I 

 write, C. ) ; v. i. act. wiiss-ukwhdm, he 

 writes, he is writing (umssuckhdsu, (he 

 is) painted, R. W. ); vbl. n. wussuk- 

 vhonk, w>i«so/i9i(u/(«'D»A^, writing, a letter, 



