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ne'ki- set (of sun); disappear, vanish 
out of sight. 46.30, 142.9-10, 390.13, 
404.30, 410.28, 416.25, 594.29. 
ne‘ku- meaning ? combined with -wii- 
shorten one’s cries. 388.16, 476.16. 
ne‘kwape- receive and eat. 182.7, 
426.35. 
negapi- be nervous, tremble. 308.38. 
negi- melt (the final i is given solely by 
general considerations of Algonquian 
philology; the Fox examples which I 
have on hand all have e but in posi- 
tions where i would phonetically 
become e; to judge from the evi- 
dence afforded by Cree, Ojibwa, 
and Algonkin the instrumentals 
-‘sw- and the middle voice 
(-‘so- -ti-) go with this stem; per- 
haps also other instrumentals and 
-‘s-, 
copulas). 562.19. 
-nego- see -nenego-; not an error. 
444.20. 
neguti- one; changes to negutu- before 
-guni-. 550.30, 554.25. 
negwa“tci- cultivate, hoe. 302.41. 
-negwi- arm (substantival). 398.22. 
negwi- cover; combined with -ana'kw- 
+ -at-, be cloudy. 62.29, 408.6, 
410.12. 
ne‘ci- alone; cf. ne‘s-. 
300.6, 380.34, 436.6. 
ne‘ciwAana- (always with postverbal 
-t- -4tci-) ruin (primary meaning); 
with instr. -‘- -‘t6-, ruin in general; 
with -‘kaw-, ruin by getting a person 
drunk, ete., spoil one’s reputation, 
ruin a man’s wife [the corresponding 
inanimate -‘k- is not combined with 
this stem]; with -‘ckaw- -‘ck-, ruin 
by tramping on it (of a horse on 
corn or beans which are gram- 
matically animate), not fit (of shoes, 
trousers, coat which are grammati- 
cally inanimate); with -‘ew- -'c-, 
ruin by cutting (animate object: 
eutting hair on man, dog, horse; 
inanimate object: cutting cloth); 
with -‘sw- -‘s- ruin by heat (animate 
172.45, 224.35, 
object: burn by cooking [beans, 
corn, potatoes, meat]; inanimate 
object: scorching or dyeing cloth); 
—w- -'- ruin by a blow (grammati- 
cally animate objects such as beans 
on a pole, kettle, drum, buggy 
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wheel); with -n- -n-, ruin, get out of 
order by taking it up (grammati- 
cally animate objects suchasa watch) ; 
with -‘taw- -‘t-, dislike to hear; with 
-m- speak evilly against; with the 
copulas -'‘si- -a-, be ruined, de- 
stroyed; combined with -nagwi-, 
look ugly; the instrumentals -n- 
-t-, -‘pw- can not be combined with 
this stem. 68.38, 132.4, 136.25, 
302.24, 380.12, 380.13 (twice), 510.11. 
ne‘ciwi- dangerous (with the copulas 
-‘si- -f-); stormy (of weather; with 
the copula -at-; the copula -at- 
rarely otherwise is found in combina- 
tion with this stem). 60.8, 140.17, 
192.13-14, 198.43, 490.12, 526.36, 
562.15, 576.34. 
ne‘cki- hate (-naw- -n- instr.); scold, 
forbid (-m- instr.). 66.8, 84.42, 
92.43-94.1, 118.7, 142.31, 168.9, 
296.24, 296.28, 302.26, 310.7, 320.14, 
402.29, 436.34, 436.38, 550.26. 
ne‘cki- spread open. 118.36-37, 136.44. 
-ne‘tcd- take care of (-m- -t- instr.). 
182.4, 380.9, 382.32-33, 426.41, 
512.43) '532:31. 
-ne‘tci- palm of the hand (substan- 
tival). 86.26-27, 204.17, 254.41, 
254.42-42, 426.21 
ne‘td- together. 180.13. 
ne‘tom- solemn, 76.30. 
ne‘s- alone; compare ne‘ci-. 318.42, 
568.44. 
ne‘se'ki- grow dark; with copula -a-. 
478.9. 
ne‘swapitagi- thirty (a few verbalized 
numerals are in this list). 554.34. 
ne'swi- three. 560.2 (twice; with pho- 
netic change). 
nenaw/(i)- be easy on, spare, not be care- 
ful with (combined -dne-). 588.31, 
588.41, 594.25, 598.6. 
nene‘ki- bear in mind, think of so far 
as known; never combined directly 
with instrumental particles, except 
-m-. 52.37, 52.38, 60.40, 80.5, 228.12, 
302.28, 312.23, 390.43, 392.1, 530.4. 
nene‘ku- speak of, mention. 152.14. 
nenegi- shake, tremble. 476.19 (twice). 
nenego- flit around idly, “‘bum,”’ flirt 
with girls; see also tanenego- and 
-nego-. 446.5-6, 446.26, 446.27. 
