652 LIST OF STEMS 
miane‘ci- ashamed, shameful, bashful; 
with the copulas -ga- and -a-; with 
the instrumentals -m- and -'t- (be- 
fore which last i apparently appears 
as i). 88.25, 88.26 (twice), 88.27 
(twice), 162.9, 166.23-24, 166.26, 
166.31, 166.34, 166.35, 306.11, 306.16, 
312.4445, 380.35, 514.11, 578.25. 
miame'‘sa- (with postverbal -t- -4tci-) 
sensual; -‘si- copula; a fossilized re- 
duplicated stem. 326.30. 
mimeta‘tea'i- be a joyous time (in- 
animate construction), have a joy- 
ous time (animate construction) ; 
evidently reduplicated and in some 
way related to meta- (with post- 
verbal -t-), take pleasure in (com- 
bined with -ane- and usually in an 
obscene sense). 578.3-4. 
mamena- vomit; -t- instr. 198.43. 
me- find (-‘kaw- -‘k- instr.). 48.20, 
204.39, 302.42, 320.29, 412.2, 506.34, 
584.29. 
me- plain, bare, open (always with 
postverbal -'t- -‘tei-); combined with 
-iine-, know perfectly; with the in- 
strumental particles -n--n-. 134.51, 
136.6, 136.40, 158.3, 200.24, 224.5, 
256.37, 382.39, 398.25, 562.16. 
me‘kawi- stumble. 122.16-17, 138.32. 
me'kwi- recollect (combined with -ane-, 
-iti- almost invariably). 122.3, 
150.12, 160.21, 300.35, 320.37, 396.37, 
508.8, 532.40, 534.4, 558.40. 
megwe- be advanced in work (com- 
bined with tanego-). 122.28. 
me‘ca‘kwa- cut off scalps (-‘c- instr.); 
so the phonetic text and the syl- 
labie text correspondingly; yet it 
is likely an error; cf. mi‘ce’kwaiyi 
scalp. 602.4. 
me‘ci- large; more polite than magi-. 
46.38, 296.8. 
me‘ci- catch, seize (-n- instr.; also -*-, 
but apparently of disease only); 
rarely with the copula -‘si-. 176.25, 
198.22, 198.23, 322.37, 582.23, 604.17. 
me‘cki- spread out (of objects); open 
(of the hands, mouth); when com- 
bined with -‘cin- and -'‘sen- usually 
has obscene meanings. 86.26, 
160.21, 188.20, 238.10, 242.20—21. 
me‘cki- ruin, be careless with, be evil, 
make trouble for; apparently always 
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reduplicated thus, memya‘cki-; with 
the copula -a-; with the instru- 
mental -'k-; rarely with -'-. 248.21, 
248.24, 260.14, 262.34, 314.33, 332.33, 
408.32. 
me‘ckwi- red; with the copulas -‘si- 
-a-. 50.40 (twice), 54.36, 198.33, 
398.22, 508.40, 576.41, 578.13. 
me‘ckwigi- be discouraged; combined 
with -itaé-. 414.10. 
me‘cw- wound by shooting; from the 
evidence of Kickapoo, which is ex- 
tremely closely related to Fox, it 
would seem as if in Fox no instru- 
mental were used with an animate 
object, and as if -t- were used with 
an inanimate object; cf. pemw- 
shoot, shoot at; see Jones and 
Michelson, Vol. IX, Publ. Amer. 
Ethnol. Soe., 116.3; but the evi- 
dence of the more remotely related 
Cree indicates that the stem origi- 
nally was me- and that the instru- 
mentals -‘cw- -‘c- originally went 
with this stem; see Lacombe, Dic- 
tionnaire de la Langue Crise, p. 461, 
under miswew; the available evi- 
dence of Ojibwa and Algonkin is not 
decisive. 564.28, 564.29, 564.30, 
586.5. 
me*teittci- send a message by (-m- 
instr.). 60.28, 392.35, 410.11, 466.37. 
me%teimi- dislike (combined with 
-iine-); as shown by the evidence of 
Cree, Ojibwa, and Algonkin this is 
a specialized meaning. 48.3, 192.45, 
192.46, 298.25—-26. 
me*tcimi- slaughter (-‘- instr.). 62.20. 
me‘tcimina'kya- commit murder; ob- 
viously a compound of me*tcimi- 
and -‘kyd-; the medial portion is 
obscure. 240.22, 240.25—-26. 
me‘tcimowi- permanently. 192.42. 
meta- enjoyable (with postverbal -t-, 
-4tci-; like to hear (with -‘taw- -‘t- [?] 
instr.); when combined with -dane- 
usually has an evil meaning. 310.23, 
416.1. 
metipdine- not have enough of, be dis- 
satisfied with; a compound in origin 
as shown by several Algonquian lan- 
guages as well as Fox tapiine- (from 
tiipi- and -ine-); but the exact man- 
ner of composition which involves 
haplology is not clear. 580.10. 
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