232 TRIBES AND DIALECTS OF CONNECTICUT |eth. ann. 43 



1904 



May 17. — mici'un yugi'sk. ba'ki' zab da'bi' natu'n la'ndvn. mad 

 da'bi' nai'vvo' su'nii' mad nawo'to'. wa'ndjag ski'dambak da'bi" 

 i"'wok mata'wi', dja't'ci' i'Vok mad wi''munai oi i'wo'k. 



Alay 18. — gu'pkwad, zu'ganaijgwad, mo'wi' wi"yun. 



May 19. — gu'pkwad, zii'ganaqgwad, mo'wi' zu'gaymi. mici"'ymi 

 da'ka zu'gayun. tci'pa'gi' wota'gapa dja'gwanc. naka'tpa 

 pi''amag mad da'bi' naka'iia, nasi'wa'tam wo'tci' ni'. 



May 20. — mici"yun, zu'gaiiaqgwad, mo'wi' wi'yun wa'yaqgwotc. 

 napa'd'awa Tiaw'Tiag', ba'ki' natcka'wak waqks. ka'dji' da'pkii. 



May 21. — gu'pkwad wa'mi' yugi "sk da'ka zu'gayun napau' gi'za- 

 kadc. zu'gayun ba'slvwa. na a'pu la'ndvn wi'yaqgo, andai' 

 wa'mi' ba'kcamo, mad zu'gayun, andai' na bi''ya Tiorne^^ ag. 



May 22. — wi" naqgwad gi'zack ba'danta. 



May 23. — wi''nai]gwad yu yumbo'wi' gi''zack. wa'mi' dja'gwanc 

 wa'camuc.'^ gato'wi' mata'wi' a'p'i'sag.'* 



May 24- — tci'wi' ba'skwa, ka'dji" nami''dju nadi''nai su'mi" 

 naya'ndamo. 



May 25. — ma'ndu wi'go, womi 'ziam nami'ki'gwarig wa'dji" 

 nada'bi' gata'mki' natai'namowa naha'g, su'mi' ma'd'om owa'n 

 natai'namagg. 



May 26. — nati'ca' Palmertown- wiya'qgo, tci'pa'gi" na so'san"i 

 wa'yaqgwotc. dja'nau ma'ndu wi'go wotai'namaijg. 



May 27. — su'mi' na mad da'bi' tai'namowa naha'g, ni" wa'dji" 

 o'wa'n mad wo'to' dja'nau kontcatci''. ni'ya'yo mo. 



May 28. — gi'zack ba'danta yumbo'wi'. ma'ndu wi' 'go su'mi' ni* 

 mad wa'djana o'wa'n, dja'nau ma'ndu. wotai'namaijg wa'mi' dja'g- 

 wanc. moi'cak wa'djanak wa'manc, nagau'hig wa'manc, nawa'djana 

 kantcatci' ma'ni' andai' mad nanapaya'ntam. tci'pa'gi' za'yaijg- 

 wad, ni'ya'yo. namo'wi' na'wa tcam'aqksag ko"djalvs ba'ijgasu. 

 nasi'wa'tam wo'tci" na'gain, mad da'bi" wotai'namowa woha'g'a" 

 ni' ya'yo. 



May 29. — ma'ndu wi'go" naga'wi" mad dja'gwan bi'yo'mo 

 nakwo'wi' haig. 



May SO. — gu'pkwad. ma'ndu wi'go naga'wi' wa'yaqgwotc. 

 nana'ma a'qgatag gi''zack. nagata'mki', na mo'wi' zi'ckanas, 

 nami'dj nabi'yo'djapas.^" mad nawa'djana o'wa'n natai'namaqg. 

 ni'ya'yo. 



May 31. — ma'ndu wi''go su'mi' wotai'namaijg wa'mi' dja'gwanc 

 nataya'tam, ma'ndu wotai'namarjg. 



" An unmodified English loan word with the characteristic Mohegan locative suffix {-ag). 



1^ A verb for which I can find in my notes no definite meaning, though its endings, -mi^o) possibly a con- 

 tinuative, -c inanimate plural, are familiar. Narragansett assamc to eat. 



18 English loan word with animate plural termination. 



1* The final -a occuirir^ with this pronoun several times in the texts is interesting and also rather puzzling. 

 It may possibly be the obviative, corresponding to Wabanaki -al'. 



^ A rather interesting Indian corruption of "breakfast," the usual phonetic substitutions peculiar to 

 this dialect appearing for r and /. Other English loan words on this page are di'nai, "dinner" (May 24) 

 and ma'ni', "money" (May 28). 



