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MENOMINI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY 



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aqpu'akan, a pipe bowl made of 

 stone. 



a < i p u ' ak a n naq'tlk, wooden pipe- 

 stem; from aqpu'akan, stone 

 pipe bowl, and naq'tlk stem, i. e., 

 wood. 



iiq'tik, stick; piece of wood. 



;i s , placed before thecardinal num- 

 bers it forms ordinals, as as nish', 

 the second ; iis mita'ta, tlie tenth. 



a'sabeina'ti situ'a, to live. 



a'sani'u, angel. 



a'sawiq'kana, on the other side 

 of the road. 



a'seiita'a, to do a thing; to act; 

 to work. 



a ' s e J) a n , raccoon . 



ase'piiq, rock, stone. 



ases'ki, mud. 



asha'kan, mortar for crashing 

 herbs and nuts. 



asha'kanaq 'tik, pestle; lit., & 

 mortar stick, from asha'kan, a 

 mortar, and iiq'tik, a stick or 

 piece of wood. 



asha'wik, there; at that place. 



ashke'paki Y/ , green. 



askii', pine. 



a'skaa'qpuku, an aquatic plant, 

 growing to the height of 4 feet; 

 roots used for medicine. 



a'skikeshkipoto', to saw. 



a'skikesh'kisama', to cut. 



aski'paqtl', to strike. 



a s i mi q ' k a h a , east. 



as'nik, west. 



A s s ' k a s s , the Menomini word for 

 Oshkosh, a city in eastern Wis- 

 consin. The word signifies bear's 

 claw. See Oshkosh. 



a'tano'qeu, a story; a narra- 

 tive. 



atshi'ke'siu T , north. 



atshi'ke'slwii'enan, the north 

 wind. 



Aw ai'etokwa'beno', ''big-shade- 

 coming-day;" a name applied to 

 one of the mystic personages. 



awai'tok, little. 



awai'tok pa'niq, dwarf; from 

 awai'tok, lit.fle, and pa'niq, boy. 

 Awa'noqnio T , " the-air-we- 

 breathe;" personal name of a 

 woman. 

 awa'nuqni u/ a, fog; also a per- 

 sonal name. 



awisi'an, when are you going? 



Baboq'keweii, woodcock ; the 

 old man who carved an old 

 woman out of a poplar tree ; 

 mythologic. 



Baia'weqshi', " that-which-rat- 

 tles;" a personal name. 



baku'oqta', belt of skin. 



bakwa'tene'kan, cake sugar; 

 maple sugar made in the form of 

 small cakes, which is served to 

 visitors and children, and placed 

 before the grave-boxes of the 

 dead as an offering of "first 

 fruits." 



bama'desitu'a, life; living peo- 

 ple; bama'desitua pasa' noqki- 

 wok, living people must work. 



b a m a ' t e s h i t u o g , the people ; all 

 people. 



baqki', ashes. 



bcbo'na, a year; pi., bcbo'nan. 



e D , yes. 



ehaiyom', this, referring to ani- 

 mate things. 



ena'baqtam, his dream. 



cna'baqtan, a dream. 



ene'qpe, then. 



ene.'. enoq, that. 



e n o', this suffix to the cardinal num- 

 bers forms the multiplying num- 

 bers, as, su'asik, eight; suasik'- 

 eno', eight times. 



es, shell; e'sak', shells. 



e'shika'nashi'kan, one side of 

 his or her hips. 



esh'ko'da, fire; pi., esh'koden'. 



e'sikan'iknV, half moon. 



esko'tii, fire; also esh'kotii', the 

 same as the Ojibwa form. 



e n ' t o s h e a w o k , to create ; to cause 

 to be born. 



ganik'ni'pe'se, long lake, a long 

 narrow body of water. 



geo"netshi v , to be surprised. 



ge'so, sun; usually pronounced 

 ke'so. 



haia'paqtau tipiiq'ka, mid- 

 night. 



hanaq'kin, amat, made of rushes 

 or bark; general term for mats 

 of any description. 



hanaq'papeq tsi, meteor, lit., 

 falling star. 



ha 'lie, some. 



ha u ni', a ball for playing games; 



