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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



usually made of buckskin stuffed 

 with hair; also, bullet. 



kani'tiyon, fish spears. 



ha'noke'sian, where are you 

 going? 



h a n u " ' e , rattlesnake ; larger aud 

 longer than the common Grotalus 

 horridus, possibly the prairie rat- 

 tlesnake of the prairie-dog towns 

 of North Dakota. 



ha"q', star; j)L, hanaq'kok. 



hau'ka, affirmation; yes; that is 

 right; it is well. The word is 

 employed in the Medicine society 

 by members when one salutes 

 another by his proper title of re- 

 lationship or as a friend; then 

 the one so addressed responds by 

 the above term. 



hawii'ne, who! 



Hawa'tok, God. 



hawe v/ , it is; that is. 



he n/ , yes. 



hini', and. 



hiqka'te, low, as low water. 



h i s h e ' e k e ' ft v , like ; similar. 



Hoko'peshe', "little-whoops," 

 a personal name, from hobo', a 

 call or whoop (onomatopoetic), 

 and peshe', little. 



Hoqpan'iuq'ki, "lung- woman;" 

 a mythical female. 



hos'kle T , to do; to be able toper- 

 form an act. 



ik , signifies color, aud forms an in- 

 separable suffix in all words per- 

 taining to color. 



in ii' m ii q k I'ii v , ana'inaqki'ft, thun- 

 der; also refers to the thunder 

 god ; j)l., ina'inaqki'wSk. 



in an', natural. 



inana'ba, an ax. 



ina'netshi'pai, "dressing the 

 dead;" mita' T ceremony for the 

 dead when a new candidate is 

 brought forward to till vacancy. 



inii'ni, ina'niu v , man — specific 

 and generic designation; miq'- 

 kinii'ni, medicine man; shaman. 



in ii n ' o qpan ', plant growing wild, 

 having a tuberous root resem- 

 bling potato, and boiled and eaten 

 as such ; the word signifies " nat- 

 ural potato," from iuiin', natural, 

 and oqpan', potato. 



i nii n'sho'poma, maple sugar; 

 from inan', natural, and sho'- 

 poma, sugar. 



inaq'tck, raven; also a gens of 

 the Big Thunder phratry. 



ina'weto', rattlesnake skin, for 

 medicine bag. 



ine", in, at, then. 



I n o ' o t i n, it is his ? — used as an af- 

 firmation, and not as an answer 

 to a question. 



iom, this. 



io's, here; at this place. 



ishpe'kan, it is high. 



Ka'dabaqshifr, "one-who- 

 broils;" a personal name. 



kaiii'nomek ko'sa, "fishes," in 

 general; proper names. 



kaie'sani ue'awiiq'kik, after- 

 noon; from kaie'sani, after, later, 

 and ne'awaq'klk, noon. 



kaiis'nebak, corpse — of man. 



kaiyes', as soon; or, as soon 

 as. 



kaka'ke, crow; also a gens of the 

 Big Thunder phratry. 



Ka'kikatshiwan, "everlasting 

 falls;" a personal name. 



kaku'fine, grasshopper; literally 

 the jumper, the one who first 

 possessed tobacco. 



kaku'enefr, kaku'ene, the grass- 

 hopper, lit., the "jumper," the one 

 whom Ma'nabush commanded to 

 always remain a jumper, and an 

 annoyance to tobacco growers. 



kan, no. 



kau. See kon. 



k an a ' m a q t s I ft s n a w a q ' k I k , 

 mid forenoon. 



kanau'meqtshiii', before, as, 

 before some other event occurs; 

 previous to. 



kana'wehe'a, take care of us; 

 protect us. 



k a n ' n i w I q ' t i q t o n a n , I can 

 not. 



kaq'kop, string. 



kaq'pape'shi, thread ; made of 

 the nettle mashan', or sha'nap, 

 wild hemp. Also applied to com- 

 mon thread of foreign manufac- 

 ture. 



kaq'tse'idau, run, rapid move- 

 ment. 



