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MENOMINI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY 



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Ka' sh ekoqkaii , "one-who-car- 

 ries-light"; also applied to the 

 moon. A personal name. 



Kashklq'kapan," thedark haze 

 at the horizon." The name of a 

 mythic female who dwells in the 

 north, and who was visited by 

 Ma/nabush while the latter was 

 still among the Indians. 



Ka'tshemlqta 'ft, " one -who - 

 dances;" a personal name. 



kawa'tokan, shades; mysteries. 

 (See footnote, p. 39.) 



Ka'wi'k It, "rough-face;" a per- 

 sonal name. 



ke'au, thy body. 



ke'baina'tisim, you live, or are 

 alive. 



kebit, your tooth. 



kek, thy house. 



ke'nach, thine; yours. 



kene'puwe'imV, you are stand- 

 ing (pi). 



Kgne'sha, "eaglet;" a personal 

 name. 



Ke'niaqki'san, " 1 ittle-eagl e ; " 

 a personal name; from kine'u v , 

 eagle, and ki'sa, little. 



keuo'kan, your hip. 



k e ' n u u a ' h a , to ascend ; to go up- 

 stream. 



kenu' shi shlke'pii'I, dwarf wil- 

 lows. 



keo"netski T , to be surprised. 



keqpa'kan, it is thick. 



kes, after, employed to indicate 

 something that has occurred; 

 forms a past tense prefixed to a 

 verbal phrase; thy head. 



k e ' s e k o q , heaven. 



kesh, past; after; keshni'po, he is 

 dead ; kesh ma'tshr, "he is gone ;" 

 kesh ma'tshiwok, they havegone. 



ke'shawa'toshe, k'eshewa'tshe, 

 sparrow-hawk, Falco sparverins ; 

 also a gens of the Big Thunder 

 phratry. 



ke'shik, blue. 



keshi"ne, swift flying, as birds of 

 the genus Falcon idee dart 

 through the air. Menoinini form 

 of Keshena, a village in Wiscon- 

 sin. Sec Keshena. 



K e ' s h I u q k ii u , " moon-woman ; " 

 a personal name. 



k e s h m a ' t s h i w 6 k , they are gone. 



keshni'po, he is dead. 



Kesi"ene, Keshena, "swift-fly- 

 ing ; " the name of a former chief 

 of the tribe, and also the name 

 of the village on the reservation. 

 See keshi"ne. 



ke'sik, the sky. 



ke'sik hasi'nakuo, "blue col- 

 or," from ke'sik, sky, and hasi'- 

 nakuo, color. 



ke' sikinamin, I see the blue sky. 



ke'sikot, day; ke'sikotun, days; 

 nis ke'sikot, two days, from nis 

 two, and ke'sikot. 



ke'skanan, cut with an ax. 



k e s m a ' t s h i a d o ', after they have 

 gone. 



ke'so, ke"so, the sun. 



ke'spapa'kaman', clubbed — 

 with a stick, or pommeled with 

 the fist. 



kespi'iito, after they have come. 



ke'sposhi'pahau, he, or she, 

 was stabbed. 



kes we'qtamowau, he has told. 



Keta'kibikot, the striped one; 

 the sunfish; also a mythic per- 

 sonage who participated in the 

 game of ball between the peo- 

 ple of Ma'nabush and the aua'- 

 maqki'u. The modern name is 

 nak'uti. 



k6"tshin;'i 'ni iV, old man, from 

 ke"tshi or ketshi, old, aged ; 

 inii'niiY man. 



keu', thy wife. 



Ke'waiatshi' wan, "the-eddy;" 

 a personal name. 



Kewiish'kum, "to- cause -some- 

 thing-to-turn ; " a personal name. 



kewe'nimon, thy heads. 



ki, it, he. 



kikiise'nan, veins. 



kikis', thy son. 



kikiso'wawok', your sons. 



ki'kituan', council of Indians. 



ki'kitu'\vik6'mik,councilhome; 

 from ki'kituan', council, gather- 

 ing of braves and chiefs; and 

 wiko'mlk, a habitation. The lat- 

 ter word is a variant of wig'iwam, 

 and is rarely heard; also, as 

 wi'kiop. 



ki 'kit won, to talk, to speak. 



