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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



(ETII. ANN. 14 



kime'wan, kime'an, rain; also 

 a personal name. 



kin a', you; omitted from verbal 

 forms. 



ki'naq, yours. 



kina"tskishin, tickle kini or 

 hei ; imper. 



kina"tshiso', he or she is tick- 

 lish. 



kina"ueq'katayoin', "that you 

 may feel good-." 



kinc' , you. 



ki'ne, giant. 



kine'kitin, it is yours. 



kine'puam, thou art standing. 



Kine'ske, "young-eagle;" per- 

 sonal name. 



kinc' u T , golden eagle ; a gens of the 

 Big Thunder or Eagle phratry. 



kine'u v wai'denat, "coming-to- 

 the-eagle;" the Menomini name 

 applied to the beaver when he 

 came to the Eagle phratry as the 

 head of a gens. He is now sec- 

 ond chief of the phratry. He 

 came with an Ojibwa name, which 

 meant "white hands," Wa'pina/- 

 kiit, on account of the lighter 

 color of the soles of his paws. 



Ki'niaqki'sa, " little-she-eagle ;" 

 a personal name. 



Kl'niaqki'ii, "eagle-woman;" a 

 personal name. 



kinis', a long while. 



kini'shipi'ininaq'kiya', we 

 two twist. 



kinok', skin. 



klno'ka, "the-long-one;" a per- 

 sonal name. 



kino'pik, snake. 



ki'nua, you; we. 



k i n u " a , ye, yourselves. 



kinu"akiti'nua, it is yours. 



ki'o T , mother; ni'kio v , my 

 mother; o'kiun, his mother. 



k i p i ' m i n a q ' k i , we twist. 



kiqkaq'k w u n , shin. 



kiqse'se, girl. 



kis, sou. 



kiseteq'se, little toe; pi., kise- 

 teq'san. 



k i s c ' w a t o ' s s e , sharp-shin hawk. 



k i s h a ' , good, great ; all powerful ; 

 Kisha' Ma'nido, great mystery, 

 the chief ma'nido of the many 

 recognized by the Menomini. 



K i ' s h a n o ' w I fi , " one-who-sheds- 

 tears ; *' a personal name. 



Kishe'wado'shii, "swift -little- 

 hawk;" a personal name. 



Ki'shiwa'tshiwan, "roaring- 

 rapids;" a personal name. 



Ki'skapamiq'kiu,"early-dawn;" 

 the name of a mythic female who 

 dwelt in the north. She was 

 visited by Ma'nabush, while the 

 latter was still among the In- 

 dians. 



kis'kash, toenail. 



kis'pin, if. 



kita'bakus, lynx. (L. canaden- 

 sis L.) 



kit a'mijkita'mu, the porcupine; 

 also a gens of the Bear phratry. 



kititan, your sinews. 



k'itosha'shishine', we slipped. 



kitshki'ii T , old. 



ki'fr, they. 



Kiwaqkwo"amuqk', " flying- 

 clouds;" a personal name. 



kiyu'j that place; that spot. 



ko'atan, afraid. 



koke'an, to dive. 



kokosh', hog; pork. 



kon, snow. 



konii/pamik, "sacred thing," the 

 shell, Cyprwa moneta, employed 

 by the medicine men in their 

 ceremonies of initiation. The 

 shell is apparently swallowed, 

 the breath blown on the medi- 

 cine bag, and then the bag thrust 

 toward the candidate, by which 

 action the shell is supposed to be 

 shot intotkelatter'sbreast. The 

 Ojibwa and Ottawa term for this 

 shell is mi'gis; Potawatomi, 

 wap'miknok. 



konwo'iak, nobody; lit., not 

 somebody. 



koqke'waba', koqke'waboq', 

 day after tomorrow. 



k(H|ke'wana'ko v , day before yes- 

 terday. 



koq'kipikuq'ki, the mouse; a 

 mythic animal that cut the sinew 

 cord with which the sun had been 

 tied. 



koqnii'sok, thy fathers. 



koq'ne, thy father. 



k u k u'k u u ' , owl ; the horned owl. 

 {Bubo virginianus.) 



