MENOMINI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY 



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kuniq'katan', frost. 



Kushe'aqki'u, "French- woman ;" 

 a personal name. 



kwapn'owe, o'kapu'owe, the 

 hazel. 



kwi'tshiwa'no, " current- from- 

 above;" a personal name. 



kwopu', juice ; sap, as of a tree. 



ma/'ase, many. 



mii'iitlk, stick counters, used in 

 gaming. 



ma'atikonagan, wooden bowl; 

 employed usually in playing the 

 game of aka'qsiwok. 



m a ' ii t i k w o p , bow, made of wood. 



niaiitsk'awai'edok, great mys- 

 tery; from maiitsh' — great, and 

 wai'edok, unknown being. The 

 latter word is seldom employed 

 except to indicate the God of 

 civilized peoples, the ordinary 

 designation of a mystery or shade 

 being ina'nido. 



maioq'kaqa, sunrise. 



ina'kese'sapakwa'ta, bead 

 belt, used by shamans during 

 ceremonials of the cult societies. 



mama'ka v , slave. 



mama'tselta', Indian; some- 

 times abbreviated in conversa- 

 tion to mama'tshini. 



niama'tshe'tau, Indian; liter- 

 ally, " moving he is." 



uia'matshe"tawok, the Indi- 

 ans. 



mama'tshoqki, to gag, as when 

 nauseated. 



ma'nabai, giant; mii'nabaiwok, 

 giants. 



M a ' 1 1 a b a i w 6 k , giant people who 

 dwell in the extreme pole, who 

 fish by the light of torches ; the 

 light is seen against the sky as 

 the aurora. 



M ;i ' n ii b u s h , the Menomini hero- 

 god ; the grandson of Noko'mis, 

 and intermediary in the found- 

 ing of the JVIitii'wit or Medicine 

 society, between the Great Un- 

 known and the Indians; from 

 miisha', great, and wabus', rab- 

 bit ; great rabbit, because of his 

 ability to perform great deeds. 



ma "nakua, badger. In Menom- 

 ini myth he received from Ma'na- 

 bush the skin of the silvery white 



bear, one of the defeated under- 

 ground beings. 



ma'niit, plenty; sufficient. 



ma'niito'wok, much game; name 

 of Manitowoc, a Wisconsin town. 



ma'nawats, few. 



Mana'w 5 1, Menomini for the word 

 Milwaukee; Mana'waqkiik, the 

 Potawatomi form. 



in a q ' k a k ' , sugar box ; made to 

 hold granulated maple sugar. 

 Made of birchbark, oblong, and 

 a little narrower at the top than 

 at the bottom. It has a conical 

 cover, which is stitched down 

 until the sugar is needed. 



maq'kasin, moccasin; pi., inaq'- 

 kasinan. 



maqki', blood. 



maq'kik, maq'kik, maq'kiu T , 

 red. 



miiqku'om, maqku'um, ice. 



maqku'um babe'qtsin, hail; 

 from maqku'um, ice, and babeq'- 

 tsin, falling. 



maqkwa'nineuk', mythical red 

 birds, who were iu reality Indi- 

 ans so transformed, through the 

 aid of magic powers. These birds 

 were found by Ma/nabush, in his 

 travels while yet among the first 

 Indians who existed. 



m a q ' k w a ' n o p , wool belt, used by 

 men as a sash. 



maq'kwoka'ni,ma'quana'ni; 

 red-tail hawk, Buteo borealis. 

 Also a gens of the Big Thunder 

 phratry. 



miiq'sewan, wood. 



miiq'tikpaqaq'tshikan, wood- 

 en mallet used by women to beat 

 elm logs for the purpose of loosen- 

 ing tbesplints for makingbaskets. 



ma'se, mase", many. 



mase'naqnatek, printed. 



mashii', me'sha, great, all-pow- 

 erful. 



mashan', nettle; a plant of the 

 genus Urtica, the fiber of which 

 is made into thread for sewing. 



ma'shena'qekan, book, paper. 



Ma'shenomak, great fish; a 

 mythic water monster which de- 

 voured many of the first people, 

 but who was iu turn destroyed 

 by Mti'nabush. 



