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THE MEXOMINI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



in a s b k i q ' k i u v , medicine. 



m a s k o ' t i a , prairie. 



masko'tia pisiiq'kifr, buffalo; 

 from masko'tia, prairie, and pis- 

 aq'kiii v , cattle. 



m a s s e ' n ii , turkey. 



ma'tekosh', wooden canoe, or 

 dugout. 



nia'teko'min, acorn; pi., niii'te- 

 ko'miuan. 



ma 'tik, tree; pi., mii'tikok. 



mii ' ti k w o p, wooden bowl ; ma'tik, 

 tree, wood, and wop, bowl. 



mats, great. 



Miitsewai'edok, the devil; bad 

 being. Literally signifies bad 

 god, as the word Wai'edok is em- 

 ployed to designate the God of 

 the whites, ma'nido being the 

 proper word to signify mystery 

 or shade. 



Ma'tshe hawai'tok, "bad be- 

 ing or mystery; " the devil. 



m a t s h e q ' k e . w i s , eldest brother. 



ma 't ski, great, celebrated, large. 



nia'tshi, ina'tsi, bad. 



M ii t s li i k i u e" ' u v , M ii t 's i k i n e" u v , 

 ''bad-eagle;" a personal name. 



Mii 'tsh iwiqkwa' wis, "ske-who- 

 governs;" the name of a mythic 

 woman who dwelt in the north, 

 and who was visited by Mii'na- 

 biish during his wanderings. 



matskiset', big toe. 



Mii t wash 'kat,"inaking-a-soimd 

 as-he-goes ; " a personal name. 



mawau', all. 



nieiibit, me'bit, me'pit, tooth; 

 ke'bit, your tooth; ni'bit, my 

 tooth ; we'bit, his or her tooth ; 

 pi., me'pitan, ine'bitan. 



me'iiV, body. 



lne'kein, to give. 



me'minem, to vomit; ni me'mi- 

 nem, I vomit. 



m e ' m o t, a friend ; ne"at, my friend. 



men, berry; pi., me u 'niiu. 



me'na, me'ne', hair; me'ne'niin, 

 hairs. 



men an', to give to someone else. 



me'nok, glaus penis. 



meno' mii, rice; the seed of the 

 wild rice, Zizania aqaatica, used 

 to great extent by the Indians. 

 TheMenomini Indiansarenamed 

 after this seed. (See p. 12.) 



mep, an arrow. 



m e p ii q ' k i q k w a n a ' g a n , ankle. 



m e q k u ' 6 m , the ice. 



in es, head; mesun, heads; wes, his 

 head; ina'niu v wes, man's head. 



nie'sha, niashii', great, all pow- 

 erful. 



m e ' s h i n i k a ' k e , chicken-hawk 

 (believed to be the swiftest). 



ine'sibine'bik, water demons; 

 pi., me'sibine'bikok. 



me"simin, apple; pi., me"simi- 

 nSk. 



me'sokua'san, to sew. 



me'tik, a stick, twig, or piece of 

 wood. 



me'tiko'ne, canoe. 



me 't sues ho', he or she is eating. 



metshe'showok', they are eat- 

 ing. 



metshim', food. 



Mia'kiueu v , "true-eagle;" a per- 

 sonal name. 



mian', straight. 



Mia'nise, "little-owl," the nick- 

 name of a tshi'saqka, named 

 Na'waqkwiis'kum, " he-whose- 

 feet-do-not touch-the-ground." 



mi dan', month. 



m i g ii q ' si k wo n, knuckle. 



mi'hikan, a road. 



mi'hikii'sa, a trail. 



m ikii' at shine, thumb. 



mika'san, vulva. 



lnikii 'tik, knee. 



mikek', otter. 



mikoq'tiigau, mikoq'takan, 

 throat. 



m i m ii " a n o t , stomach. 



miniii'nita, brain. 



mini ii 'tik wok, bowstring; the 

 word is sometimes pronounced 

 mimii'iitikwok. 



mi m of, belly; omo'te, his belly. 



minii', right hand. 



mi 'n aba 'kan, right arm below 

 elbow. 



mina'inaqtshian', left arm. 



m i n a ' p i u m , husband. 



minaq'ki, armjiit. 



mi'ne'nenii 'tshin, finger. 



ml 'ni kan', village; city, i. e., 

 large village. 



miuo'gan, hip. 



mi'nonagan, breast, of a woman. 



mi'uoq kwu'on, scalp. 



