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MENOMINI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY 



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ini'nudi'sen , bag, used to hold 



or carry rice, 

 mip, morning, 

 mi'qegan. a path, 

 mi'qikan, a road, 

 mi'qikii 'sii, a trail, 

 in i q ' k ii , forehead. 

 miqka'an, heel, 

 iniqkii'no, the turtle; also a gens 



of the Bear phratry. 

 m i q k a t ' , leg. 

 miqke'sik, eye; iniqke'sikuu, 



eyes, 

 miq ki'kan, neck. 

 m iqki'uiui) , shell necklace, used 



by women and men at ceremo- 

 nial dances. 

 m i q 'kin ii n i , "medicine man." A 



member of the Mitii'wit or Grand 



Medicine society. 

 Miqkinii 'nlfr , lucky man; aper- 



sonal name, 

 m i q ' k i n e ' n T , a partisan, a leader ; 



also a personal name, 

 miq'kiqkwu'on, eyebrow, 

 miqkon', gall, 

 m i q p a 'nun, lung, 

 miq'pepa'kun, rib. 

 iniqtaq'pegan, chin, 

 miq'tawok, miq'tawok, ear; 



miq 'tawokun,iniqta'wokan, ears, 

 miq'tigan, neck, 

 m i q t s h e ' w ii w 6 k , right arm 



above elbow, 

 miqtshi'ikwon, thigh, 

 misa'ba, lead, 

 mi'siigini'wi, bladder, 

 in i sii q 'pa, footprint, 

 mise'kaqnau, hail, 

 m ise'kaqnan, fine hail with first 



snow of the season, 

 miset', foot, 

 miset'esan, toes; literally, little 



feet, 

 m ise'waiaq'tik, body or trunk 



of tree, 

 m i s h a q ' k i m i n a g ' o s h e ' ii v , 



wheat; the grains of the cereal, 

 mi'shikine'bik, the mystic water 



monster that destroyed Na"q- 



pote, the brother of Miiu'abiish. 

 mishke'sik, eye; face, 

 mishke'sik, eye; mishke'sikan, 



eyes. 

 M i s h k w o ' p a n o q, " red-dawn ; " 



a personal name. 



misik', again. 



mi'sikaia' wit, second. 



miskas', fingernail; toenail. 



misse'wos, "wound medicine;" 

 a remedy employed in tlie curing 

 of arrow or bullet wounds. 



mitii', heart; medicine. 



in it a", navel; otii', his navel. 



mit;i' v , a member of the Grand 

 Medicine society of the Menom- 

 ini Indians; pi., mita'wok. Qjib- 

 wa, mide'; ^J., mide'wok; Otta- 

 wa, mite'wini'ni, i. e., medicine 

 man. Delaware, meteu, doctor, 

 derived from meteohet, to drum 

 on a hollow body; a turkey cock 

 is sometimes called meteu, from 

 the drumming sound of his wings. 

 (Brinton and Anthony, Lena- 

 pe-English dictionary.) 



mita'gos, a warclub. 



m i t a ' m u , woman. 



mi tan', daughter; ota'nan, her 

 daughter. 



m i ' t ii n i ' n i e n , right arm. 



mita'nikum, nostril. 



m i t a ' n i q 1 1 , war-spear. 



m i 1 a ' n m a q 'k an, shoulder. 



m i ' t a n o q ' i k a u , first finger. 



in i t ii ' n u n i v , ton gue. 



mitii'onaqan, medicine dish: a 

 vessel employed by medicine men 

 in mixing plants and roots for 

 medicinal decoction or infusion. 

 Ojibwa, niide'onaqan. 



mitaq'piqkan, chin; jawbone. 



mitii skuo'tsine, little finger. 



mita'ta, ten. 



mita'ta hai'awik, tenth. 



mita'ta na"nihine', thirteen; 

 i. e., ten and three. 



mita'ta 'nano, ten times. 



mita'ta ni'ananhine', fifteen; 

 i. e., ten and five. 



mita'ta ni'hine', fourteen; i.e., 

 ten and four. 



mita'ta niko'tiue', eleven, i. e., 

 ten and one. 



mita'ta nikutwa'satiihine', 

 sixteen; i. e., ten and six. 



mita'ta ni'shine', twelve; i. e., 

 ten and two. 



mita'ta no'qwikauhine', sev- 

 enteen; i. e., ten and seven. 



mita'ta saka'hine', nineteen; 

 i. e., ten and nine. 



