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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



mita'ta ssu'asikhine', eighteen; 

 i. e., ten and eight. 



mitii'towaq'ka, medicine drum; 

 employed by mitii'wok daring 

 Medicine society ceremonies and 

 initiation. 



mita'tsiok', the shade or shadow 

 which the Indian believes to 

 hover about the place of death 

 for four days. 



niitau'gos, warclub. 



mitau'niqti, war spear. 



mit a'waq tlk, medicine post, erect- 

 ed within the medicine building; 

 from lnitii', medicine; aq'tik, 

 stick, post, or tree. 



mi t a ' w i k 6' m i k, the medicine wig- 

 wam ; the structure in which the 

 ceremonials of the shaman soci- 

 ety is held. Ojibwa, mide'wigi- 

 wam. Ottawa, mite'wiko'mik. 

 (See footnote, p. 70.) 



Mitii'wit, the cult society of the 

 Menomini; known commonly as 

 the (hand Medicine society. 

 Ojibwa, Mide'wiwiu'. Ottawa, 

 Mite'owin. 



mitiq'san, skin leggings. 



mitiq'suon, eat; ni mitiq'sim, I 

 eat; ki mitiq'sim, thou eatest; 

 me'tshesuoq, he eats; kimi'- 

 tshiqsi, we eat; mitshiq'sikun, 

 you eat; inetshe'sowok, they eat. 



mi'tisini, nii'tiskim, to eat, eat- 

 ing. 



mi'tshikiqkwe'wis, eldest sis- 

 ter. 



mi'tshinue" ke'bama' tisim, 

 you are still alive. 



mitshi'os, nose. 



m i t s h i s ' k i ft v , enemy ; nitshi'khr, 

 my enemy. 



mi ton', mouth. 



mito'niue'se, kidney. 



m o u a ' t o a k , animals. 



m o ' n i p i o n o ' w e, tamarack tree. 



mo'qkaha, sunrise, lit., digging 

 something out of the ground. 



moq'kuman, white man, Cau- 

 casian. 



moqwai'o, maqwe'o, 1. The 

 wolf. 2. A phratry, consisting 

 of the Moqwai'o, Anaui', and 

 Aba 'shush gentes. 



mosh'kui'kwas, an aquatic 



plant found in cedar swamps, 

 used as a remedy. 



mo' 1 ' s, moose; also a gens of the 

 Moose phratry. 



mosk I k', swamp. 



m o s k u ' 1 1 ft , prairie. 



M o w ii q ' k i ft , eater — giant canni- 

 bals; referred to in mythologic 

 tales. 



muqke'sik, face. 



m u ' s a p ii ' ft v , old bachelor. 



mu'sapi'aqkift, old maid. 



M u s h a q ' k w ii t u q ' k I u , " sky- 

 woman;" a personal name. 



nii'ena', elder brother — said by 

 younger brother. 



na'etii, smoke. 



Nai'aqtii wapami, " chief-of-.a- 

 multitude; " "can-not-but-be ob- 

 served." A personal name, of 

 the present second chief of the 

 Menomini. 



Naiiiq'to, "certain-one;'' a per- 

 sonal name. 



naiik', sunset. 



nai'oma'gau, neck-yoke for car- 

 rying buckets. 



n a i o q ' t a, a carrier, a trans- 

 porter. 



n a " i s h ', we two ; employed in dual 

 form. 



na u 'ish ni'kipa n nioqua'tt', we 

 two are walking. 



na'kawa'hekata v , granular su- 

 gar. 



na ki 'sit, observed, seen, visible. 



n a k u ' t i, the sunfish ; was formerly 

 called keta'kibihot', the striped 

 one, and as a mythic personage 

 is referred to only under this lat- 

 ter designation in the ritualistic 

 ceremonies. A gens of the Bear 

 phratry. 



nania'i 1 , noma'eu, sturgeon. A 

 gens of the Bear phratry. 



Na'inaku'kiu, beaver woman; a 

 mythic being adopted by the Big 

 Thunder phratry as one of its 

 gentes. 



n a m aq ' tok an aq ' t a m, he struck 

 it with the left hand, or left- 

 handed. 



nami'oqka, to kill sturgeon. 



Na'motam', " tells-the-truth ; " 

 a personal name. 



