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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



[ETH. AKX. 14 



Ne'qkoshi'ane'ir, "hasty;" 

 "high temper;" personal name 

 of a woman. 



nes, my head. 



ue"tau, brother-in-law; either 

 sister's husband, or wife's 

 brother. 



ne'u v . wife. 



11 e w e' n e w a n , my heads. 



II i, my, our; before words begin- 

 ning with a consonant. 



ni v , four. 



ni' a nii n, Ave. 



ni'aua'nano, five times. 



ni'ana'niwok, five hundred. 



ni'anauiwok' misik'ta niko'- 

 tine', five hundred and one. 



ni'anau, mita'ta, fifty; i. e., 

 five times ten. 



ni'anau niita'ta niko'tine', 

 lifty-one; i. e., five times ten and 

 oue. 



niban', dead, deceased. 



ni'bit, my tooth. 



ni'bfta, he is dead. 



ni'daiii'nini, I laugh. 



nidishi'e u nok, all brothers and 

 sisters. 



n i v 'i n o , four times. 



ni v 'ino niita'ta, forty; i. e., four 

 times ten. 



ni"ino niita'ta niko'tine', forty- 

 one; i. e., four times ten, and one. 



nik, sunset. 



n i k a'd a m a't s c h i a m , I am going. 



nikan'; j;/.,nika'ni, acolleague, 

 or companion mita" or medicine 

 man ; a salutation employed by 

 a member of the Mitii'wit when 

 he enters and takes a seat. 



N i ' k a n i q ' s a k w a ' ft * , " she- who- 

 leads;" a personal name. 



Xi'k finish', "foremost -man;" a 

 personal name. 



nikaq'tshikam, I run. 



nika'taminam, I want to drink. 



nika'tima'tshiam, 1 am going. 



ni'ka'tima'tshiam waba', I 

 am going tomorrow. 



ni'ke'anka, I am born. 



nike'sminiim, I did drink. 



ni'keth matshiam, I have gone. 



ni"kio y , my mother. 



nikis', my son. 



niko'shimaq', elder or younger 

 sisters. 



ni'kotke'so, month; from ni'kot, 

 one, and ke'so, sun, and omitting, 

 the word tabaq', night — which 

 is used to designate moon as 

 "night sun." 



niko'tono', once. 



ui'kots, one. 



n i k u ' t i q n 6 k , one thousand ; also 

 sometimes abbreviated in rapid 

 conversation 'nkut'wOk. 



niku'tuwak', oue hundred. 



niku'tuwiik' niisikt'a niko'- 

 tine', one hundred and one. 



niku'tuwak' misik'ta n i ' - 

 shine', one hundred and two. 



nikutwa'satii, six. 



ni'kutwa'satahai'awik, sixth. 



ni'kutwa'satii' mita'ta, sixty; 

 six times ten. 



ni'kutwa'satii mita'ta ni ko'- 

 tine', sixty-one; i.e., six times 

 ten and one. 



ni'kutwa'satii nano, six times. 



ni'kutwa'satii uiwok', six hun- 

 dred. 



n i ' k u t w a ' s ii t a ' n i w o k m i s i k' t a 

 niko'tine', six hundred and one. 



niniii'nim, I am drinking. 



nimiiq'sa, nimaq'so, my grand- 

 father. 



nima'tseitam', I am roving. 



ni'me', elder sister — said by 

 younger brother. 



ni'me'minem, I vomit. 



ii i ni i ' k i m , I give. 



niiui'tishim, I am eating. 



n i' mot, my brother. 



u ina", we; us; ourselves. 



ni"'na, I; myself. 



nina'bema'tesim, I live; I am 

 alive. 



nina'minam', I shall driuk. 



n l ' n an ai a ' w i k , fifth. 



ni"'nanik, my house. 



ni "na'nitin, it is mine; lit., I, 

 mine. 



ni'na'niti'nina, it is ours. 



ni'na"nomi, cough. 



n i u e 'p n a m, I stand ; I am standing. 



ni ne'puam'inau, we are stand- 

 ing. 



nino'kan, my hip. 



Nio'pet,"four-in-a-den;"personal 

 name; name of the present chief 

 of the Menomini, who is the son 

 aud successor of Osh'kosh. 



