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mpa n/ moq ne'minau, we are 

 walking. 



nipe'she, lake; Shawa'no nipe'- 



sbe v , Soutbern lake; a body of 



water in Wisconsin, 

 nipe ' ft v , water, 

 n i p e ft * p a ' k o t e ' ft v , spray ; from 



niptnV, water, and pa'kote'u v , 



flying, 

 nipi'bikem, 1 paddle, 

 nipi'kike'inen'afr, we paddle. 

 nipi'minaq'kim, I twist. 

 d ipi'o slikun, bullrusbes, used in 



making mats. 

 ni'pishkino'pik, water snake; 



from ni'pish, water, and kiuo'pik, 



snake, 

 ni'pon, my arrow, 

 nipui'nama', brotber's sou, or 



daughter. 

 n i q e ' , mother's brother — uncle ; 



also applied to male cousin — sis- 

 ter's son. 

 nis, nish, two. 

 Niset', corruption of Elizabeth; a 



proper name. 

 nishi'menau'pihe'ke v , we two 



paddle, 

 n i s h i t ft a ' p i m i n a q ' k i t ft a ' ,they 



two twist, 

 ni'shiwok pikike'wok, they 



two paddle (dual form), 

 ni'sino, twice. 

 ni'sino mita'ta, twenty; i. e., 



twice ten. 

 ni'sino mita'ta na'nihine', 



twenty-three ; i.e., twice ten, and 



three, 

 ni'sino mita'ta ni'ananhine', 



twenty-five; i. e., twice ten, and 



five, 

 ni'sino mita'ta ni v 'hine', 



twenty- four; i. e., twice ten, and 



four, 

 ni'sino mita'ta niko'tine', 



twenty-one ; i. e., twice ten, and 



one. 

 ni'sino mita'ta ni'ku twa- 



satiihine', twenty-six; i. e., 



twice ten, and six. 

 ni'sino mita'ta ni'shine', 



twenty-two ; i. e., twice ten, and 



two. 

 ni'sino mita'ta no'qwikan- 



bine', twenty- seven ; i. e., twice 



ten, and seven. 



ni'sino mita'ta sa'kiihiue', 

 twenty-uiue; i. e., twice ten, and 

 nine. 



ni'sino mita'ta ssu'asik- 

 hine', twenty-eight; i. e., twice 

 ten, and eight. 



ni'sita v , a foot. 



ni'suwok, two hundred. 



ni'suwok misik'ta niko'tine', 

 two hundred and one. 



nit, my, our; before words begin- 

 ning with a vowel and the aspi- 

 rate h. 



nita'nabaq'tan, my dream. 



nita'nuni'iV, my tongue. 



nita'pinau', I caught him. 



ni'tshian, infant, male or female. 



nitshish 'kin v , enemy. 



ni'ft 1 , four; also pronounced ni T . 



niwi'no, fourth. 



niwiq'tiqtan, lean; lam able. 



ni'wok, four hundred. 



ni'wok misik'ta niko'tine', 

 four hundred and one. 



Ni'yiitawa'pomi, "a conspicu- 

 ous or large person ; " a personal 

 name. 



'nku'twok, one thousand; arare 

 contraction of niku'tiqnok. 



uo'kan, the hip. 



Noko'mis. the grandmother of 

 mankind and of Ma'nabush and 

 his brother Na'q'pote. The 

 earth. 



noma'eu, sturgeon; Nonia'wiq- 

 kito, Sturgeon bay. 



nomiii', beaver. 



nomiish', fish; also a personal 

 name. 



Noqko'ina, grandmother; the 

 usual form is Noko'mis. This sig- 

 nifies also the earth, being per- 

 sonified as the mother of Ma'- 

 nabush, the mythic deity who 

 acted as intermediary between 

 the Good Mystery and the In- 

 dians ; the founder of the Mita '- 

 wit, or Grand Medicine society. 



n o q n a ' s 5 k , my fathers. 



noq'ue, my father. 



noq'ne, father. 



noq'nenau, our fathers. 



noq'sesP', grandson ; grand- 

 daughter. 



noq'wikan, seven. 



noq'wikan hai'awik, seventh. 



