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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



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no'qwikati m i t a ' t a , seventy ; 

 i. e., ten times seven. 



no'qwikan ta"niwok, seven 

 hundred. 



no'qwikan ta"niwok misi'- 

 kta niko'tine, seven hundred 

 and one. 



no'q wikata'na'no, seven times. 



no'ten, wind ; pi., uotenau. 



nowii ', late. 



nowe'na, after a while; shortly. 



nowe"uan, wind. 



o, his; their; before words begin- 

 ning with a consonant. 



ok a' k op en a' k a n . basket, made 

 of thin splints of wood. 



Ok an 'to, "boat paddle;" a town 

 in Wisconsin — Oconto. 



o'kapu'owe, the hazel; con- 

 tracted to kwapu'owe. 



ok a 'san an', her vulva. 



oka 'skim an 1', kingfisher. 



oka'wa, pike, a fish; Ogaq'kane, 

 the "place of pike;" the name 

 for a town in Wisconsin, named 

 Kaukau'na. 



o'kawa'siku, coot; alsoa gens of 

 the Crane phratry. 



O'kemawa'peshi u v , " chief-of- 

 the-swaus;" a personal name. 



o'kian, his mother. 



O'kimash, "younger-chief;" a 

 personal name. 



oki"san, his or her sou. 



o'kitshiwa'no, "ou-t he-sum- 

 mit;" a personal name. 



o ki'tt v , can ; able ; to be able. 



oko'qtaka'ni, by the throat. 



oko'qtaka'ni nita'pi u uau', I 

 caught him by the throat. 



o'k'sbnsli. o"sass muskrat ; the 

 younger brother to the beaver, 

 and a sub-pbratry of the Bear 

 phratry. 



okwe'mau, chief; council chief; 

 leader; a personal name; old 

 chief, Sheka'tshokwe'mau. 



oiiiii ''uomi'ue'u' , Menomini; 

 ]>!.. omii'iiominewok', from mii- 

 no'me, rice, and inii'niir, man. 



omiis'kos, the elk; one of the 

 younger brothers of the Big- 

 Thunder gens and phratry, and 

 also the water carrier. 



onias'kus so'kum, antelope 



skin; from oiuas'kus, antelope, 

 and so'kum. skin. 



omi' n ni' 1 . wild pigeon. 



o n mot', belly — abdomen. 



ona'ko, o n ii'ko', yesterday. 



o n ;i m'. a dog. 



o ua'miqk in. thunder. 



on ii'nekuot, sport; fun; amuse- 

 ment. 



onii 'niu, to swim. 



o p a i [ ' k w o n i ', his or her back. 



o'paqni'se, a boy; youth. 



opaq'sus, a deer. 



o p a ' s h e so'kum, buckskin . 



opash'koshi, turkey buzzard; 

 also a gens of the Big Thunder 

 phratry. 



opi'kishika v , one who dries the 

 drum head by holding it toward 

 the fire. 



opi'shiu v , black. 



opi'wlkan, a bone with a hole 

 through which fibers are drawn 

 for smoothing. 



oqkat', his or her leg. 



oqko'man, oq ko'inon, iron. 



oq'nan, his father; oq'nanan, 

 his fathers. 



oqpan', potato; pi., oqpii'niok. 



oqpe'ta wok, oqpe"tawok, the 

 fliers; a term applied to the va- 

 rious birds composing the so- 

 called thunderers, or the Big 

 Thunder phratry, i.e., the eagles, 

 hawks, etc. 



oqpu'akan, pipe; nit oqpu'akan, 

 my pipe. 



o q t ' aq k wa n , a limb of a tree. 



oqta'tisie'fr, to be born. 



os, the radical of the designation 

 father, though usually combined 

 in conversation with the pro- 

 noun, as no'sa — my father, etc. 



osain', "it to be;" it is; state of 

 being. 



o'sass, o'k'shosh, muskrat; the 

 name also of a subphratry of the 

 Bear phratry. 



O s a ' w ap an o q ' k i u ", " the-green- 

 ish-tint-seen-at-early-daybreak.'' 

 The name of a mythical female 

 who dwelt in the north, and who 

 was visited by Ma'nabiish while 

 he was yet aruoug the Indians. 

 This woman was the wife of 

 Pas'kine'iY. 



