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MENOMINI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY 



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osa'wa shu'nien, gold; from 

 waisa'wik, yellow, and shu'nien 

 o r ssu'nien, metal, money, 

 ose'kan, grass. 



ose'kan kino'pik, small green 

 grass snake, common in temper 

 ate climate, 

 osc'peo'me, his creek, or small 

 stream ; from reference to the 

 original birthplace of the wolf, 

 i. e., moqwai'o, wolf, and osc'pe- 

 o'me, his creek. 



osha'shishin', he or she slipped. 



osha'shishi'nok, they slipped. 



osha'win, yellow. 



oshi'kan, hips; pelvis. 



oshke'ina'niiV, young man; 

 youth; from oske' or oshke', 

 young, and inii'nifr, man. 



<>''sh'ko"sh, "claws;" Osh'kosh, 

 late chief of the Menomini In- 

 dians. 



0'shona'muni'qkiii v , " vermi 1- 

 ion-woman;" a personal name. 



oske', young; new. 



oske' ge'so, young sun, new sun: 

 after daybreak. 



oske'inaniu v , young man ; youth : 

 from oske', young, and inii'nifr, 

 man. 



o s ' k i in a ' m o s h i w e ', to copulate ; 

 original form of word found 

 throughout northwestern and 

 prairie tribes, mosh'ewe. 



o s ' k i in i t a ' m u , young woman ; a 

 maiden; from os'ki, young, and 

 mita'mu, woman. 



os'kinii 'ni, to kill. 



os'kina'niir , young man; from 

 oske', young, and ina'nifr, man. 



o' ski 'nip a, to die. 



o s ' s e , a species of duck called the 

 " old squaw ; " also a gens of the 

 Crane phratry. 



ot, his; their; before words begin- 

 ning with a vowel and aspirate h. 



otii'tshia, the crane; a gens of 

 the Crane phratry. 



oti'nopi'ane, stern, of boat. 



otoq'kanimau, amulet: cliarm. 



otshi'tan, sinews. 



otshi'anino'ko, bow, of canoe. 



otsi'pe, stump of tree; also ap- 

 plied to a root. 



owa'otin, whose is it? 



owa'qse, owa'sse, a bear. 



1 1 a ' k a h e ' k a u a k , sticks used by 

 singers to keep time to the ren- 

 dering of chants or songs: liter- 

 ally, singing sticks. 



paka'nawe', butternut tree; the 

 wood preferred for d u gout cai i or s . 



pakaq' tshikii 'sii , hammer. 



pakash'tshekeii v , swift-flying 

 hawk; also a gens of the Big 

 Thunder phratry. 



pa'kote'fr, flying; nipe'iYpa'- 

 kote'fr, lit., water flying; spray. 



Pame"uet, "flying-by;"' a per- 

 sonal name. 



P a ' m i k i ' s h I k o k , ' • scattering- 

 clouds;'' a personal name. 



pa'niq, boy. 



p ap eq ' t s in an, fall, drop, tumble. 



paq'kewo'po, lye obtained from 

 wood ashes and used in making 

 solution in which to boil fibers, 

 such as basswood bark, etc, 

 for making cord or thread. 



paq'ki, ashes. 



piiq ki'iiishe'cke'iV, flour; lit., 

 pulverized like ashes; from 

 paq'ki, ashes, and neshe'ekeir, 

 like, similar to. 



paqki'shitan. bread. 



paqki'sikan, wheat; flour. 



paqte'tshugan, "fighting medi- 

 cine;" a substance given by 

 Ma'nabush to one of the ten who 

 came for gifts. 



P ii s a ' n a q k w a t u q ' k I u , " the- 

 touching-clouds;" a personal 

 name. 



pasa'noqkiwok, they must 

 work. 



P a ' s h a a n o ' q k I u , " the-yello w- 

 streak-of-vapor-seen-a t - e a r 1 y- 

 dawn." The name of a mythic 

 female who dwelt in the north, 

 and who was visited by Ma'na- 

 bush, while the latter was still 

 among the Indians. 



Pashana'niuqkirr, "the bird's- 

 tail-touching;" a personal name. 



pa'siku'gasi men o 'ma, oats; 

 lit., horse rice, from pa'siku'giisi, 

 horse, and meno'nia, rice. 



pa' si wok, to dry, by hanging up 

 to dry. 



paskwo'hekan , wooden scraper 

 used in dressing the soaked aud 

 stretched deerskin. 



