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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



paskwo'liiki', to scrape with a 

 short scraper on a board, as when 

 dressing deerskin. 



p a w a ' h i k a ' n a . "the place where 

 rice is knocked out" (of the ear). 



pawa'qikan, stick for beating 

 rice from the stalk; ph. pawa'- 

 qikanan. 



p a w a ' q i k a n a q ' 1 1 k , threshing 

 stick, used in beating rice from 

 the hull. 



pe', the time; the period. 



pe'ctcii 1 , froth. 



pe'ita, foam. 



p e k a ' k a n 8 k , ribs of canoe. 



p e ' k i k e ' k u ' n e , a species of hawk 

 that remains in Wisconsin dur- 

 ing the winter; also a gens of 

 the Big Thunder phratry. 



pe'kftskok, to break up — as ice 

 on a river. 



pe'kwahe'kau, woodeu scraper 

 used in dressing the soaked and 

 stretched skin of deer. 



pe'mika'mik, sweat-lodge; sud- 

 atory. 



pe'min, sweat-bath; Ojibwa. 

 mido'dowi'win. 



pemo'"non, walk; locomotion. 



pemo'tsiken, shoot, (generic). 



pe'niki'konau, fish-hawk; also 

 a gens of the Eagle phratry. 



pepa'kan, it is thin. 



pe'pon, year; winter. 



pgqkiu'", they do. 



peqtshcnama'wan, mitii' v bag, 

 or sack used by a medicine man 

 in which to carry sacred objects. 



peq'tshi kfin'a, medicine bag; 

 a pouch made of the skin of an 

 animal, a bird, or even a bear's 

 paw or a snake skin, in which 

 are carried the sacred objects of 

 a medicine man. 



peske', pise'u v , pishe'u, panther; 

 Fells concolor. 



peswa'ba, dawn. 



P e " t a ft ' mi t ii 'mo, " bird- wom- 

 an;" a personal name. 



pe'tshikoma'kan, snuff. 



pe'wona'skin, reeds; aquatic 

 plants. 



pi', to paddle. 



pi'etiit, arrive at or reach a place. 



pi'hikekft'ua, ye (pi.) paddle. 



pi'hikem, he paddles. 



p i ' li i k e ' n u n , you (thou ) paddle. 



pi'hikewok, they paddle. 



pi'kuaha, to tan. 



p i ' k ft ih ip a' sh a, tanned buck- 

 skin. 



p i ' k w o h e ' k o, to scrape, in an up- 

 right manner, as when dressing 

 deerskin. 



pi'minaq'kinun, thou twist- 

 eth. 



pi'mina q 'k 6, he twists. 



pi'minaq'kowok, you or they 

 twist. 



pi'minaq'kwan, twine, either of 

 the stores or of domestic manu- 

 facture. The Indians employ the 

 bark of the basswood for twine 

 used in making mats, and also 

 the wild hemp, sha'nap, and the 

 nettle, inashan'. 



piinoq'ne, he or she is walk- 

 ing. 



p i'napis hk o ' shina, come and 

 eat me ; the words used by Ma'nii- 

 busli to the water monster when 

 he called the latter to destroy him. 



pinaq'kftan, comb. 



pina'shi', pina'shiu, bald eagle; 

 also a gens of the Big Thunder 

 phratry. 



pina'ssi, o'shet, "eagle-leg," a 

 prairie plant having yellow flow- 

 ers, used as a medicine. 



p i ' o t , to come or arrive at a place. 



pipo'nii'ne' ', sparrow-hawk, 

 Falco sparverius ; also a personal 

 name. 



piq'kiman a'ruoqtaq'tlk, pur- 

 ple color; from piq'kiman, pre- 

 serve, and a'moqtaq'tik, dye.^ 



piq'tanwan, quiver, for arrows. 



pisaq 'kiu v , cattle. 



pise'u", pishe'u, panther (Felts 

 concolor). 



P i ' s h ii q k ii ' u q k I ft v , " cattle- 

 woman;" a personal name. 



Pi'ta'nowe, " approaching day- 

 light;" a personal name. 



Pi'taqka'mikuq'kift, " that- 

 which-grows ; " a personal name. 



Pit waia'qkum, "coming sound;" 

 a personal name. 



P i 't w ii ' k e s h i d , - " coming-noisi- 

 ly;" a personal name. 



P i t w ii s h ' k u m , " coming- with-a- 

 sound;" a personal name. 



