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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



shika'ko, shika'go, skunk, Me- 



pit if is nieph iiica. The original of 

 the name Chicago; sometimes 

 pronounced also shi'giigo, the g 

 being rather unusual, though it 

 occurs in the Ojibwa form shiga'- 

 giing, the place of skunks, gung 

 being a locative suffix. In Otta- 

 wa the word is shikag'unk, urik 

 being the locative. 



skike'me. Hell-diver, a wading 

 bird of the genus Fulica. 



shikin', urine. 



shi'pi, a river. 



s k i p i ' a s h o ' p o m ii q ' 1 1 k, soft 

 maple ; from shi'pi, a river ; 

 sho'poma, sugar, and iiq'tik, a 

 tree. 



sho'kum, hide or skin, as of an 

 animal; as abii 'shush sho'kum, 

 deerskin. 



Sho'mln, "raisin;" a personal 

 name. 



sho'poma, sugar, of any variety. 



sbo'pomakwopo'. sugar juice 

 or sap. 



sho'poqta, sucking, or tasting. 



Shu'ni'en, Ssu'nien, money; a 

 personal name. 



sik'si'kwan, a fiat drum, or tam- 

 bourine, used by the jugglers, or 

 tshi'saqka, during the period of 

 in vocation and chanting. It con- 

 sists of a wooden band, covered 

 with buckskin, or parjieche, and 

 is beaten with a light drumstick, 

 consisting of a stick, from 15 to 

 20 inches long, with a ball of 

 buckskin secured at the farther 

 end. 



sina'wiita, "rattling tail," i, e., 

 rattlesnake, Grotalus horridus. 



skita', to be born. 



s o ' k a n a ' ' n i u v , soon . 



so'kum, skin, of an animal. 



xsa'sowi kino'pik, garter 

 snake; from ssa'sowi, olive col- 

 ored, and kino'pik, snake. 



ssik A k '. iS'ee sbfkak'. 



ssisi'kwan, rattle, of gourd or 

 tin, used in ceremonial dances as 

 an accompaniment to singing and 

 drumming. The contents usual- 

 ly consist of grains of corn, or 

 gravel. 



sso'poma , sugar. 



ssu'asik, eight. 



ssu'asik hai'anik, eighth. 



ssu'asik mita'ta, eighty; i. e., 

 eight times ten. 



ssu'asik mita'ta niko'tine', 

 eighty-one; i. e., eight times ten, 

 and one. 



ssu'asik ta''nano, eight times. 



ssu'asik ta'niwok', eight hun- 

 dred. 



ssu'asik ta'niwok' misik'ta 

 niko'tine', eight hundred and 

 one. 



su'baisiok, wood-duck; pi., su'- 

 baisiokok. 



til, that. 



ta"ape, when. 



ta"ape misik' api'ian, when 

 are you coming again? 



Ta'kizhikoqk', "day- woman;" a 

 personal name. 



tako'sawoss, "the powder that 

 causes people to love one an- 

 other," love powder. Prepared 

 from vermilion, scales of mica, 

 and menstrual blood of a virgin, 

 ground together, and secreted 

 about the person whose affection 

 is desired. It is put in a thimble, 

 with some article like a hair or 

 piece of clothing belonging to 

 the one whose love is desired, 

 and carried by the person oper- 

 ating. Cf. wiq'kiqpi'nakan. 



t ii ' k w ;'i k w o ' a , autumn . 



tamo 1 ", a gray squirrel; also the 

 proper name of a woman. 



ta"naga, where. 



taui'nakua'na, certainly; re- 

 sponse to a question. 



ti'i n i ne'ii", every. 



ta'no"ka, where. 



ta'nokkaiis' oqta'tisi'au, 

 where were you born f 



ta"nuna'gau, a trap; me'tik 

 ta"nunagan, "stick trap," for 

 catching small game generally; 

 wabfis' ta"nuna'gan, " rabbit 

 trail." 



t ii i > ii ' n i m e n a q , our master. 



taq nii 'no we'iak, everybody. 



tn ' t sh i k;i q u n', tattoo marks. 



tawa'hiqkan, a tambourine 

 drum used in social dancing. 



tawaq'ikan, a drum, of any de- 

 scription: particularly a drum of 



