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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



[ET1I. ANN. 14 



Wa'batshi'kl, "white-fisher;" «i 

 personal name. 



wa'beno, a terrain class of mys- 

 tery men who profess prophecy, 

 prescribe medicinal prepara- 

 tions, and, more particularly, 

 make and dispose of love pow- 

 ders and hunting medicines. 



Wabenona'sle, "Mystery of the 

 dawn ;" a deity. 



wa'benoqki", wa'beno woman. 



wa ' be no tow a ,q ' k a , wa'beno 

 drum, shaped like a tambourine 

 and used during incantations. 

 The stick is thin and elastic, 

 about 20 inches long, and lias a 

 small ball of buckskin attached 

 to the beating end. 



w a ' b e n un a ' q s i w 8 k , eastern 

 people, people of the dawn; 

 mythologic. 



w a b i s h ' k i ti v , w a b i s ' k I fi v , 



white, or natural color of 

 bleached rush leaves for making 

 mats. 



wa'bitetshi'o, whitecrane; was 

 in myth originally a bear. 



wabo'ian, blanket. 



waboq', tomorrow. 



waboqpiin', swamp potato; a tu- 

 berousrootfound in moist places, 

 and eaten by the Indians. The 

 word comes from wabish'kiu v , 

 white, and oqpiin', potato. 



wabu'j broth; tea; juice; usually 

 applied to infusions and decoc- 

 tious,with specific determinative 

 prefixed, as mashkiq'knT wabu' 

 — medicine broth or tea, i. e., a 

 liquid remedy. 



wabu s', jack-rabbit or hare of the 

 northwestern states. 



wagaq'koman, a draw-knife, 

 used in smoothing split wood in 

 basket-making, and for other 

 purposes in woodworking. 



wa i a'biskik, white. 



waia'biskik ssu'nien, silver; 

 from waia'biskik, white, and 

 ssu'nien (or shu'nieu), money, 

 metal. 



waies'kisi'nit, the good, refer- 

 ring to persons of superior moral 

 traits. 



Waima"tekit', "with bow-and- 

 arrow, '" a personal name. 



W a i ' sail w i ' ta , ••red-mouth ;" 

 the name of a mythic dog belong- 

 ing to Mii'nabiish, the hero god of 

 the Menomini. 



waisawik, yellow. 



W ai ' s h i k w o n ;'i t ', " t ail of-the- 

 great-fish;" a personal name. 



wa i we'pisiiV, he is in a hurry. 



W a i y a ' w e ' s a q ' k a , " he- who-is- 

 powerful;" a personal name, 



waka'mlu, clear, transparent, as 

 water. 



Wa'ketshan, ''hunchback; 1 ' a 

 personal name. 



wii'ki, what? 



waki v/ , crooked. 



waki T 'nin, crooked river. 



wa'ko, red fox. 



W ;i ' m ii q t i k o ' s i u v , French ; 

 Frenchman. 



wana'ga, outer bark, of tree. 



w an a ' k e , bark of a tree. 



W a ' n a q k o " s h e , " little-apes ; " a 

 personal name. 



wani'tipiiq'ka, night. 



w a p ii q ' s e , marten . 



wa'pemin, grain of corn; pi., 

 wa'pemi'nok. 



wa'sa, far, distant, The Menom- 

 ini name for Wausau, a town in 

 Wisconsin. 



waseq'se, catfish. 



wasi'huan, paint. 



watab', running or extending 

 under the surface of the ground, 

 as roots of trees, when used for 

 making thread for sewing. 



w ata'boqp ii n ', a tape-1 i ke tuber- 

 ous root, of yellowish color, used 

 for food. It is boiled like pota- 

 toes. 



wa'tane'ken, it is round. 



wa'tap, alder: /*/., wa'tapen 



wato', ball. 



watuq'siu, live coals. 



wawiaq'pitan, an eddy, in a 

 water course. 



we'bit, his or her tooth. 



we"eton, bud, of tree. 



we'iak, somebody. 



we' iwi ' k ek o q's em i q ' e g an, 

 "old women's path" — the rain- 

 bow. 



wek, his house. 



we'ki wain, house. 



we'kop, basswood bark; obtained 



