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MENOMINI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY 



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from the young sprouts and used 

 in mat making. 



we'kowan, their house. 



we'iuwjh, his; theirs. 



we'nauan, man's hair. 



we' n ok, his penis. 



we'owi'kii, old woman. 



w e p e n a ' a t ii , soot . 



we'pots, early. 



weq'ke, sweet flag; calamus; a 

 plant of the genus Acorus; the 

 root is chewed for a cold, cough, 

 or sore throat. 



wes, his head. 



We "skint"' 'iV, the chief of the 

 kine'fr or eagles; a mythic per- 

 sonage who had combat with the 

 chief of the owii'sse, bears, over 

 possession of fishing grounds. 



we'sokan, pungent; peppery. 



we' sup, gall; bile. The owii'sse 

 we'sup, or bear's gall, is used to 

 transfer to an enemy a worm 

 that is supposed ultimately to 

 kill him or her. 



we' wan, his wife. 



we' win, bow of horn. 



w i ' d i s h i ' a n ii n , w i ' d.i s li i " a - 

 nun, a phratry or brotherhood, 

 consisting of a certain number 

 of gentes or clans. 



wi'gi, birchbark. 



wi'ki, bark. See we'kop. 



wi'ki hosh', bark boat; from 

 wi'ki, bark. 



wik'iop, a habitation of bark, 

 brush, or wood. It is a corrup- 

 tion of wiko'mik, which in turn 

 comes from wigi'wam (wigwam). 



wiko'mik, a habitation made of 



logs, bark, or other material; a 

 variant of wig'iwam. 



w i ' n a q , w i n e ' , his. 



wine 'o tin, it is his; response to 

 question, but if simple affirma- 

 tion the word is inO'otin. 



wi'nua, they; them. 



\vinu"ati'nuwau', it is theirs. 



wi'oqku'an, hat, head-covering. 



Wios'kasit, "the- good-one;"' a 

 personal name. 



wiq'kiqpinakan, small bundle 

 of medicine carried in a thimble, 

 which is suspended from a rib- 

 bon and worn under the clothing 

 or about the neck. The "love- 

 medicine'' takos'woss is worn in 

 this manner, together with a 

 hair, fingernail paring, or a frag- 

 ment of clothing, from the person 

 whose affection is denied. 



wiq'tiqtau, to be able. 



w i s a ' w a s k I k ' , green. 



W i s h a ' n o q k w o t. "dense-cloud ;'' 

 a personal name. 



W ishi' wiiii'% " going- for-some- 

 body ; " a personal name. 



wi'ski v , good. 



wop j bowl. 



w o t a p ' , fi r tree, the roots of which 

 are split into threads for sewing 

 together the pieces of birchbark 

 in making canoes. 



wu'tshik, wtitsik', the fisher; 

 also a gens of the Moose phratry. 



yom, this, applied to inanimate 

 things. 



yoq'p-e, now. 



y o q ' p e o s k e ' s i k o q , y u in k e ' s i - 

 ko t, today. 



ENGL1SH-1IENOMINI 



abdomen, o n mot' ; omo'te; his 



abdomen, mi mot', 

 able, to be, oki'iV; wiq'tiqtau; I 



am able, niwiq'tiqtan. 

 access, to gain, po'sitii'a'. 

 acorn, nia'tekouiin ; pi., lnii'teko'- 



mman. 

 across, aka'mia; on the other side 



of the road, a'sawiq'kana. 

 act, to, a'seata'a. 

 affirmation, hau'ka; e"'; the 



former being employed as a 



response to a salutation or 



greeting, and signifies "that is 



correct;" "that is it;" "it is 



well." 



fraid, ko'atan. 

 fter, kes; kesh. 

 fternoon, kaie'sani ne'aw'aq'- 



kik» from kaie'sani, later than, 



and ne'awiiq'kik, noon, 

 gain, inisik'. 

 ged, kitshki'fr; sheka'tshau; 



oka'tshau. 



Ider, wa'tap; pi., wa'tapen. 

 like, hishe'ekefr. 



