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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN". H 



alive, I am alive : nina'bema'te- 

 sim. 



all, mawau'. 



am ulo t , otoq'kanimau. 



amusement, onii'nekuot. 



and, him'. 



angle, asji'niman; a'sa'ni'wan. 



animals, inona'toak. 



ankle, mepiiq' kiq kwana'gan. 



antelope, omaskus. 



anterior, kanau'me qtshiiY. 



apple, me"simin;2»Z.,me"siminSk. 



arm, right, mi'tiini'nien; his or 

 her arm, u n na'. 



arm, right (above elbow), miqt- 

 she'wiiwok. 



armpit, minaq'ki. 



arrive, to, pi'ot; i. e., to arrive at 

 a specified place. 



arrive at, to, pi'etat. 



arrow, mep; my arrow, ni'pon. 



arrow drawer, akui'kika v , a man 

 who is possessed of the power 

 of withdrawing magic and in- 

 visible arrows shot by rival 

 shamans. 



ascend, a stream, ke'nuna'ha. 



ash, black, ne'paqaqkwag'tik. 



ashes, biiqki'; paq'ki, 



at, ine". 



autumn, ta'kwakwo'a. 



ax, mana'ba. 



bachelor, old, mu'sapa'fr. 



back, his or her, opiiq'kwoni'. 



badger, mii"nakua. 



bag, na'nokupaq'kwe, for carrying 

 small household articles; also a 

 traveling bag. 



bag, medicine, peqtshenaina'- 

 wan; Ottawa, pin'dziqusan'. 



bag, rice, mi'niuli'sen. 



ball, wato'; ha"ni', usually made 

 of buckskin and stuffed with 

 deer's hair. 



bark (of tree), wana'ke; wana'qa ; 



bark (for mats) we'kop. 



bark boat, wi'kihosh'. 



basket, oka'kopena'kan; basket 

 made of elm splints. 



baton, pa'kahe'kanak; sticky used 

 by singers in keeping time as if 

 striking an imaginary drum. 



bead belt, ma'kese'sapakwa'tii. 



bear, owa'sse; the word employed 

 for bear in mythic tales and 

 the Grand Medicine ritual is na- 

 noq'ke. Sometimes pronounced. 



also, owfiq'se. The Ojibwa word 



is noq'ke. 

 beaver, nomiii'; piwat'inot. 

 bee, iimak'; })l., amo'ak. . 

 before, kenau'meqtshi'u. 

 being, state of, osam'; it to be; 



it is. 

 belly, o"mot' omo'te; his belly, 



mimof. 

 belt (ofwool),maq'kwA/nSp; used 



as a sash by men. 

 belt (of skin), baku'oqta'. 

 berry, men'; pi., me"'n;iu. 

 bile, we'sup; miqkon'. 

 birchbark, wi'gi; wi'ki. 

 bite, to, shake'buqtam'. 

 bitter, titaq'bi'u v . 

 black, ape'sen; abi'sik; iipi'sik; 



opishhV. 

 black oak, aTie'pakaku'aqtlk. 



The bark is crushed and a decoc- 

 tion of it used for sore eyes, 

 bladder, mis'iigini'wi. 

 blanket, wabo'ian. 

 bless us, shawai'niqtu'um. 

 blood, maqki'. 

 blue, ke'shik; ke'sik; blue color, 



ke'slkhasi'uakuo. 

 boat. See canoe, 

 body, me'hv. 

 bone, perforated, opi'wikan; a 



bone with a hole through which 



fibers are passed in making cord 



and thread, 

 book, ma'shena'qekan'. 

 born, to be, oqta'tisie'fr; skita'; 



I am born, nike'anka. 

 bow, wop; wooden bow, ma'atik- 



wop. 

 bow (of boat), otshi'aniiK'i'ko. 

 bow (of horn), we' win. 

 bowl, wo]>; onagan; wooden 



bowl, ma'iitlk onagan, nsed in 



playing the game of aka'qsi- 



wok. 

 bowl, woo d e n , ma'ti k wop ; from 



ma'tik, wood, and wop, bowl. 

 bowstring, mima'ttkwok; mi- 



ma'atikwok. 

 box, sugar, maq'kak'. 

 boy, pa'niq; o'paqni'se. 

 brain, mima'nita. 

 brave, a, nii'nauwe'qta. 

 bread, paqki'shitan. 

 break up, to, pe'kuskok, to break 



up, as the ice on a river, 

 breast, female, mi'nonagan. 



