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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



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come, pi'ot; after they have come, 

 kespi'ato. 



coot, skike'me; o'kawa'siku. 



copulate, os'kiina'moshiwe'. 



corn (grain), wa'pemin; pi., wa'pe- 

 minSk. 



corpse, kaiis'nebiik. 



cough, ]ii'na''uomi. 



con n c i 1 , ki'kituau' ; councillion.sc. 

 ki'kitii'wiko'mik — wiko'mik, a 

 house, from wig'iwam. 



counters, stick; ma/atiq; used 

 in gaming. 



crane, otii'tshia. 



create, to; e'"toshea\vok. 



crooked, waki v '; crooked river, 

 waki v 'nin. 



crow, kaka'ke. 



crown (of head), uke'souno'me'. 



cut, to ; kes'kanau, askikesh'ki- 

 saina'. 



dance, ne'moak. This word is 

 also applied to the Dreamer 

 society, usually called " the 

 dance." It is claimed by some 

 backsliding medicine men that 

 it is a new degree of the Mitii'- 

 wit given by the Great Being 

 to replace the preceding four 

 degrees. 



daughter, mitan'; her daughter, 

 ota'nan. 



dawn, waban'; peswa'ba. 



day, ke'sikot; pi., ke'sikotun; two 

 days, uiske'sikot. 



daylight, pi'ta'nowe ; approach- 

 ing daylight, waban'. 



dead, nepua'; niban'; he is dead, 

 ni'bua or keshni'po; dressing 

 the dead, inii'uetshi'pai. a mitii'" 

 ceremouy pertaining to the 

 Ghost society, or preliminary 

 to the Mita'wit ritualistic observ- 

 ances. 



death, nepan'. 



deceased, niban'. 



decoction, wabu'. 



deep, teini'u; deep, as a stream 

 or pond. 



deer, aba'shush; opashe'; opiiq'- 

 sus; buckskin, apiiq'so so'kum. 



destroy, to, na'natua, by depriv- 

 ing of life. 



devil, ma'tshe hawai'tok, from 

 ma'tshe, bad, and hawai'tok, 

 god. 



die, to, o'ski'nipa. 



dish, ona'qan; wop. 



dish, medicine, mitaona'qan. 



distant, wa'sa. 



dive, to, koke'an. 



do, to, a'seata'a; they do,peqkin' T . 



dog, onam'. 



dream, ena'baqtan; his dream, 



ena'baqtam; my dream, nita'- 



nabaq'tan. 

 drink, I am drinking, or, I drink, 



ninaq'sa; I shall drink, ninanii- 



nam'. 

 drum, tawaq'ikan. 

 drum, medicine, mitii'to- 



waq'ka. Ottawa, aba'aua'kik, 



both medicine and war drum; 



from aba'an, a sacrifice or roast, 



and a'kik, a kettle, 

 drum, tambourine, sik'si'- 



kwan, used by wabe'no and by 



gamblers. Ottawa, tewe"igan. 

 drumstick, tawaqka'kwana 'tik ; 



from ta'waqikan or to'waqkwa, 



and niittk' or iiq'tik, i. e., drum, 



stick. Ottawa, tewe'egan'atik. 

 dry, to, pa'siwok. 

 duck (old-squaw duck), os'se ; 



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



baislokok. 

 duck-hawk, poka'qtshiki, "the 



hitter." 

 dugout (canoe), ma'tehosh. 

 dusk, nani'takina'kua. 

 dwarf, awai'tokpa'niq, from awai- 



tok, small, and pa'niq, boy. 

 dye, aniOq'taqtik. 

 eagle, bald, piiia'shiu; pinii'ssi. 

 eagle, golden, kiue'iV. Coming 



to the eagle, kiue'iV wai'deniit. 



Little-she-eagle, Ki'niki'sa. 



Eagle woman, Ki'niaqki'u. 

 eagle- leg (plant), pinii'ssi o'shet, 



a prairie plant, bearing yellow 



flowers, used as medicine, 

 eaglet, kene'shii; also ke'niaqk'i- 



san, from kine'ii', eagle, and ki'se, 



little, 

 ear, miqta'wok; miq'tawok; pi., 



miq'kawo'kun. 

 early, we'jiots. 

 east, asmuq'kaha. 

 eat, mi'tisim; mi'tishim; mitiq'- 



suon. I eat, or am eating, nimit- 



iq'sim; minito'shin; thoueatest, 



kimitiq'slm ; heeats,metshe'suoq, 



