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ENGUSH-MENOMINI VOCABULARY 



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me'tshe'sho ; we eat, kiini'tskiqsi ; 

 you eat, mitshiq'sikun ; they eat, 

 metshe'sowok. 



eddy, wawiaq'pitan. 



eight, ssu'asik; eight times, ssu'- 

 asik ta"nano; eight hundred, 

 ssu'asik ta'niwok ; eight hundred 

 aud one, ssu'asik ta'niwok mi- 

 sik'ta niko'tine'. 



eighteen, mita'ta ssu'asikhine'; 

 i. e., ten and eight. 



eighth, ssu'asik haia'nik. 



eighty, ssu'asik mita'ta; eighty- 

 one, ssu'asik mita'ta niko'tine'. 



eleven, mita'ta niko'tine'; i. e., 

 ten and one. 



elk, omas'kos. 



elm, black, a'kemaq'tik. 



enemy, lnitslies'kiir ; nitshi'kiir. 



enough, man at'. 



evening, niiq'ka. 



every, tanine'fr. 



everybody, taqnii'no we'iak. 



eye, miqke'sik; mishke'sik; p>L, 

 miqke'sikan; mishke'sikan. 



eyebrow, miq 'kiqk wii'on. 



face, muqke'sik; mishke'sik. 



fall (down), papeq'tsiuan. 



falling, babeq'tsiu. 



far, wa'sa. 



father, noq'ng. 



feast, kaino v/ ; as applied to cere- 

 monial of the Ghost society or 

 observances of preliminary cere- 

 mony of the Mita'wit. 



fetish, otoq'kaniman. 



few, ma'nawats. 



fiber, (made of bark), na'shipu't- 

 shikan. 



fifteen, mita'ta ni'auauhi'ne, i. e., 

 ten and five. 



fifth, nl'nanaiawik. 



fifty, ni'anan mita'ta; fifty-one, 

 ni'anan mita'ta niko'tine'. 



finger, mi'ne'nenii'tshiu; pi., 

 mi'ne'nenii'tshinan. 



finger, first, mi'tanoq'ikan. 



linger, little, niitaskuo'tsine. 



linger nail, iniskas'. 



fingers, unaq'keq'san, i. e., little 

 hand; his or her fingers, unaq'- 

 keqsi'. 



fir, wotap'. 



fire, esko'tii : pi., esko'tiin ; also 

 e'shkota, as in Ojibwa. 



first, ai'awis; ai'awish. 



fish, nomiish'; fishes generically 

 and generally, kaiii'iioniek ko'sa. 



fi s h - h a w k, pe'niki'konau. 



fisher, wu'tsbik; wutsik'. 



five, ni'anan ; five times, ni'ana'- 

 11:1110 ; five hundred, ni'ana'ni- 

 wok ; five hundred and one, 

 ui'ananiwok misikta niko'tine'. 



flat, it is, napa'kiken. 



fl o u r , paqki'nisheT'keTr, literally, 

 pulverized like ashes; frompiiq'- 

 ki, ashes, and nishe'Oke'ir, like, 

 similar to; also paqki'sikan — 

 wheat, bread. 



flyer, oqpe"ta v , one who is a mem- 

 ber of the thunderers, i. e., 

 hawks, eagles, etc. ; pi., oqpe'ta- 

 wok. 



flying, p:1'kote'u v , e. g., spray — 

 nipe'iT pa'kotei'r, "water fly- 

 ing." Flying -by, Pame"net, a 

 personal name. 



foam, pi"ita. 



food, liietshim'. 



foot, miset'; my foot, ni'sita v . 



footprint, misiiq'pa. 



forearm, left, mi'iiii'maqtshian'. 



forearm, right, mi'naba'kan. 



forehead, niiq'ka. 



forenoon, mid, kana'maqtsiu; 

 snawaq'kik. 



forty, ni' v ino mita'ta; forty-one, 

 ni"ino mita'ta niko'tine'. 



fou r,ni'u v ;ui v/ ; four times, ui'wino; 

 four hundred, ni'wok; four hun- 

 dred and one, ui'wdk misik'ta 

 niko'tine'. 



f o u r t e e u , mita'ta ni'hine', ten aud 

 four. 



fourth, niwi'no. 



fox, red, wa'ko. 



French, Frenchman, Wa'niaq- 

 tiko'sifr, Wa'miiq'tikosi'u'. 



f r i e 11 d , me'inot ; my friend, ne"at ; 

 neat'. 



frost, kuniq'katan' ; poniq'kotan. 



froth, pe'Steu*. 



fun, onii'nekuot. 



gag (retch), mamii'tshoqki (to be 

 sick). 



gall, miqkon'; we'sup. 



game, iikaq'siwok, played with 

 eight pieces of deer-horn, four 

 of which are colored. They are 



