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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



shaken iu a wooden bowl, and the 



result decided according to the 



number of white and colored sides 



uppermost. Also called akas'- 



siamik. 

 garter-snake, ssa'sowi kino'pik; 



from ssa'sowi, olive colored, and 



kino'pik, snake. 

 German, Ane'mau; pi., Ane'mau- 



wok . 

 ghost, tskipai'; tshipe'; ghost 



feast, tshipe' kaino". 

 giant, ke'ne; ma'nabai; pi., 



lna'nabaiwok. 

 girl, kiqse'se. 



give, to, me'keui ; to give to some- 

 one else, meniiii ; I give, nimi'kiin ; 



give to me, nime'iiekem. 

 go, I am going, nika'tima'tshiam. 

 god , wai'edok ; Hawa'tok ; Hawai'- 



et6k, the God of the whites, 

 gold, osawa ssu'nien from waisa'- 



wik, yellow, and ssu'nien or sku'- 



nien, metal, money, 

 gone, tbey are gone (not alive), 



keibma'tshi' wok ; after they have 



gone, kesma'tshiado'. 

 good, kiskit'; ki'tshi (rarely used); 



wiski v ; good looking, ai'ongsh'i. 

 gran d d a u gh t er , noq'sgse. 

 grandmother, noko'mis; noqko'- 



mis; also a term for the personi- 

 fication of the earth, 

 grandson, noq'sesc. 

 grass, ose'kau. 

 grasshopper, kaku'ene, kaku'e- 



ne'fr, "the jumper." 

 great, ki'sha; mats; mii'ts; ma"'- 



tshi ; Great Mystery, Kisha' Ma'- 



nido. 

 green, ashke'paki 1 ; wisa'waskik. 

 ground, ne'kau. 

 hail, mise'kaqnan; tine hail with 



snow, first of the season. Maq'- 



kuumbabe'qtsin, i. e., falling ice. 

 hair, ine'ne'; pi., ine'ne'nuu. 

 half, a'pata. 



half moon, e'sikan'ikiu 1 . 

 halloo, hiho'; hoho'. 

 hammer, pakag'tshika'sa . 

 hand, u u naq'; his or her hand, 



u -n na(j'ki; right-band, minii'. 

 handed, lie struck it left, na- 



ma'qtok auaq'tam. 

 hare, wabus'. 

 hasten, kaq'tse'idau. 



hasty, ne'qkoski'ane'fr. 



hat. wi'oqkii'an. 



hawk, chicken, me'shinika T 'ke. 



hawk, duck, pokaq'tsbiki. "the 

 hitter." 



h a w k , f o r k - 1 a i 1 . Sec kite. 



hawk, red-tail, maq'kwokani: 

 ma'qkuana'ni ; Buteo boreal is. 



hawk, sharp- shin, kise'wato'- 

 sse. 



hawk, sparrow, pipo'na'uc 1 . 



h azel, kwaY>u'owe; o'kapu'owe. 



he, ki. 



head, mes; pi., uie'sun; bis head, 

 wes; man's head, imi'iiiiYwes. 



heart, mita'. 



heaven, ke'sekoq. 



heel, miqka'an. 



hemp, wild, shii'nap; used for 

 making thread and cord. 



here, io's. 



heron, great, shak'shak'cu. 



hide (of an animal), sho'kum; so'- 

 kum. 



hip, no'kan; my hip, ni'nokan; 

 your hip, keno'kau. 



his, we'nach; wi'naq; wine'; ot 

 before words beginning with a 

 vowel or aspirate h ; o before a 

 word beginning with a conso- 

 nant. It is his, wlne'otin. 



hog, kokosh'. 



honey, a'moso'poma. 



horizon, aqku'apeqta'ma. 



horn -bow, we'win. 



horse, pa'siku'gasi. 



house (wigwam;) wi'kiop; wikfi'- 

 mik, my house, ni"'nanik: ni 

 wig'iwam ; ni wiko'mik. 



hummingbird, na'natska, Tro 

 chilus colubrix. 



hundred, niku'tuwak; hundred 

 and one, niku'tuwak misik'ta 

 niko'tine' ; one hundred and two, 

 niku'tuwak misik'ta ni'sshine'. 



husband, minii'pium. 



I, ni u 'na. 



I am drinking, nima'nim. 



I am going, nika'dama'tshiam : I 

 am going tomorrow, nika'doina- 

 tsliiam wfiba'. 



I caught him, nita'piuau'. 



I caught him by the throat, 

 okoq'toka'ni nita'pinau'. 



I did drink, nikes'minam. 



I have gone, uikeshmatshiam. 



