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ENGLISH-MENOMINI VOCABULARY 



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I shall drink, nina'nrinam'. 



I want to drink, nika'tamiuam. 



ice, maqkii'om; maqku'um. 



if, kis'pin. 



in, ine". 



Indian, mama'tseita' ; sometimes 

 abbreviated to mama'tshim ; 

 mama'tshe'tau, literally "he is 

 moving," or the "moving one;" 

 pi., mamatshe"tawok. 



infant, ni'tshian. 



infusion, wabu'. 



iron, oqko'mon. 



it, ki. 



it is, hawe v '. 



it is high, ishpe'kan. 



it is his, ino'otin. 



it is mine, ui"na'nitin. 



it is ours, nina 'nitinina. 



jack pine, u'kiqkaq'tik. 



jawbone, mitaq'piqkan. 



judgment, tepaq'kauo ksiwin. 



juggler, tshi'saqka; jugglery, 

 tshi'saqkan. 



juice, kwopo. 



juniper, kaku'enefr, one who 

 jumps; the grasshopper. 



K a u k a u ' n a, a town in Wisconsin ; 

 from theMenomini "ogaq'kanfi," 

 signifying "the place of pike." 

 The Indians formerly fished there 

 for pike — oka'wa. 



Keshena, from Menomini Kesh- 

 i"ne — "swift -flying." The name 

 refers to the village located on 

 the Menomini reservation, and 

 is also the name of one of Shu'- 

 nien's brothers. Their father, 

 Josette, was one time fasting, 

 and during his period of visions 

 he thought he saw the air filled 

 with many eagles and hawks, 

 representatives of the Thunder 

 phratry, flying rapidlyby. This 

 circumstance caused him to give 

 the uame Keshi"ue to the next 

 male infant born to him, which 

 occurred very shortly thereafter. 



kettle, aqka'. 



kidney, niito'niue'se. 



kill, to, oskina"ui; na/natua; 

 killed, na u "nau', referring to 

 many that may be killed, as fish, 

 birds, etc. 



kin gf i s he r, oka'skima ml'. 



kite, fork-tail, sha'wana'ni. 

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knee, mikii'tlk. 



knife, drawing, wagaq'koman. 



knuckle, migiiq'sikwon. 



lake, nipe'se; nipe'she. 



large, mii'tshi; ma'tshi. 



late, nowii'. 



later, ne'awiiq'kik. 



laugh, aiii'niu; to laugh, aiii'ni; 

 I laugh, ni'aia'nim; they are 

 laughing, aia'niwok ; the laugher, 

 aiii'nu v , i. e., the opossum. 



lead (metal), misa'ba. 



leader, miq'kinc'ni. 



leaf, anipi'Sqkan; pi., anipi'oq- 

 kanan. 



leg, miqkat' ; his or her leg ; oqkat'. 



leggings, skin, mitiq'san. 



life, bama'desiwin; living people; 

 bama'desitii'a. 



lightning, una'tawa'pin. 



like, hishe'eke'u v , i.e., similar. 



limb (of tree), oq'tiiqkwan. 



little, awai'tok, keqsan'; peshe'. 



live, to, a'sabema'tisitu'a; you 

 live, ke'bama'tislm; you are 

 still alive, mi'tshine'u v ke/bama'- 

 tisimj 



long (time), kinis'. 



look for, to, na'taho'toa. 



love-powder, tako'sawoss. 



low, hi([ka'te, when referring to 

 anything being low, as low 

 water. 



lung, miqpa'nun. 



lye, piiq'kewo'po. Made from 

 wood ashes and used for soften- 

 ing ligneous fibers in making 

 thread and cords. 



lynx, kita'bakus. 



maid, old, mu'sapi'aqkiu. 



mallet (of wood), miiq'tikpaqaq'- 

 tshikan. 



man, iua'ni; ina'nifr; pi., inii'ni- 

 w5k; medicineman, mita' T ; also 

 lniq'kiuaniir. 



man, old, ke'tshina'niu", from ke'- 

 tshi, old, and ina/niu v , man. 



Ma'niibush, a mythic personage, 

 who received from Kisha' Ma'ni- 

 do the ritual of the Mitii'wit or 

 Medicine society, and who in 

 turn instructed mankind there- 

 in; the grandson of Noko'mis, 

 the earth ; a hero god, who, later 

 on, became involved in many 

 amusing affairs with the evil 



