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ENGLISH-MENOMINI V( )CAHULARY 



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myself, ni"'iiii. 



myth, a y ten'qen. 



narrative, a'tano'qen. 



natural, iniin'. 



navel, mitii"; his navel, ota'. 



neck, miqki'kan ; miq'tigan. 



necklace (shell), miqki'nnin. 



Negro, Apa'sen Wii'meqtikosirr. 

 i. e., black Frenchman. 



nephew, nipui'niiinii', i. e., broth- 

 er's son. 



nettle, mashan'; a plant of the 

 genus Urtica, the fiber of which 

 is made into thread. 



new, oske', oshke'. 



niece, nipui'niiinii', i. e., sister's 

 daughter. 



night, tipiiq'; tobaq': uni'tipaq- 

 kot; wani'tipaqka. 



nine, sa'kii ; nine times, sa'kiita'" 

 nano; nine hundred, sa'kiita'ni- 

 wok; nine hundred and one, 

 sa'kata'niwSk misik'ta niko'- 

 tine'. 



nineteen, mita'ta saka'hine', i. e., 

 ten and nine. 



ninety, sa'kii mita'ta, i. e., nine 

 times ten; ninety-one, sa'kii mi- 

 ta'ta niko'tine'; ninety-nine, 

 sa'kii mita'ta sa'kiihine'. 



ninth, sa'kiihai'awik. 



no, kan. 



nobody, kan we'iak: lit., not 

 somebody. 



none, kan. 



noon, ne'awiiq'kik. 



uorth, atshike'siiT ; the north 

 wind, atshi'kesiwa'enan, one of 

 the deities. 



nose, mitshi'os. 



nostril, mita'nikum. 



u otch (in arrowshaft), and'peqkan. 



nothing, kan. 



now, sa"ie; yoq'pe; nemak'. 



oak, black, aue'pakaku'aqtik; 

 the bark is crushed and boiled in 

 water; the solution is employed 

 to bathe sore eyes. 



oats, pa'siku'giisi meno'iua; liter- 

 ally horse rice. 



observed, naki'sit. 



Oconto, '-boat paddle;" a town 

 in eastern Wisconsin. 



old, kitshki'iY. 



olive (color), ssa'sowi. 



once, nekot'eno; in Menomini the 



suffix euo' is employed to make 

 multiplying numbers from the 

 cardinals; as ssu'asik, eight; 

 ssuasik'euo, eight times. 



one, ni'kots; one hundred, niku'- 

 tuwok; one thousand, niku'tiq- 

 nok ; also abbreviated into'nkut'- 

 wok. 



opossum, aiii'nu v ; lit., the 

 laugher. 



Osh'kosh, a city in eastern Wis- 

 consin. The name is that of the 

 late chief of the Menomini Indi- 

 ans, ass'kass — "bear's claw" — 

 whose second son, Niopet, is at 

 present the head of that tribe as 

 well as judge of the Indian court. 

 See p. 46. 



ott er, mikek'. 



our, nit; before words beginning 

 with a vowel, or aspirate h; ni 

 before a consonant. 



ours, ne'nach. 



ourselves, n'fna". 



owl, great horned (Bubo vir- 

 gima/nus), kuku'kuu' ; saw -whet, 

 toto'ba, dodo'ba. 



paddle, pi; I paddle, nipi'hikem; 

 you (thou) paddle, pi'hike'min; 

 he paddles, pi'liikem ; we paddle, 

 nipi'hike'minair; ye paddle, 

 pi'hikekii'na; they paddle, pi'hi- 

 kewok; we two paddle (dual), 

 nishiinenau'piheke v ; they two 

 paddle (dual), nishiwok-pihike'- 

 wok. 



paint, wiisi'huan. 



panther, pise'u v ; peshe'; jtishe'u 1 . 



paper, ma'shena'qekan. 



partisan, miq'kine'ni; mash'- 

 kineniu v . 



past, kesh; is a prefix to a phrase 

 relating to a thing or act thus 

 acted or occurred; he is dead, 

 keshni'po; they have gone, kesh- 

 matshiwok. 



path, mi'qegan; mi'hikan. 



Pee-wau-kee, pronounced, and 

 should be spelled, Pee-wau-naw- 

 kee: the flinty place — Grignon, 

 Seventy- two Years' Recol. of 

 Wis. in Rep. and Col. Hist. Soc. 

 of Wisconsin, in, 1857, 337. 



pelvis, oshi'kan. 



penis, me'nok. 



people, bama'teshituog. 



