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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



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pestle, iiska'kanaq'tlk, i. e., mor- 

 tar stick, from iiska'kan and 

 iiq'tik, stick. 



pk r a t r y , wi'dishi'aniin. 



pigeon, wild, oini"'ni v . 



pike, oka'wa, a species of fish ; 

 ogaq'kane, "tbe place of fish"; 

 the name of a town in Wiscon- 

 sin, Kaukau'na. 



pine, aska/. 



pine squirrel, naku'ti; tbe ar- 

 chaic name is una'wanink, and 

 occurs in mythology. 



pipe, uq'puokan, oqpu'akan; my 

 pipe, nit oqpu'akan. 



pipe (of stone), aqpu'akau. 



pipe stem, aqpu'akan naq'tlk, 

 i. e., pipe stick. 



place, that, kiyu'; at that place, 



te'. 



plenty, ina'nat. 



porcupine, kita'mi; kita'mu. 



pork, kokosh'. 



l>ost, medicine, mitii'waqtik; a 

 post in the medicine lodge or 

 inclosure, during ceremonies of 

 initiation. 



potato, oqpan'; pi., oqpan'iok. 



potato, swamp, waboqp;in'; a 

 tuber found in wet places, used 

 for food. 



powder (love), tako'sawoss. 



prairie, masko'tia. 



preserve (of fruit), piq'kiman. 



previous to, kaiiau'meqtskiii'. 



printer', mase'naqnatek. 



prophet. /See juggler. 



pungent, we'sokan. 



purple, piq'kimana'inoqta'qtik ; 

 i. e., preserve dye, or the tint of 

 preserved plums or cherries. 



quiver, piq'tanwan. 



rabbit, wabfis'. 



raccoon, ii'sepau. 



rain , kime'wan. 



rainbow, we'iwi'ke koq'se miq'- 

 egan; i. e., "old women's path." 



raisin, sho'inin. 



rat, nani'se. 



rattle, ssisi'kwan. Ottawa, shi- 

 shi'ogwan (of gourd) ; same name 

 if used for the same purpose. 



rattlesnake, hanu Q 'e; the vari 

 ety found in the prairie dog 

 towns; sina'wata, i. e., rattling- 

 tail, Grotalvs horri&us; Missa- 



sauga rattlesnake, na'tawe' ; rat- 

 tlesnake skin medicine bag, iua'- 



wet<V. 

 raven, inaq'tfik. In Cree, " kaka- 



kiw " is tbe crow, 

 reach, to, pi'etiit; i. e., to reach or 



arrive at a certain place, 

 red, inaq'kik; miiq'kik; maq'kiu v . 



Of. blood. 

 reeds, pe'wona'skin — aquatic 



plants, 

 resemble, to, hesh'eke'ir. 

 rib, miq'pepa'kun. 

 ribs (of canoe), pekii'kanok. 

 rice, meno'mii; the wild rice Ziza- 



nia aquatica, after which the tribe 



is named, 

 rice-beater, pawa'qikan ; pi., pa- 



waq'ikanan ; a stick for beating 



rice from the stalk, 

 right arm, mi'tiini'nien. 

 right hand, mina'. 

 river, se'pc; si'pe; she'pfi; shi'- 



pe. Meuomiui river, Mi'nika'ni 



se'pe. 

 road, mi'qikan; on the other side 



of the road, a'sawiq'kana. 

 rock, ase'paq. 

 root (of tree), otsi'pr. 

 round, it is, wa'tane'ken. 

 run, to, kaq'tse'idau; I run, ni- 



kaq'tsliikam. 

 rye, a'nemaupaq ki'sikan, i. e., 



"German bread." 

 saliva, saqkom'. 

 salt, she'weqta'ken; i. e., "sour 



and sweet"; she'weta'kau, string 



of salt crystals, she'weta'kau- 



ni'ap; salted string for baiting 



traps, she'weta'kan kaq'kop. 

 sand,ne'kan; ases'ki. 

 sap, kwopo; sap of maple, sho'- 



pomakwo'i>o', i. e., sugar sap. 

 saw, to, a'ski'keshhipoto'. 

 saw-whet owl, toto'ba; dodo'ba. 

 scalp, nii'uoq kwu'on. 

 scared, sagi'si". 

 scrape, to, paskwo'hiki. 

 scraper, paskwo'liekan; made of 



wood, and used in dressing deer 



skin; pe'kwalie'kan. 

 search, to, na'taho'toa. 

 second, misi'kaia'wit. 

 seen, nakislt. 

 seer. See j uggler . 

 seven, noq'wikan ; seven times, 



