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threshing- stick, pawa'qikana- 



q'tlk, for threshing rice from the 



hull or husk, 

 thrice, na"ninS. 

 throat, mikoqtagan; mikoq'ta- 



kau. 

 throat, by the, oko'qtoka'ni. 

 thrust, to (with a pole or spear), 



posi'pahatu'a. 

 thumb, nikii'atshine. 

 thunder, ina'miiqki'iT ; />/., inii'- 



maqki'wdk, i. e., the flying gods; 



Little Thunder (personal name), 



Inii'maqki'sa. 

 ticklish ; na"tshiso', ticklish: h<- 



or she is ticklish, kina"tsliito; 



tickle him, (imper.) kina"tshi- 



shin. 

 time, pc. 



tobacco, na"nimau. 

 today, yoq'peos ke'sikoq; yuni- 



ke'sikot. 

 toe,kiset; bigtoe, inats'ki'set; pi., 



mise'tesan; little toe, kiseteq'se; 



pi., kiseteqsan. 

 toenail, uriskas'; kis'kash. 

 told, he has told, keswe'qtaino'- 



wau. 

 tomorrow, waba'; waboq'. 

 tomorrow, day after, koqke'- 



waba'. 

 tongue, mita'nnni 7 ; my tongue, 



nita'nuni'a'. 

 tooth, me'iibit; me'pit; pi., mepi- 



tan; me'bit; your tooth, ke'bit; 



my tooth, ui'bit; his or her tooth, 



ne'bit. 

 tortoise, maqka'no'; miqka'no. 

 town, mini'kan. 

 trail, nii'qika'sa. 

 transparent, waka'miu. 

 trap, ta"nuna'gan; stick trap, or 



one for small animals, me'tik 



ta"nu'nagan'; rabbit trap, wa- 



bus' ta"iiu'nagau'. 

 tree, iiq'tik, ma'tik; pi., ma'tikdk. 

 triink, of tree, mise'waiqtlk. 

 tumble, to, papeq'tsinan. 

 turkey, masse'nii. 

 turkey buzzard, opasli'koshi. 

 turtle, maqka'no, miqka'no. 

 twelve, mita'ta ni'shine; i.e., ten 



and two. 

 twenty, ni'sinomita'ta; i. e., twice 



teu; twenty-one, ni'sino mita'ta 



niko'tine'. 



twice, ni'sino. 



twig, me'tik; iiq'tik. 



twine, pi'minaq kwan; made of 

 nettle, basswood bark, or such 

 as is purchased. 



twist, pi'minaq'kim; I twist, ni- 

 pi'minaqkiin; thou twisteth, pi'- 

 niinaq'kinun; he twists, pi'mi- 

 naq"ko; we twist, ki'piminaq'- 

 ki; ye or you twist, pi'minaq'ko- 

 wok; they twist, pi'minaq'ko- 

 wok; we two twist (dual), ki'ni- 

 shipi'mi'na(|'kiya; they two twist 

 (dual), ni'shitiia'piminaq'kitua. 



two, nis; nish; two hundred, ni'- 

 suwok; two hundred and one, 

 ni'siiwok niisi'kta niko'tine'. 



uucle, 'nd;V. 



underground spirits, ana'- 

 maqkl'u. The opponents of the 

 Thunderers, anil of all that is 

 good. 



up, to go, ke'nuna'ha, referring 

 to up stream. 



urine, shikin'. 



us, nina". 



veins, kikiise'nan. 



village, mi'nikan'; in the village, 

 mi'nika'ni. 



vomit, me'minem; I vomit, ni- 

 me'minem. 



vul va, mika'san; her vulva, oka'- 

 sanan'. 



w a 1 k to, pemo' u non ; we are walk- 

 ing, nipa"'inoq ue'menan; he or 

 she is walking, pimoq'ne. 



war club, mitagos; mitau'gds. 



warrior, nii'iiauwe'qta. 



wars pear, mita'niqti; mi tau'niqti. 



water, nipe'u v ; ne'pish. 



Wau- ke- sha — pronounced by 

 theOjibwa,Waw-goosh sha: the 

 little fox. — Griguon, Seventy- 

 two Years' Kecol. of Wis. in 

 Rep. and Col. Hist. Soc. of Wis- 

 consin, in, 1857, 337. 



Wau pe-te-see-pe — the Indian 

 word is Wee-be-te-see-pee: Tooth 

 river.— Grignon, Seventy-two 

 Tears' Kecol. of Wis. in Rep. 

 and Col. Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin, 

 in, 1857, 337. 



Wausau. An Ojibwa word per- 

 taining to a town. The story 

 told by the Menomini is that 

 an Ojibwa was one time walking 



