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thing softened,’’ according to Eliot, “flour.’”? This word appears 
as rucat in the old New Jersey Lendpe trading idiom: Cf. Aben. 
nokhigan ‘* flour’’; Del. Zoken, from the stem Jokenummen ‘smash 
up, crush.’’ .Note that 7, y and x interchange in the N. E. Algic 
dialects; cf. Nat. wit, Quiripi 7#¢ and Peq. jaf (Stiles yews) 
aire?’ (see s. v. Shikari®).. 
Samit ‘“tripe’’<is evidently the same stem as Del. schameu 
« preasy, <j Deke Dict., p. 126, 9. 
Shikarif snake” isa curious formation. It must of course be 
from Skik**snake’’; Aben. skog; Nat, askik; RW. askug ; Morton 
N. E. Canaan deibep te Peq. skoogs (with diminutive -s); Del. 
achguk. “The -ris ending is difficult. It probably stands for 
-nis, t. e. Shaikanif ‘a little snake,’’ as distinct from a, ‘Ser- 
pent,’’ with intercalated #. For interchange of # and rv see s. v. 
ritig. 
S pitti, given by Harris as ‘ buttocks,’’ really means ‘‘ anus.’ 
This is the same word as. Del. safutéi (Zeisberger), Len. Dict, 
By t24, 1G. 
Skwé ‘“woman’’; Nat. sguaas; RW. sguaw; Del. ochgueu, 
okhgueh; the original stem meant ‘‘prepuce.’’ This is a well- 
known Eastern word, but appears only as an ending in Abenaki, 
as in Ainjames-iskwa ‘‘queen,’’ from kinjamés “king” (=—King 
James). 
S@ seems to me to be a particle in the possible combination’ 
hk stikagitinon “we (incl.) shall drink.’ “It may have a cohortative 
force. 
Suphita¥ “succotash’” is a well-known N. E. word. Cf. RW. 
m' sickquatash -*€something : beaten eo: fom m’ sukgquttahhash 
“the. things een: Dil.) beaten to pieces.’’ Sukguttahham phe 
beats it to pieces."’ Sz&kzitas is plainly a loanword in the Skaghti- 
coke dialect. 
Tapasich, given by Harris as ‘hotel,’’< probably stands. for 
nitapesith ee uay. friends’’ (dim. - oo _Cf. Aben. zidé6ba, Penobscot 
nidabe, Pass. nitap “‘my friend.’ 
Lipi ash is probably a spachit loanword, from Peq. «di 
‘<devil,’’ cf. Prince and Speck, Axthrop., V, 203. The Del. word 
for Séspirit” is tschipey, cf. Aben. chidaz. Tipi in _Skaghticoke 
may,. however, pee for Del. ¢schipi « ‘strange,”’ the same stem as 
ischipey «€ spirit.”” , 
‘Tilipés *‘turtle’’ is evidently a diminutive (-s) from %//7fd; 
