VOCABULARY OF INDIAN LANGUAGES. Ixxxiii 



— no, m6ve, nor, not ; — tube, tub, bull ; — roil ; — pound. 



Village, towoin 



Me-hian-gi'ih 



First thunder, tl-en-e 



Female sun, me-tch-hi 



Female moon, me-i\m-b6n-ne 



Female axe, mas-i'ip-pi-me 

 Female deer that looks, wa-tAm- 



bun-ne 

 The first thunder that falls, tk-ing- 



ga-ra 



0-mt\w-haw Interjections and Exclamations. 



Zt! — This is used by the men 

 when contemplating a fine trin- 

 ket, looking-glass, &c. ; they 

 sometimes say zt-o-dah ! 



Sh^h-zt-zt-zt! orwah-zt-zt-zt! or 

 6ah-zt-zt-zt ! is used by the men 

 for driving dogs out of mis- 

 chief. 



2 



Eh-zt-zt-zt-zt! by the women on 

 the same occasion. 



Heh ! an inspiration— used by the 

 women when a sudden but tri- 

 fling accident occurs — as it is 

 also used by the white fe- 

 males. 



K^-i! — the first syllable nasal — 

 by the women for calling their 

 dogs. 



W6-6h! by the men for calling 

 their dogs or horses. It is a 

 sound very similar to that used 

 by the whites to halt horses. 



Wah-man-g&r-ing-gi ! Be off, or 

 go away — spoken in anger — this 

 would be the last word, an at- 

 tack would succeed if disre- 

 garded. 



O-hoh! (drawn out very long) 

 used to one who has been trou- 

 bling them a long time — it 

 would precede the pi-eceding 

 exclamation in the gradation of 

 displeasure. 



Ge-gi-hS.! wah-ge-ga-ra! 6-h6h-ge- 

 gar-a! — the successive expres- 

 sions of impatience in calling a 

 person to come. 



Hi-6 ! The answer of a squaw to 

 one who calls. 



Ha ! The answer of a man to one 

 who calls. 



DA-dinsh-ta-a ! An exclamation 

 similar in signification to 0,alas, 

 me .' 



