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and brief, yet accurate description, which it may be worth while to ana- 



Pa:/.!i:k. is our, and is also and as the indefinite article — the only 



article the language DOanm s. This word ■ further used in an adjective 



aensc, figuratively indicating, united, solid, undivided. Audit acquires 



a plural signification by doubling. Off repeating the first syllable, with a 



slight variation of the second. Thus, l'ai-bar/hik, denotes dot on>\ Or **, 



but several ; and wfatO thus use d in the- context, rend, in the noun govern- 



■UnL ( >sku/.h, is the nail, claw, or horny part of the foot of beasts, 



■ad supplies the first Mihstantive ineniber of the OOmpOUnd gOMXk, The 



find vowel is from ahwuisi, a beast ; and the marked o, an inseparable 



connective, the office of which is to make the two member- . and 



harmonize. The expression thus formed l>< QDDtefl a substantive, specific 



in its application. It may be rendered plural like the primitive nouns. 



may be convert d into a \\ rb, has its diminutive, derogative and local 



torm, ami in short, is subject to all the modifications of other substantives. 



M el of the modern nouns are of tin's complex character. And they 



appear to have been invented to designate objects, many of which were 



y unknown to the Indians in the primitive ages of their exis- 



( Uhers, like their names for a copper-kettle and a horse, above 



\oned, can date their origin no farther back than the period of the 



< >f this number of nascent words, are most of their names 



lor thOSB distilled or artificial liquors, for which they arc indebted to 



opeans. Their name- for water, ncebi, for the fat of animals, wee- 



nin. far oil or immidai, for broth, nabob, and for blood, miskwi, 



belong to a very r< DOOM era, although all but the first appear to be com- 



j>ounds. Their names for the tinctures or extracts derived from the 



>:, and used as dyes, or medicines, or merely as agreeable drinks, 



an- mostly fo u nded Qpon the ba-sis of the word dbo, a liquid, although 



this word is never used alone. Thus — 



Shomin-abo Wine From Shomin, a grape, abo, a liquor. 

 Ishkodai-abo Spirits From Ishkodai, lire, &c. 

 Mishimin-abo Cider From Mishimin, ail apple, &c. 



-,ibo Milk From Totosh, the female breast, &c. 



- ibo Vinegar From Shcewun, sour, dec. 



Annibcesh-abo i >hun, leaves, &c. 



Ozhibiegun-aubo From Ozhibicgai, he writes, &c. 



In like- manner their names for the various implements and uten- 

 of civilized lit-, are bated upm the w«»rd JctgU*, one of those 

 primitives, which, although never d sjunctivel y used, denotes, in its modi- 



