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Kwâbît, “beaver” (P.); cf.[141](../../141/ "tree and pragmatics") M. \_kobet\_.[142](../../142/ "tree and pragmatics")

Kwabîtsis, “little beaver” (P.); diminutive of \_kwâbît\_.[143](../../143/ "tree and pragmatics")

Kwĕdŭn, “canoe” (M.).[144](../../144/ "tree and pragmatics") See Ăgwē′dŭn.[145](../../145/ "tree and pragmatics")

Kwîmû, “loon” (M.); cp.[146](../../146/ "tree and pragmatics") P. \_ŭkwîn\_.[147](../../147/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Lappilatwan, Pass. name of a small bird which sings from sunset until quite dark.[148](../../148/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Lappilatwan\_ properly means a tree-fungus, but the word is applied to this bird because it sits in the branches without moving.[149](../../149/ "tree and pragmatics") See \_Wappilatwan\_ and \_Wechkutonébit\_.[150](../../150/ "tree and pragmatics")

Laʿtogwesnuk, “Northland” (P.).[151](../../151/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Lenni Lenâbe, “Delawares” (P.); clearly a loan word from Minsi, \_Linni Linâpe\_, “the men” (\_par excellence\_).[152](../../152/ "tree and pragmatics") Cp.[153](../../153/ "tree and pragmatics") Prince, “Proc.[154](../../154/ "tree and pragmatics") Amer.[155](../../155/ "tree and pragmatics") Philos.[156](../../156/ "tree and pragmatics") Soc.,” 1899, p. 186; “Amer.[157](../../157/ "tree and pragmatics") Journ.[158](../../158/ "tree and pragmatics") Philol.,” p. 295, n.[159](../../159/ "tree and pragmatics") 1.[160](../../160/ "tree and pragmatics")

Lisignigen, “breastwork” (P.); M. \_lŭtkŭdāāgŭn\_, “hedge.”[161](../../161/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Lox, “wolverine” (P.); cogn. with A. \_alaskan\_, “wolverine.”[162](../../162/ "tree and pragmatics") Note the metathesis.[163](../../163/ "tree and pragmatics")

Lumpeguin, “water demon” (P.); see \_Appodumken\_.[164](../../164/ "tree and pragmatics")

Malikakwsquess, Pass. female name.[165](../../165/ "tree and pragmatics")

Malsum, “wolf” (P.); cp.[166](../../166/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_moñlsem\_.[167](../../167/ "tree and pragmatics")

Malsumsis, “little wolf” (P.), the diminutive of the above.[168](../../168/ "tree and pragmatics")

Manoñgamasak, “river elves” (A.).[169](../../169/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Mʾdeolin, “wizard,” “witchcraft”; pl.[170](../../170/ "tree and pragmatics") \_mʾdeolinʾwuk\_, P. and \_mʾdaulinōwak\_, (A. and Pen.).[171](../../171/ "tree and pragmatics") Cf.[172](../../172/ "tree and pragmatics") Ojibwe, \_medewin\_, “witchcraft.”[173](../../173/ "tree and pragmatics") It probably means originally “one who drums.”[174](../../174/ "tree and pragmatics") Cp.[175](../../175/ "tree and pragmatics") Old Delaware, \_meteú\_, “a medicine doctor”; also a turkey cock, from the drumming of its wings.[176](../../176/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Michihant, “devil” (P.); a combination of \_michi\_, “bad” = A. \_maji\_ + \_hant\_, the same stem seen in A. \_Madahoñdo\_, “demon.”[177](../../177/ "tree and pragmatics")

Mikchik, “turtle” (P.); cp.[178](../../178/ "tree and pragmatics") M. \_mikchikch\_.[179](../../179/ "tree and pragmatics")

Miʿko, “squirrel” (P.); cp.[180](../../180/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_miʿkowa\_.[181](../../181/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Miʿkumwess, “wood devil”; pl.[182](../../182/ "tree and pragmatics") \_miʿkumwessuk\_; a small spirit normally, which has the power, however, of increasing its stature at will.[183](../../183/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Mĭpis, “little leaf” (Pass. diminutive); pl.[184](../../184/ "tree and pragmatics") \_mĭpyĭl\_.[185](../../185/ "tree and pragmatics") Cp.[186](../../186/ "tree and pragmatics") M. \_nebe\_, “leaf.”[187](../../187/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Mʿskikwul wuli-mʾhaskil, “perfumed grass” (P.).[188](../../188/ "tree and pragmatics") Cp.[189](../../189/ "tree and pragmatics") M. \_Mskegûl\_, “grass,” and \_welemaak\_, “fragrant”; A. \_mʾskikoal\_, “grass.”[190](../../190/ "tree and pragmatics")

Monimquess, “woodchuck” (P.).[191](../../191/ "tree and pragmatics") See M. \_munumkwech\_.[192](../../192/ "tree and pragmatics")

Munumkwech, “woodchuck” (M.); see P. \_monimquess\_.[193](../../193/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Mûs, “moose” (P.); see M. \_Teâm\_.[194](../../194/ "tree and pragmatics") The English moose is undoubtedly a loanword from Pass.[195](../../195/ "tree and pragmatics") \_mûs\_; cp.[196](../../196/ "tree and pragmatics") Pen.[197](../../197/ "tree and pragmatics") \_mûñs\_; A. \_moñz\_.[198](../../198/ "tree and pragmatics")

Mūschik, “place name” (P.).[199](../../199/ "tree and pragmatics")

Mūsesaaqua, “horse fly” (P.); cp.[200](../../200/ "tree and pragmatics") M. \_msusók\_.[201](../../201/ "tree and pragmatics")

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K-musums, “thy grandfather”; \_k-musomsʾn\_, “our grandfather” (P.); cp.[202](../../202/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_nʾmahom\_, “my grandfather.”[203](../../203/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Mūūin, “bear” (M.) and P. In A. and Pen. we find \_awasos\_ and \_awesos\_ respectively.[204](../../204/ "tree and pragmatics")

Naga, “and” (P.); M. \_ak\_; A. \_ta\_.[205](../../205/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nʾgŭmĭch, “my grandmother” (M.); cp.[206](../../206/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_nōkĕmĕs\_.[207](../../207/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nekmʾkila, “I am big” (P.).[208](../../208/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nemchaase, “arise” (M.).[209](../../209/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nenagimk, “hurry up!”[210](../../210/ "tree and pragmatics") (M.).[211](../../211/ "tree and pragmatics")

Neʿs\[´ē\]yik, Pass, place-name = “the muddy lake.”[212](../../212/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nikʾn, “O mother” (A.); dim. voc. of \_nigawes\_, “my mother.”[213](../../213/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nĭl, “I” (P. and M.).[214](../../214/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nipon, “summer” (P.); also \_niben\_ in Abenaki.[215](../../215/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nit, “that” (P.).[216](../../216/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nʾmokkswess, “sable” (P.); see M. \_abistaneuch\_.[217](../../217/ "tree and pragmatics")

Noñwat, “long ago” (A.); cp.[218](../../218/ "tree and pragmatics") Pen.[219](../../219/ "tree and pragmatics") \_nâwad\_.[220](../../220/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nowut Kemaganek, a Pass. place-name.[221](../../221/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nsk\[´ē\]manul, “silver plates” (P.).[222](../../222/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nŭgŭmĭch, “my grandmother” (M.).[223](../../223/ "tree and pragmatics") See \_Nʾgŭmĭch\_.[224](../../224/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nujich, “my grandchild” (M.).[225](../../225/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nulūks, “my nephew” (M.).[226](../../226/ "tree and pragmatics")

Ogomkeok, place-name (M.).[227](../../227/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Onwokun, place-name (M.); “a causeway”; cp.[228](../../228/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_ondawahanik\_, “a divide.”[229](../../229/ "tree and pragmatics")

N-osesak, “my children” (P.).[230](../../230/ "tree and pragmatics")

Piʿche, “long ago” (P.).[231](../../231/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Piliomeskasik kʾtakʾmigw, “Newfoundland” (P.).[232](../../232/ "tree and pragmatics") This is a literal translation of the English name.[233](../../233/ "tree and pragmatics") See \_Uktâkŭmkûk\_.[234](../../234/ "tree and pragmatics")

Pilowi, “strange” (A. Pen.[235](../../235/ "tree and pragmatics") Pass.).[236](../../236/ "tree and pragmatics")

Piktuk, place-name (M.).[237](../../237/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Plîgun, “Cape Split” (P.); M. plekteok, “large handspikes for breaking open a beaver dam.”[238](../../238/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Pʾmûla, “night-air demon” (A.).[239](../../239/ "tree and pragmatics") This word occurs also in Passamaquoddy and Penobscot as the name of a flying malevolent sprite.[240](../../240/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Pogumʾk, “black-cat” (P.); an animal of the mink tribe, sometimes called “fisher.”[241](../../241/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Pûjinskwess, “pitcher.”[242](../../242/ "tree and pragmatics") Pass. word denoting an evil witch; cp.[243](../../243/ "tree and pragmatics") M. \_Pikchimskwesû\_.[244](../../244/ "tree and pragmatics")

Pulowech, “partridge” (M.).[245](../../245/ "tree and pragmatics")

Puloweche munigu, “Partridge Island” (M.).[246](../../246/ "tree and pragmatics")

Pûn, “winter” (P.); cp.[247](../../247/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_pon\_.[248](../../248/ "tree and pragmatics")

Putup, “whale” (P.); M. bûtŭp.[249](../../249/ "tree and pragmatics")

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K-putwusin, “let us take council” (P.); cp.[250](../../250/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_podawazina\_, both 1 p. pl. inclusive.[251](../../251/ "tree and pragmatics")

Saak; see \_kes\_.[252](../../252/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Sagem, “chief” (P.); cp.[253](../../253/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_Soñgmoñ\_.[254](../../254/ "tree and pragmatics") English sagamore is a loanword from this.[255](../../255/ "tree and pragmatics")

Sâkskâdu, “squirrel” (M. and P.).[256](../../256/ "tree and pragmatics") See \_Sexkâtu\_.[257](../../257/ "tree and pragmatics")

Saŭnesen, “south wind” (P.); cp.[258](../../258/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_soñwanaki\_, “the southland.”[259](../../259/ "tree and pragmatics")

Sĕnap, “man” (P.); cp.[260](../../260/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_sanoñba\_; Pen.[261](../../261/ "tree and pragmatics") \_sĕnōbē\_.[262](../../262/ "tree and pragmatics")

Senusoktun, “warming breeze” (P.).[263](../../263/ "tree and pragmatics")

Sexkâtu, “squirrel”; see \_sâkskâdu\_.[264](../../264/ "tree and pragmatics")

Nsiwes, “my brother” (P.).[265](../../265/ "tree and pragmatics")

Skitap, “man” (P.); cp. old Pass.[266](../../266/ "tree and pragmatics") \_wusketomp\_.[267](../../267/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Squʿtes, “little fire” (P.); dim. of \_squt\_, “fire”; cp.[268](../../268/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_skweda\_.[269](../../269/ "tree and pragmatics")

Teâm, “moose” (M.); See \_Mûs\_.[270](../../270/ "tree and pragmatics")

Tiakēûch, “mink” (M.); cp.[271](../../271/ "tree and pragmatics") P. \_chiâkes\_.[272](../../272/ "tree and pragmatics")

Tomâwē, “tobacco” (P. and M.).[273](../../273/ "tree and pragmatics")

Tsîso, “mosquito”; see \_chessuyek\_.[274](../../274/ "tree and pragmatics")

Tumʾhîgen, “axe” (P.); cp.[275](../../275/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_tamahigan\_.[276](../../276/ "tree and pragmatics")

Tumʾhîgenpowâgon, “tomahawk-pipe” (P.).[277](../../277/ "tree and pragmatics")

Ukchigʾmuech, “sea duck” (M.).[278](../../278/ "tree and pragmatics")

Uktâkŭmkûk, “Newfoundland” (M.); lit., “the mainland.”[279](../../279/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Uktukâmkw, “Newfoundland” (P.); the usual form is \_piliomeskasik kʾtakʾmigw\_, \_q.v.[280](../../280/ "tree and pragmatics")

Unamagik, “otters” (P.); cp.[281](../../281/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_unegigw\_, “otter.”[282](../../282/ "tree and pragmatics") A place name.[283](../../283/ "tree and pragmatics")

Upsinai, “medicine-bag” (M.).[284](../../284/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Uskichin } “Indian” (P.).[285](../../285/ "tree and pragmatics") Uskijin }[286](../../286/ "tree and pragmatics")

Waaguʿkw, “lice” (M.).[287](../../287/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Wâbab, “wampum” (P.); lit., “something white,” from the color of the shells.[288](../../288/ "tree and pragmatics") In A. \_skwōñzo\_.[289](../../289/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Wabanaki, “the land of the dawn, or east” (P. and Pen.); in A. \_Woñbanaki\_, from \_woñban\_, “dawn” (lit., “whitening”) + \_aki\_, “land.”[290](../../290/ "tree and pragmatics") This also means “an Eastlander.”[291](../../291/ "tree and pragmatics")

Wahwun, “egg” (P.); M. \_wâû\_; A. \_woñwan\_.[292](../../292/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Wappilatwan, “toadstool” (P.); punningly applied as an epithet to \_Lappilatwan\_, \_q.v.[293](../../293/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ See \_wechkutonébit\_.[294](../../294/ "tree and pragmatics")

Waʿsis, “child” (P.); cp.[295](../../295/ "tree and pragmatics") A. \_awoñsis\_.[296](../../296/ "tree and pragmatics")

Wʾchipi, “East wind” (P.).[297](../../297/ "tree and pragmatics")

Webetumekw, “shark” (M.).[298](../../298/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Wechkutonébit, “he sits with his mouth open” (P.); parti., 3 p., singular.[299](../../299/ "tree and pragmatics") See \_Lappilatwan\_ and \_Wappilatwan\_.[300](../../300/ "tree and pragmatics")

Wegadusk, “northern lights” (M.).[301](../../301/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Wʾnagʾmeswuk, “fairies” (P.); small beings in human form of a benevolent character.[302](../../302/ "tree and pragmatics")

Wichkwîdlakunchich, “small dish of bark” (P.).[303](../../303/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Wîgît, “he, they live or lives” (P.); parti., 3 p., sing. and plural.[304](../../304/ "tree and pragmatics") The stem \_wig\_, “dwell, live,” is common to all the Algic idioms.[305](../../305/ "tree and pragmatics") Cp.[306](../../306/ "tree and pragmatics") \_wigwâm\_, “a house.”[307](../../307/ "tree and pragmatics")

Wiguladumuch, “elves”; pl. -\_uk\_ (M.).[308](../../308/ "tree and pragmatics")

Winpe, a Pass. evil spirit, perhaps cogn. with M. \_Winsit\_, “devil.”[309](../../309/ "tree and pragmatics")

Wîwĭlmekw, a Pass. horned monster, living in the water.[310](../../310/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Wuchoʿsen, “north wind” (P.).[311](../../311/ "tree and pragmatics") This word denotes a fabulous eagle which causes the wind by the motion of his wings.[312](../../312/ "tree and pragmatics")

Wut, “that” (P.).[313](../../313/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Owing to lack of space, this Glossary contains only the most important Indian words which appear in the English text.[314](../../314/ "tree and pragmatics") No attempt has been made to explain the Indian headings grammatically, nor the text of quoted poems.[315](../../315/ "tree and pragmatics") P.[316](../../316/ "tree and pragmatics")

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OTHER WORKS BY CHARLES GODFREY LELAND[317](../../317/ "tree and pragmatics")

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The Poetry and Mystery of Dreams, 1850 Hans Breitmann’s Ballads, 1868 The English Gypsies and Their Language, 1872 English Gypsey Ballads, 1873 Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1881 The Minor Arts, 1881 The Gypsies, 1883 The Algonquin Legends of New England, 1884 (2d edition 1885) Dictionary of Jargon and Slang (in collaboration with Prof.[318](../../318/ "tree and pragmatics") Barrère), 1891 Gypsey Sorcery, 1891 Legends of Florence, 2d series, 1895–6 Hans Breitmann in Tyrol, 1895 Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land, 1895 Mending and Repairing, 1896 One Hundred Profitable Arts (issued as a series of handbooks) Legends of Virgil, 1899 The Gothic Mother Goose (in preparation) Flaxius (in preparation)[319](../../319/ "tree and pragmatics")

OTHER WORKS BY[320](../../320/ "tree and pragmatics")

JOHN DYNELEY PRINCE[321](../../321/ "tree and pragmatics")

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Notes on the Language of the Eastern Algonkin Tribes, in the American Journal of Philology, ix. pp.[322](../../322/ "tree and pragmatics") 310–316, 1888 Archæology in Turkey, in the New York Independent, Dec. 6, 1888 The Linguistic Position of the Osmanli Turkish, in Johns Hopkins University Circular, April, 1891 MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN, an historical study of the Fifth Chapter of Daniel, with translation of the Cyrus Cylinder and the Annals of Nabonidus, Baltimore, 1893 The Syntax of the Assyrian Preposition Ina, in the Proceedings of the American Oriental Society, April, 1895, pp. ccxviii-ccxxvi The Book of Psalms, English Translation of Wellhausen’s Notes, in the Polychrome Edition of the Old Testament, Leipzig, 1895 Brasluniau o Bagdad, in the Drych (Welsh Newspaper), March 5, 1896 The Passamaquoddy Wampum Records, in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, pp.[323](../../323/ "tree and pragmatics") 479–495, 1897 Old Testament Notes, in the Journal of Biblical Literature, xvi. pp.[324](../../324/ "tree and pragmatics") 175–6, 1897 The Syntax of the Assyrian Preposition Ana, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, xviii. pp.[325](../../325/ "tree and pragmatics") 355–6, 1897 Some Passamaquoddy Documents in the Annals of the New York Academy of Science, xi. nr.[326](../../326/ "tree and pragmatics") 15, pp.[327](../../327/ "tree and pragmatics") 369–377, 1898 On Daniel viii.[328](../../328/ "tree and pragmatics") 11–12, in Journal of Biblical Literature, xvii. pp.[329](../../329/ "tree and pragmatics") 203 ff.[330](../../330/ "tree and pragmatics") 1898 Assyrian Prepositional Usage, Journal of the American Oriental Society, xx. pp.[331](../../331/ "tree and pragmatics") 1–11, 1899 A CRITICAL COMMENTARY on the Book of Daniel, Leipzig, 1899 On Psalm ii.[332](../../332/ "tree and pragmatics") 12, in Journal of Biblical Literature, xix. pp.[333](../../333/ "tree and pragmatics") 1–4, 1900 Forgotten Indian Place-Names in the Adirondacks, Journal American Folklore, 1900, pp.[334](../../334/ "tree and pragmatics") 123–128 Some Passamaquoddy Witchcraft Tales, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, xxxviii. pp.[335](../../335/ "tree and pragmatics") 181–189, 1900 The Unilingual Inscriptions K. 138 and K. 3232 translated from the Sumerian, Journal of the American Oriental Society, xxi. pp.[336](../../336/ "tree and pragmatics") 1–22, 1900 Notes on Passamaquoddy Literature, in Annals of the New York Academy of Science, xiii. pp.[337](../../337/ "tree and pragmatics") 381–386, 1901 Notes on the Modern Minsi Delaware Dialect, American Journal of Philology, xxi. pp.[338](../../338/ "tree and pragmatics") 295–302, 1901 The Modern Dialect of the Canadian Abenakis, in Miscellanea Linguistica in Onore di Graziodio Ascoli, pp.[339](../../339/ "tree and pragmatics") 343–362, 1901[340](../../340/ "tree and pragmatics")

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