FOOTNOTES:

[260] These words were written down from the pronunciation of a Musquake Indian.—Maximilian.


OJIBUAS, OJIBEUAS, CHIPEWAS, or Algonkins[261]

American (an), Tschimoh-kuman (an French).

Arm, uni̍ck.

Arrow, uïbmah (u and i separated).

Autumn, tagoagick (gick German).

Black, machkattä̍h-uah (ach guttural).

Blind, kagipin-inquá (n French; qua together).

Blood, miskui̍ (ui separated; the whole short; emphasis on kui).

Blue, machkattä̍-uah.

Bone (bones), ochkánn (och guttural).

Bow, miti̍guap.

Brave (adj), sungedä̍ (su with the point of the tongue); a brave man, mangodas.

Brook, sibins (n French; s soft but audible).

Brother, nitschkoé-esin (esin low, short, and indistinct).

Child (boy), kuiuisän (short and run together; second ui somewhat separated; the whole short; an like French ain).

Child (small girl), squasän (an like French in).

Cloud (n), anakuä̍tt.

Cold (n), kissi̍nna.

Die (v), nipú (u between o and u).

Dog, animúss.

Drink (v), mönnikué.

Ear, otauack (o rather inaudible, short).

Earth, achki̍.

Enemy, boanack, or poanack; i.e., the Sioux, or Dacota.

Englishman, Ságanasch (German throughout).

Evening, onáhkuschink.

Eye, oschki̍njick (n French).

Father, ohsann.

Feather, mikuánn, or miguánn.

Fire (n), schkuttä̍h.

Fish (n), kikon (on French).

Flesh, uiiahs, (ui separated; iahs German).

Forehead, oskattick.

Frenchman, Uämestihóhsch.

Friend (my friend), nsaag-itimih (short and run together); i.e., they love each other.

Go (v), pimussä̍h.

God, kijä̍h-mannittá.

Good, onischisching.

Great (tall), ischpigáboë.

Green, squáh.

Gun, pahskejigann (e ½ and short).

Hail (n), sassä̍hgan.

Hair, uïnisiss.

Hand, uninjinn (j French; otherwise German).

Head, uschteguán.

Healthy, nimino-aïá; i.e., I am well.

Heart, otä̍h.

Heat, kijachtä̍ (j French; ch barely audible).

Heaven (clear sky), mischáhkuätt.

Horns (of deer), otäsch-kanann.

Horse, päbäjiko-caji̍.

House (lodge), uïkiuámm.

Hunger, nuiuissinn (ui separated); i.e., I am hungry.

Hunt (v), giussä̍ (g palatal).

I, nin (in soft).

Ice, michkuamm.

Knife, mohkuman (an French).

Laugh, paach-pi̍.

Lead (n), annoin-abick (run together).

Leg, ochkaht.

Life, pühmáhtiss.

Lightning, oahstigann.

Man, hinnini̍.

Meal (or to eat?), uistinnetá (e ½ and short); i.e., let us all eat.

Milky-way (le chemin de St. Jacques), michkanank (ich as in German); i.e., the trail.

Moon, tibi̍ck-ki̍hsis.

Morning, pi̍ht-áhbann (ah somewhat lengthened).

Mother, ning (g like French gue).

Mountain, uattschiu (u and a somewhat separated; i and u likewise).

Mouth, otóhn.

Negro, machkatä-üiahs (ch guttural).

Night, tibichkatt (ich German).

Nose, oschung-guann.

Otter, nikick.

Pipe, poagánn.

Powder (gun-powder), machkatä̍ (ach guttural).

Quick, uï̍ha.

Rain (n), kimi̍huann; it rains, papángi-pi̍ssa.

Red (color), miskuáh.

River, ktschissi̍hpi.

River (a very large river), missisi̍hpi.

Sea, kitsikami̍n (n French).

Sick, ndahgkuss.

Small, agaschin (in like i nasal; ga German).

Smoke (n), kaschkáhbattä.

Snow, kóhn; it snows, soh-kipunn.

Speak (v), ki̍h-kitó.

Spirits (distilled), skutéo-apó.

Spring (the season), minóchkaming.

Star, anánk: otschi̍ganank (i.e., the Star of the Pekan, or Fisher), the Wain, or Great Bear; otáhua-moh (les trois rois), "the Three Kings" of the Canadians; makúsch-teguann (run together) the Seven Stars, or the Pleiades; uåh-banank (l'étoile du jour), Venus.

Stingy, sasáhgissi (si short); or shortened to sasáhgiss.

Stone, assi̍nn.

Strong, maschkåh-uissih (run together).

Summer, nibi̍nn.

Sun, ki̍hsis.

Thunder, (n), nimeki̍h (e ½).

Tobacco, assäman (an almost like ah).

Tomahawk, uagachkuatons-poagann (ach guttural, ons French, but s audible; ann German).

Trail, mihkannah.

Ugly, manah-ti̍ss.

War, mikahtink.

Water, nipi̍.

White, uahpisch-kah (somewhat nasal).

Wind (n), noti̍nk.

Winter, pibúhnk.

Woman (wife), ichkuá (ich German).

Wood, misti̍ck.

Yellow, ossáuah (uah shortened).

Yes, häa (like a prolonged hae).

Numerals

One, pä̍hjick (j French).

Two, ni̍hsch.

Three, nissúe (e distinctly pronounced).

Four, neh-uinn (short and run together).

Five, nóhnonn (first o full).

Six, nkótto-uåssoe (soe short; e rather distinctly pronounced).

Seven, nijoåssoe (j French; e rather distinctly pronounced).

Eight, schoåssoe.

Nine, jank (j French).

Ten, mitassoe (e distinctly pronounced, but short).

Twenty, nischtanna.

Thirty, nissoe-mitannáh.

Forty, neh-mitannáh.

Fifty, náhno-mitannáh.

Sixty, nkotoásse-mitannáh.

Seventy, nijóasso-mitannáh.

Eighty, schwásso-mitannáh.

Ninety, jangasso-mitannáh.

Hundred, ngottóack.

Thousand, ktschi̍-ngottóack.

Animals

Antelope, api̍sti-tigosch.

Badger, mitánnask.

Bear (female), machkuáh-nojä̍ahkuann.

Bear (male), machkuáh-ayáhbä.

Bear (black), machkadéh-machkuáh (ach guttural).

Bear (grizzly), ktschi̍-ayáh: when whitish he is called, wåbachquah (ach German and guttural).

Caribou (cervus tarandus), ati̍ck.

Deer (black-tailed deer, cervus macrotis), machkadéh-uanósch: machkadeh, black; uanosch, tail.

Deer (common deer, cervus virginianus), uauáschkess.

Elk (cervus major), omaschkóhs.

Elk (the doe), onidjánn-omaschkohs.

Elk (the stag), ayábä-omaschkóhs.

Fox (general term), uagóhsch; the name of the color is added.

Hare, uabóhs.

Hedge-hog, káhk.

Lynx (loup cervier), pischúh.

Lynx (red; felix rufa, le chat sauvage), ä̍h-säbban (sabban short).

Marten, uahbischänsch (an like French ain).

Mink, tschang-goäsch (run together).

Moose (cervus alces), mons (French, but s audible).

Muskrat, uaschásk.

Pekan (stone marten, or fisher), otschi̍hk.

Skunk, schikáhk.

Weazel (stoat), sching-gohs (run together).

Wolf, mai̍hngann (ihn like i nasal).

Wolverene, kuing-gua-agä̍ (run together).