Puk-kau-nun—Puk-kau-nuk—Nuts,
Ne-kish-pin-at-to-nun—Ne-kesh-tah-pah-hak-wuk—I bought them. These examples are not entirely similar; the verb used in the Menomonie being found also in the other dialect, and in both meaning TO PAY, though it is commonly thus used by the Menomonies.
Gau-gwug—Ke-ti-me-wuk—Porcupines,
Me-na-sun—Me-na-sun—thorn apples
Tumm-wow-waun—Ke-me-wuk—they eat. Porcupines eat thorn apples.
Maung—Mouk—A loon
Wi-e-buh be-che-sa—Os-ke-pew—comes early—A loon comes early in spring.
Mau-na-sheens—Mau-na-sha-sha—A fawn
Nah.
Ke-pe-nau?—Ke-pe-now?—dost thou bring? Have you brought a fawn?