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 the snow is gone (mŭjā'g gûn). Mŭjā'g = verb ‘to go’; RW. mauche, Abn. môji.

dull (mŭd-shkwŏ'nŭ), lit. ‘not sharp.’ See.

breathing hard (mŭgăyā'shā), a combination of muggayoh big, q. v. + N. nashauonk breath, from nahnasha he breathes; Abn. nasa he breathes, nasawan breathing.

big (mŭgā'yō) = N. mogki ‘great’ used in comparison. This N. mogki appears in the well-known word mugwump = N. mogewomp a great man, a captain. Cf. D. machweu large; Abn. mahsihômuk one makes large.

shoe (mŭ'kŭs, pl. -unsh) = mokus, pl. -enash; Stiles muckasons; Abn. m’kezenal; Pass. m’kussenul.

Monday (mondĕtā). Eng. loanword.

heaven (mŭndŏnâ'g), from Mundo God, q. v., a very difficult compound. See Am. Anth., v, 203.

God (mŭwŭ'ndō) = Stiles mundtu; N. manit; D. manitto; RW. manittowock, pl.; Abn. madahôdo, from the same stem ‘devil.’

money (mŭnî'sh). Eng. loanword. Cf. Abn. môni.

sign of the future (mŭs). In N. mos means ‘must.’ Eliot has mos and pish, both for ‘shall’ or ‘will,’ but he distinguishes between them, saying that mos is obligatory and pish the pure future. RW. has moce in mocenaneepeeam I shall come, and mesh. In Pequot mus is prefixed to the verb form, as mus ne beyoh I am coming (mŭs nĕ-bîyo).

beans (mŭškĕzî'ts) = Stiles mushqissedes; but N. tuppuhkwamash; Abn. tebakwal from quite a different stem.

he dances, pl. mutahgahk (mŭtā'gā) = RW. ahque matwâkesh do not dance; mattwakkaonk they are dancing, perhaps the war dance? Cf. RW. matwan enemy. I do not believe there is any connection here between “enemy” and “dance.”

I spoil it (nĕ-mŭ'tchîtŭm), from mutchi bad; Abn. maji. See,.

bad (mŭchî) = Abn. maji, N. matche.

it is spoiled, bad, said of eggs (mŭchŭ). See.

sick (mŭtâ'ĭănōmō) = mud + tâĭă'nŭ he is not in health. See.

pack-basket (mutû'mb) = Abn. and Pen. madôbe. This is the original of the Canada-English expression ‘thump-line,’ referring to the rope passing over the forehead of the carrier, by means of which these baskets are borne.

he is ugly, hideous (mŭtŭdi̧ā'zû). The first element