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 how are you? (nû'gŭtâĭă'nŭ) = N. nuhqeu so far as, so much. I believe nooger contains the same element as that seen in Abn. paakui-nogw-zian how are you?

my grandmother (nâ'nŭ'). Is this cognate with D. ohum grandmother? The N. has ukummes which is well known in Oj. nokomis my grandmother. See.

my mother (nâ'nŭ'ng). I can find no cognate. Abn. has nigawes; Pass. nigwus; RW. nokas; D. okasu his mother. The Oj. ninga ‘my mother’ is nearest to nornung.

he kills (n’shŭñ). Cf. N. nushau; RW. niss; Abn. w’nihlô he kills, murders him. The Abn. form is only distantly cognate, if at all.

yes (nŭk) also nŭks. Stiles gives nux which Exp. Mayhew states was really pronounced nukkies in two syllables. RW. also has nŭk. See.

go after, imv. (nŭ'nchĭdŭsh). I find in N. natinneham he seeks after. Is this cognate?

bad (nûmbâ'ĭshkŭt), an error for noombishkoot. This is cognate with Abn. eskawai; i. e. âĭshkŭ = eska-wai.

water (nŭpî) = N. nippe; Abn. nebî; Stiles manippêno have you no water?

dog (nā'‘tîŭ') pl. nutteahsug (nā‘tîŭ'sŭg). This is pure Pequot; see De Forest p. 491, where the doubtful form ndijau ‘dog’ is given as coming from the Hudson River Mohican. In N., however, we find anum; RW. ayum; D. allum; Abn. alemos; Pass. ul‘mûs, all cognates together.

yes (nâĭ). See.

he is, he being (ă'bŭd) = Abn. abit where he sits. Cf. N. appit where he sits, from appu.

thy grandfather (gû'jĕnŏs). The pronunciation gû'gĕnŏs with hard g is also given by Mrs F. This form makes me suspect a relationship with the Oj. kokummes thy grandmother = D. muchomes; Abn. mahom. See.

hair (ûpsks). I do not believe that this word means ‘ hair,’ but ‘back’; cf. N. uppusk ‘his back,’ from muppusk, [https://archive.org/details/natickdictionary0000trum/page/70/mode/1up ND. 70]. In N. ‘hair’ is meesunk; RW. wesheck his hair. The Abn. wdupkuan-al, pl. ‘hairs’ from mdup head; N. muppuhkuk. This is a different stem.

his father (ûsh) = N. ushoh his father, literally ‘the one from whom he comes’; see. Cf. D. ooch and see Am. Anth., v, 209.

given by Mrs F. as ‘mouse,’ but probably the equivalent for any rodent; cf. N. wonogq a hole, burrow; Abn. wôlakw a hole.