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 The word is pronounced â'niks. The last part of the word -iks may be cognate with Abn. wôbikwsos mouse. See.

river (â'si'd). I can find no cognate here.

who, someone (â'wŏn) = N. howan; Abn. awani; Pass. wen; Pen. aweni; D. auwenen; Oj. awenen.

child, baby (pâ'pûs) = RW. papoos; Stiles puppous; N. papeases. The word is evidently a reduplication of pea ‘little,’ seen in Abn. piusessit he is little.

fish, pl. (pî'âmâ'g). This must mean ‘a little fish,’ i. e. pî + âmâg. Cf. N. mogke-amaugq-ut ‘great fishes,’ where amaugq = fish. See the next.

to fish (pî'âmâ'g châ). The N. form for ‘fishermen’ is negomácheg; RW. aumáchick. For amag, cf. Abn. nd-aman I fish; RW. aumaui he fishes.

penis (pĭ'shkŭt). No cognate.

you shut (g’pû'nsh). The stem is pûn N. ponum; imv. ponsh put thou. Abn. nbonumun I put it. In Pequot also the imv. pûûnŭnch ‘put it’ occurs. Peq. n’pŭnŭm = I laid down something.

light rain, drizzle (pāshā). No cognate.

he starves (pō'yŏ'ndŭm), probably a distant cognate with N. paskanontam he is starving? See.

arms, inan. pl. (pŭdî'nsh) = RW. wuppittênash his arms; N. muhpit arm; Abn. upedin his arm.

I hear (nĕpŭdŭm) also wopuddumun he hears, Am. Anth. v, 206. This is identical with Abn. podawazina let us take counsel. Cf. D. pendamen he hears. The N. for ‘hear’ is nutam = Abn. nodam from another stem.

clams (kwāhâ'g) = RW. poquauhock; Stiles pouhquahhaug, piquaughhaug, clams. This is the round clam = Venus Mercenaria. Note that Mrs F.’s form has lost the p-prefix.

long pond (kwĭ'nĕbâ'g) = Abn. kwenôbagak from kweno long + baga water, pond, only in composition. In N. the ending pog-paug has the meaning ‘water,’ ‘lake’ in composition.

he swallows (kŭ'dŭm). In N. we find qusséashk he swallows; Abn. kwazilômuk one swallows. See.

throat (kŭ'dŭng) = N. mukqutunk throat; RW. quttuck.

he tries (kŭ'gî) = N. qutchehtam he tries; Abn. n’gwagwaji I will try.

I catch (nê-kŭ'nŭ) = N. tohqunau mosquoh he catches a bear; D. achquoanan he catches with a net.