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muluksc, the entrails, bowels, intestines.

mulaskw, a spot of mud or earth rising above the surface of the lake. (2) Pr. N., an island in Bras d’Or Lake,C.B.

mulsoo, a testicle; nulsoo,

mumsegwank, the eyelashes.

fllunagesunok, the Magdelene Islands. Place where the breakers foam.

mzmdk, a shoal; mmzamk, a sand bar; mundpsk, a ledge of rocks, a reef.

munam/zw, the breakers are tossed into foam.

mugeak, (adv.) when it comes 0 .

numerik, a flock, herd.

munkasz'k a hole; munkaa’mn, I dig, excavate.

munde, a bag; small bag, sack.

Mundoo, the spirit of evil; the Devil; (2) a fiend. Perhaps this name was first given ,by the earliest French Mission- aries to wean the Micmacs from their belief in the Maui- lau, or ‘great spirit’ of myth- ology.

mundoaaje, the devil’s place; hell.

mundoaed, I become a devil; mundooe, I am a devil, fiend.

munszm, the rainbow.

munaolté, a head, (wolf is used but only in composition).

mumaa’ddum, I meditate upon it.

munsé, I study, try hard to know; [2] I am a student.

munsaptum, I watch it closely.

munsdpskw. a rocky island.

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munseloa, the shower will pass

over.

mumiak, I urge,

coax him.

munumkwet, the bird hunts its prey.

munumkwétc, a woodchuck.

mzmus/aw, a small grassy island

having no trees.

Munuskootc, Miscouche, P. E. I. The name was first given to a small grassy island at the mouth of Muddy Creek and later (by the settlers) applied to the whole region; it means “ little grassy island.” I am told by another, since writing the above, that “Miscouche” comes from another word, possibly mis/case, while Mun- us/caolc applies only to the place known as Muddy Creek. J. S. C.

mambo/Halt, it is soft; 17001512, it is slimy.

musaboktd, I have dysentery.

musaboktczkéwdgruel,porridge

musabun, the hair of the head; péwedum, hair growing on the body.

musagase, I exert myself.

musedegoodim, the gills of a fish.

musemaled. a bridegroom;

from Fr. ‘monsieur marier.’

muselook the milt of a fish. musz'kskadoo, I up-root a weed. musiksum, I prune, clip. musikiizgd, I trim underbrush, lop off knots; musi/elzim. musz'lame, I pick alone. muskabek, it crops out, peeps above ground, shows itself. muskaa’oo, I show it, pull it out;

persuade,

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