NES

nestumalszioose, I make myself understood, am my own in- terpreter.

nesaonul, legging straps for attaching the leggings to the belt. [in former times the legs were encased in two separate leggings, suspended by ncsozmul].

nesoodgwase, I go between in- terfere; nesooéktek it is plac- ed between.

nesooégzuasloogwek a point of land at the junction of two rivers.

nesoadkpedak I sit astride of him; nesoodkskak I straddle him, mount him.

nesua’um, I am anxious, con- cerned.

nesugdpskeé, I slip down from a rock; flesugomked, I slip down a sand-hill.

nasumim, I wear a waist-cloth, a garment worn in ancient times around the waist and loins.

neszmk, an ancient waist-cloth; it hung as a short skirt cover- ing the tops of the leggings.

net, this, 12:! na, this is it.

nelkwikt, a meadow.

netolow, (latélow). the male of domestic animals.

netluse, my eyes are full of

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néwéktook, ashore, on the dry land.

néwasik, the river dries up, runs low; newedcsloo, it is low water.

newegz'skuk. dry weather, it is a fine day.

newomkitk a dry ypiece of land; newomkasik the ground has dried up.

newopkitk, a dry rocky bed of a stream.

nibesokzm, a twig, a rod; m'beso- lemztak, Iswitch whip him.

nibuman. a bush- cranberry , nibumanokse, the b u s h - cranberry shrub.

m'bzm, lasty summer; nipk, sum— mer.

nzgéajbo, a yearling, moose, or cariboo.

m'gumatc, my comrade; m'gu- madéek we are comrades.

uigunak, my home, my wig- wam; rfigunen, our home.

m'grmegi, I dip my bread into syrup, molasses or fat. nyewesoon, my namesake.

m'k, it springs up, grow-s (a plant sprouts).

Nikskam, God, the all-father; nikskamélc, my ancestor, grandfather, used in address- an old man.

niktoaadoo. I divide it; nikloas-

smoke; ”allude/c. it is full of smoke.

nelckedeget, a healing medicine. (2) it is healing, soothing.

netcoas. my wife’s brother~in- law.

néwadao I dry it up, wipe it

um, I split it with a knife; niktaoddm, cut it with an axe. niklaoipsedmzik. the current divides into two channels, or forks off; niktouadéek, our paths diverge. niktoodgunelc. a two-year old

up; niwaz'k, a drying place,a flake.

moose or cariboo; (having forked horns).