NES -118— NIK nestumalsaoose, I make myself understood, am my own in¬ terpreter. nesoonul, legging straps for attaching the leggings to the belt, [in former times the legs were encased in two separate leggings, suspended by nesoonul']. nesoodgwase, I go between, in¬ terfere; nesoodktek, it is plac¬ ed between. nesoodgwastoogwek, a point of land at the junction of two rivers. nesoodkpedak, I sit astride of him; nesoodkskak, I straddle him, mount him. nesudum, I am anxious, c cerned. nesugdpskea, I slip down from a rock; nesugomkea, I slip down a sand-hill. nesunam, I wear a waist-cloth, a garment worn in ancient times around the waist and loins. nestink, an ancient waist-cloth it hung as a short skirt cover¬ ing the tops of the leggings. net, this, net na, this is it. netkwikt, a meadow. netoloiv, (latolow), the male of domestic animals. netluse, my eyes are full of smoke; nelludek. it is full of smoke. netckedeget, a healing medicine (2) it is healing, soothing. netcoos, my wife's brother-in law. niwadoo, I dry it up, wipe it up; niwaik, a drying place, a flake. newaktook, ashore, on the dry land. newasik, the river dries up, runs low; newedestoo, it is low water. newegiskuk, dry weather, it is a fine day. newomkitk, a dry piece of land; newomkasik, the ground has dried up. newopkitk, a dry rocky bed of a stream. nibesoknn, a twig, a rod; nibeso- kuntak, I switch, whip him. nibuman, a bush - cranberry ; nibumanokse, the b u s h - cranberry shrub. nibun, last summer; nipk, sum¬ mer. nigeajoo, a yearling, moose, or cariboo. nigumatc, my comrade; nigu- niadeek, we are comrades. uigunak, my home, my wig¬ wam; nigunen, our home. nigunegt, I dip my bread into syrup, molasses or fat. nijewesoon, my namesake. nik, it springs up, grows (a plant sprouts). Nikskam, God, the all-father; nikskametc, my ancestor, grandfather, used in address- an old man. niktooadoOy I divide it; niktoos- urn, I split it with a knife; tiiktoodam, cut it with an axe. mktooipsedunik, the current divides into two channels, or forks off; niklouadeek, our paths diverge. niktoodguneic, a two-year old moose or cariboo; (having forked horus).