Indian / Arawakan Languages
M.
Moose, s. The largest species of American deer.
MoNóMIN, s. The zizania pelustres, or wild rice-plant.
MUCKAwIss, s. The whipporwill, (Pike's Expedition.)
MUSKELUNGE, s. A large and delicious species of lake pike.
N.
NEO, s. Iroquois name for God. (Notes on the Iroquois.)
NISHINABA, 8. An Indian. This term is taken from a pretty general popular usage in the West.
NOKO, s. A grandmother. (Al. Res.)
NOPAL, 8. A Mexican plant — the cactus opuntia.
O.
ONIOTIC, adj. Relating to Oneidas, or Oneotas.
OPOSSUM, 8. An American marsupial quadruped.
OWAYNEO, 8. God. (Smith's Captivity.) This term is based on Neo.
P.
PANISEE, s. A synonym for powwow. (Whittier.)
PAPAW, 8. An American fruit.
PAPOOS, s. An Indian child, in the old languages of the Mahican and Narragansett.
PECAN, s. A nut borne by a peculiar species of American forest tree.
PEAG, s. A sea-shell found along the North Atlantic coast, prized by the Indians. (Brodhead.)
PEMBINA, s. The fruit of the service tree; the shad-berry.
PEMMICAN, 8. Jerked buffalo meat, mixed with tallow. (Mackenzie.)
PERSIMMON, s. A native fruit.
PIKININI, s. The Carib term for a child.
PIMENT0, s. A plant of the West Indies; the myrtus pimento.
PoSKUNDIMO, s. The evening grosbec, a species discovered by Mr. Schoolcraft, in 1824.
PoTATO, s. First found in Cuba. Discovered by Raleigh, in Virginia, in 1584.
Powwow, s. An Indian priëst.
PowHETANIC, adj. A geographical adjective for the territory formerly under the jurisdiction of Powhatan.
Q.
QUISQUIS, s. An extinct monster. (Cusic's Hist. Six Nations.
QUIPPA, s. Knotted cords, of various colors, used by the ancient Peruvians to keep time and accounts. Robertson.)
R.
RACCOON, s. A small North American quadruped, first found in Virginia.
S.
SACHEM, s. A civil chief and counsellor
SAGAMORE, 8. A sacerdotal chief.
SAGANOSH, s. Englishman.
SAMP, s. A preparation from dried Indian sweet corn.
SASAQUA, v. a. To whoop the war-whoop. The Indians have many whoops denoting definite acts. When a war-party returns to the precincts of its village, they halt, and prepare their friends and families, by sounding the Chiquondum. This is a deep and hollow tone, uttered near the ground. The number of times it is repeated denotes the number of scalps taken. If scalps have been lost, the sound is varied. Joy and sorrow have various utterances. The verb Sassaqua is converted into a substantive by the inflection on.
SEAWAN, 8. A species of wampum, anciently used as coin. (Heckewelder.)
SISCOVET, s. A fatty species of trout, found in Lake Superior.
SQUAW, a. An Indian female, in the prevalent ancient New England dialects.
SUCCATASH, s. An Indian dish of green corn, cut from the cob, and green beans.
T.
TÁCONIC, adj. An Indian geographical adjective.
TAMERACK, 8. The American species of larch.
TAPEóCA, s. A preparation from the Cassava.
TAPIR, 8. An American pachydermatous animal, resembling a hog.
TEOCALLI, s. The Toltec name for their chief place of worship. It is formed from
Teotl, God, and calli, a house. (Clavigero.)
ToBACC0, s. This plant appears first to have been brought to Europe from the island of Tobago.
TOLTECAN, adj. Relating to Toltecs.
ToLU, s. A brown balsam, extracted from a tropical American tree.
ToMAHAWK, s. A small axe, manufactured for the Indians. The word is of Mahican origin.
TOMTOM, s. An Indian drum.
ToMATO, s. The solanum lycopersicum.
ToTEM, s. An aboriginal armorial device, denoting clanship. (Al. Res; Oneota.)
ToTEMIC, adj. Relating to Totems.
TsKLELEI, s. A small and beautiful bird, supposed, by the Indians, to be the carrier of social intelligence. (Davis.)
TUCKAHO, s. An edible root used by the Virginia Indians.
TULIBEE, s. A small white fish or herring. The Corregonus arteda, of Agassiz; Adonibec, of the Chippewas, i.e., Wet-mouth. (Perrault.)
TURMERIC, s. A yellow dye, from the East Indies.
U.
UGH, inter. An exclamation of disappointed surprise. (Cooper.)
USSAMA, s. Tobacco. (Al. Res.)
V.
VATIPA, s. The name of the Aricores, a barbarous nation of the River Marañon, for
the Great Spirit, who is represented to be a daemon. (Alcedo.)
[VESPERIC], adj. Relating to the Indian tribes of the United States. (Wide prior
pages of this work.)
W.
WABINö, s. A member of a nocturnal orgie, or Indian society. (Notes to Outwa.)
WAMPUM, s. A species of
elongated artificial bead, much valued by Indians, made from the shell of the sea clam.
WIGWAM, s. An Indian house, or dwelling.
WINDIGO, s. A giant. (Al. Res.)
Y.
YAGASO, s. An extinct monster. (Cusic.)
Z.
ZAMANG, s. A South American forest tree. (Humboldt.)
ZHIGowAC, s. A root of stringent properties, which is believed, by the Indians, to impart bravery, and the power of endurance, to warriors.