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AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST
[n. s., 6, 1904

Ne nermu I see (nĕ-nā'můñ). This really means ‘I see him.’ Cf. nawah and Abn. n’namiô I see him; Pass. n’nim'io; N. nâum; RW. kunnunnous I saw you. The form nawah, q. v., is probably a by-form of this stem. The m seems to be inherent in Algonquian dialects of the eastern coast. Cf. also D. nemen. The form nĕkŏnŭm ‘I see’ looks suspiciously like the demonstrative ne + kenaum, 2d pers.?

Nerpo he dies (nŭpâ') = Abn. nebowi, n’bowôgan death. Cf. N. nuppuwonk death and nuppu he dies.

Nerternees my daughter (nötönîs) = N. wut-taun-oh his daughter; Oj. nin-daniss; Abn. nd-osa ‘my daughter’ is clearly a distant cognate from the same stem.

Ne netun I desire, want (nĕ-nĭtŭ'n) = N. kodtantum he desires.

Nezush seven (nî'zŭ'sh). Stiles has nezzaugnsk; N. nesausuk tahshe; D. nischasch. It looks as if nezush were a Mohican form, owing to the D. nischasch which it resembles more closely than the N. E. forms. The Narr. had another stem to denote this numeral, i. e. enada seven.

Nichie my brother (nĭchî'). Brothertown word = Abn. nijia my brother.

Nish inan. pl. ‘those’ (nîsh), pl. of ne that, q. v. The N. has ne, pl. inan. nish.

Nob in the following compounds = the word given by Stiles as naubut and has the meaning of multiplying and also of adding: Nobnebiog twenty (nābnîbâ'ĭog); Stiles piugg naubut piugg ten + ten; see Biog. Nobnebozukukwong nineteen; see Bozukukwong. Nobnechewee thirteen; see Chewee. Nobnecheweeosk eighteen; see Chewee-osk. Nobnecuddusk sixteen; see Cuddusk. Nobnenees twelve; see Nees. Nobnenepow fifteen; see Nepow. Nobnenequt eleven; see Nequt. Nobnenezush seventeen; see Nezush. Nobneyow fourteen; see Yow. Nobnenebozukukwong twenty-nine; note the double ne; I do not understand these forms; see Bozukukwong. Nobnenechewee twenty-three; see Chewee. Nobnenecheweeosk twenty-eight; see Chewee-osk. Nobnenecuddusk twenty-six; see Cuddusk. Nobnenenees twenty-two; see Nees. Nobnenenepow twenty-five; see Nepow. Nobnenenequt twenty- one; see Nequt. Nobnenenezush twenty-seven; see Nezush. Nobneneyow twenty-four; see Yow.

Ner nohwa I know (nĕ-nā'wā) = N. waheau he knows, nuwateo I know. See ND. 285. Cf. Abn. n’wawawinôwô I know him. See Nawah.

Noodasha not enough (nû'dāshā) is perhaps equivalent to N. noadt afar off = Abn. nôwat?