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MOHEGAN–PEQUOT LANGUAGE
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Geyommon spoon (gîyŏ'mŏn) = Abn. amkuôn; C. kunnaum, quonnam.

Gigetooker he talks (gîgĕtů'kŭ) = N. kekwtau he talks, keketwkau he speaks well or is fair spoken.

Gigetookerwong language (gîgĕtů'kĕwŏng) with the regular abstr. ending -wŏng = Abn. ôgan, Pass. -âgun. Cf. N. Indianne unnontwuwaonk, hettuwonk language, from hettuog they talk together.

Goggey depart, get out (gŏgĭ) = Abn. kwajek outside; cf. Am. Anth., v, 204. N. pohguaddit outside; RW. puckquatchick.

Goggwon what (gā'gwŏn) = chawgwan, q. v. Note hard g for j, a frequent occurrence in Pequot-Mohegan.

Goone fallen snow (gûn) = N. kun; D. gûn; but Abn. psôn. See Soojpoh.

Ne-goongertoon I am thirsty (nĕ-gû'ngĕtûn). Cf. N. nukkokutun I thirst.

Goongeyox cock, rooster (gû'ngĕyŏks). I seem to see a cogn. for this strange word in Stiles kohunk a goose? The N. word for ‘cock’ is monshnâmpash. Abn. = ahamô.

Goongoo, pl. goongerwonch stocking (gûngû, -wānch). Stiles cungowuntch a stocking, but this form is plural. RW. caukoanash leggings, inan. pl.; D. gagun.

Goopkwod a cloudy day (gů'pkwŏd). The last element is - kwod day, seen in all the Algonquian idioms. I find no cognate for gůp-.

Gordunch take off, imv. (gâ'dŭ'nsh), cogn. with N. kodtinum he draws off.

Gosh cow, pl. goshenug (gāsh, -enug). Eng. loanword. Cf. Abn. kaoz.

Ne-gowwe I sleep (nĕgā'wĭ) = Abn. kawi; D. gaŭwin; N. koueu. See Cowish.

Gunche big (gŭnk'chî). The k-sound pronounced but not written by Mrs Fielding is interesting, as it shows that this is a reduplication from k’chî big, great (all Algonquian). With gunche, cf. Abn. kwontsî and N. kehshe, in compounds keht, as in Kehtannit the great God.

Gundermon gentleman (gŭ'ndŭmŏn). Eng. loanword, valuable only as showing the Pequot hard g for j.

Gung young. See Gunggumb.

Gunggumb young man (gŭng-gŭ'mb) is plainly a corruption of a form like N. nunkomp youth, from nunk- light + omp = man; seen in RW. skeetomp; Pass. skitap man. See Gung-shquaws.

Gung-shquaws young girl; corr. of N. nunksqua; Abn. nôxkwa.