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MOHEGAN–PEQUOT LANGUAGE
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is mut bad, from mutchi. The word is compounded of mut + ŭdia + zu. The middle element udia is cognate with N. uttae wofully, the same stem seen in Abn. n-udaldam I am sorry. The ending -zu is the regular reflexive, seen in Abn. akwamalso he is sick.

Muttywowog good many (mŭtîwâ'wâg), from same stem as N. muttae many. Cf. M’tarwe.

Nâgum he, she, it (nâ'gŭm) = Pass. nĕgŭm; N. nâgum (Eliot and C.); D. neka, nekama; Abn. ag’ma. See Am. Anth., v, 206.

Ne nawah I saw him (nĕ-nā'wā), same stem as Abn. namiô he sees him; N. naum, Pass. nim'iu he sees him. See Nermu. Nawah really means ‘know.’

Ne I (, or before verb-stems ). This is a common Algonquian heritage. Cf. N. neen; Abn. nia; Pass. nil; D. nin; Oj. nin, etc. See Ge.

Ne demonstr. pronoun ‘that’ () = N. ne; Abn. and Pass. . See Nish.

Nebeech woods (nĕbî'ch) occurs with loc. ending -ug. I believe Mrs F. is wrong in this word’s meaning. Nebeech can only mean ‘lake’ and not ‘forest.’ Cf. Abn. nebes lake and especially N. nipisse lake.

Nedi there (nî'dâ'i) = Abn. ni-dali with elision of l. See Am. Anth., v, 204. The N. word for ‘there’ was na-ut in that place, with loc. ending ut = ŭk, ŭnk in the other Algonquian dialects.

Nees two (nîs) = N. neese; Abn. nîs; Stiles naeze, neese.

Neesweek fortnight (nîswîk). A hybrid from nees, q. v. and Eng. ‘week.’

Negunne gone first, really before (nî'gŏnî') = N. negonuhkau he goes before; Abn. nikônta; Pass. nikani before, in front. Abn. negôni also means ‘old,’ ‘aforetime.’ In Pequot I find the form negun-neesh go before, used as the imv. of a verb.

Neitsissimoŭ tobacco (nîtsi'simû). Brothertown word. Corr. of Oj. assema.

Nekânis my brother (nĕkâ'nĭs), a Brothertown word, taken from Oj. nikanisi my brother.

Nenequdder never, ever (nînîkwŭ'dŭ) is cognate with Abn. nikwôbi now.

Nenertah that is mine (nî'nā‘tā'). This stands for = 1st pers. + na that + the demonstrative element -ta. Cf. nî gĕtā that is thine, and see Wotoheesh. N. nuttaihe = it is mine.

Nepow five (nŭpâŭ') = Stiles nuppau; N. and RW. napanna.

Nequt one (nĕkwŭ't) = N. nequt; RW. nquit; Stiles nuquut; Moh. ngwittah (Edwards); Pass. neqt; D. ngutti.