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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


The Song Of Hiawatha





Vocabulary


Adjidau'mo, the red squirrel

Ahdeek', the reindeer

Ahmeek', the beaver

Annemee'kee, the thunder

Apuk'wa. a bulrush

Baim–wa'wa, the sound of the thunder

Bemah'gut, the grape–vine

Chemaun', a birch canoe

Chetowaik', the plover

Chibia'bos, a musician; friend of Hiawatha; ruler of the Land of Spirits

Dahin'da, the bull frog

Dush–kwo–ne'–she or Kwo–ne'–she, the dragon fly

Esa, shame upon you

Ewa–yea', lullaby

Gitche Gu'mee, The Big–Sea–Water, Lake Superior

Gitche Man'ito, the Great Spirit, the Master of Life

Gushkewau', the darkness

Hiawa'tha, the Prophet. the Teacher, son of Mudjekeewis, the West–Wind and Wenonah, daughter of Nokomis

Ia'goo, a great boaster and story–teller

Inin'ewug, men, or pawns in the Game of the Bowl

Ishkoodah', fire, a comet

Jee'bi, a ghost, a spirit

Joss'akeed, a prophet

Kabibonok'ka, the North–Wind

Ka'go, do not

Kahgahgee', the raven

Kaw, no

Kaween', no indeed

Kayoshk', the sea–gull

Kee'go, a fish

Keeway'din, the Northwest wind, the Home–wind

Kena'beek, a serpent

Keneu', the great war–eagle

Keno'zha, the pickerel

Ko'ko–ko'ho, the owl

Kuntasoo', the Game of Plumstones

Kwa'sind, the Strong Man

Kwo–ne'–she, or Dush–kwo–ne'–she, the dragon–fly

Mahnahbe'zee, the swan

Mahng, the loon

Mahnomo'nee, wild rice

Ma'ma, the woodpecker

Me'da, a medicine–man

Meenah'ga, the blueberry

Megissog'won, the great Pearl–Feather, a magician, and the Manito of Wealth

Meshinau'wa, a pipe–bearer

Minjekah'wun, Hiawatha's mittens

Minneha'ha, Laughing Water; wife of Hiawatha; a water–fall in a stream running into the Mississippi between Fort Snelling and the Falls of St. Anthony

Minne–wa'wa, a pleasant sound, as of the wind in the trees

Mishe–Mo'kwa, the Great Bear

Mishe–Nah'ma, the Great Sturgeon

Miskodeed', the Spring–Beauty, the Claytonia Virginica

Monda'min, Indian corn

Moon of Bright Nights, April

Moon of Leaves, May

Moon of Strawberries, June

Moon of the Falling Leaves, September

Moon of Snow–shoes, November

Mudjekee'wis, the West–Wind; father of Hiawatha

Mudway–aush'ka, sound of waves on a shore

Mushkoda'sa, the grouse

Nah'ma, the sturgeon

Nah'ma–wusk, spearmint

Na'gow Wudj'oo, the Sand Dunes of Lake Superior

Nee–ba–naw'–baigs, water–spirits

Nenemoo'sha, sweetheart

Nepah'win, sleep

Noko'mis, a grandmother, mother of Wenonah

No'sa, my father

Nush'ka, look! look!

Odah'min, the strawberry

Okahha'wis, the fresh–water herring

Ome'mee, the pigeon

Ona'gon, a bowl

Opechee', the robin

Osse'o, Son of the Evening Star

Owais'sa, the blue–bird

Oweenee', wife of Osseo

Ozawa'beek, a round piece of brass or copper in the Game of the Bowl

Pah–puk–kee'na, the grasshopper

Pau'guk, death

Pau–Puk–Kee'wis, the handsome Yenadizze, the son of Storm Fool

Pe'boan, Winter

Pem'ican, meat of the deer or buffalo dried and pounded

Pezhekee', the bison

Pishnekuh', the brant

Pone'mah, hereafter

Puggawau'gun, a war–club

Puk–Wudj'ies, little wild men of the woods; pygmies

Sah–sah–je'wun, rapids

Segwun', Spring

Sha'da, the pelican

Shahbo'min, the gooseberry

Shah–shah, long ago

Shaugoda'ya, a coward

Shawgashee', the craw–fish

Shawonda'see, the South–Wind

Shaw–shaw, the swallow

Shesh'ebwug, ducks; pieces in the Game of the Bowl

Shin'gebis, the diver, or grebe

Showain'neme'shin, pity me

Shuh–shuh–gah', the blue heron

Soan–ge–ta'ha, strong–hearted

Subbeka'she, the spider

Sugge'me, the mosquito

To'tem, family coat–of–arms

Ugh, yes

Ugudwash', the sun–fish

Unktahee', the God of Water

Wabas'so, the rabbit, the North

Wabe'no, a magician, a juggler

Wabe'no–wusk, yarrow

Wa'bun, the East–Wind

Wa'bun An'nung, the Star of the East, the Morning Star

Wahono'win, a cry of lamentation

Wah–wah–tay'see, the fire–fly

Waubewy'on, a white skin wrapper

Wa'wa, the wild goose

Waw–be–wa'wa, the white goose

Wawonais'sa, the whippoorwill

Way–muk–kwa'na, the caterpillar

Weno'nah, the eldest daughter; Hiawatha's mother, daughter of Nokomis

Yenadiz'ze, an idler and gambler; an Indian dandy











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