A Key Into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England: Together with Briefe Observations of the Customes, Manners, and Worships, &c. of the Aforesaid Natives, etc.Williams, Roger
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A Key Into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England: Together with Briefe Observations of the Customes, Manners, and Worships, &c. of the Aforesaid Natives, etc.
Williams, Roger
Narragansett Indians; Narragansett language
When a field is to be broken up, they have a very loving sociable
speedy way to dispatch it: All the neighbours men and Women forty,
fifty, a hundred, &c. joyne, and come in to helpe freely. With
friendly joyning they breake up their fields, build their Forts, hunt
the woods, stop and kill fish in the Rivers, it being true with them
as in all the World in the Affaires of Earth or Heaven: By concord
little things grow great, by discord the greatest come to nothing.
_Concordiâ parvæ res crescunt, discordiâ magnæ dilabuntur._
Anáskhig-anash, How, Howes.
Anaskhómwock, They how.
Anaskhommonteâmin, They break for me.
Anaskhomwáutowwin, A breaking up How.
The Indian women to this day (notwithstanding our Howes), doe use
their naturall Howes of shells and Wood.
Monaskúnnemun, To weede.
Monaskunnummaûtowwin, A weeding or broad How.
Petascúnnemun, To hill the Corne.
Kepenúmmin, & To gather Corne.
Wuttúnnemun,
Núnnowwa, Harvest time.
Anoûant, At harvest.
Wuttùunemitch, When harvest is in.
Ewáchim,
Pausinnummin, To dry the corne.
Which they doe carefully upon heaps and Mats many dayes, before they
barne it up, covering it up with Mats at night, and open it when the
Sun is hot.
Sókenug, A heap of corne.
Obs: The women of the Family will commonly raise two or three heaps
of twelve, fifteene, or twentie bushells a heap, which they drie in
round broad heaps; and if she have helpe of her children or friends
much more.
Pockhómmin, To beat or thrash out.
Npockhómmin, I am threshing.
Cuppockhómmin? Doe you thrash?
Wuskockkamuckómeneash, New ground Corne.
Nquitawánnanash, One basket full.
Munnòte, tash, Basket, Baskets.
Máûseck, A great one.
Peewâsick, A little one.
Wussaumepewâsick, Too little.
Pokowánnanash, Halfe a basket full.
Neesowannanash, Two baskets full.
Shéanash, Three.
Yowanannash, Foure, &c.
Aníttash, Rotten corne.
Wawéekanash, Sweet corne.
Tawhìtch quitchemáuntamen? Why doe you smell to it?
Auqúnnash, Barnes.
Necawnáuquanash, Old barnes.
Askútasquash, their Vine apple.--Which the English from them call
Squashes about the bignesse of Apples of severall colours, a sweet,
light, wholesome refreshing.
Uippakumíneash, The seed of them.
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