KICKAPU[251]

Arm, nenächkonn (ach guttural).

Arrow, pequikihi.

Belly, näjäck (j French).

Bow, måstahá (a between a umlaut and o umlaut; ha often barely audible).

Breast (the whole) ne-kå̍-kä (ka short).

Ear, nettouakaian (ua nasal; kaian likewise).

Eye, neskescheck.

Foot, nekåtan (n distinctly pronounced).

Hair, ninessónn.

Hand, nenä̍chkonn (ach in the roof of the mouth).

Head, nehch (German).

Knife, peskoatéska (ka without emphasis).

Knife (long), måtatä̍.

Leg, nemóttata (a somewhat as if with umlaut).

Leggings, nekóchkuahan (och German guttural).

Mouth, netohn.

Nail (on the hand), näskóssähk.

Nose, näkiuónn.

Pipe (tobacco), póakan (emphasis on poa).

Skunk, schekakw (w barely audible).

Sun, kischess.

Teeth, nepitonn.

Thunder, kä̍hschko (kahsch slightly drawled).

Tobacco, nessåman (an French).

Tomahawk, popokiä̍.

Tongue, ninónni.

Water, neppé (final e somewhat like a umlaut).

Numerals

One, näkút.

Two, ni̍hsw (w barely audible).

Three, nássue (sue like we).

Four, niäua (nasal).

Five, nianan (nasal).

Six, noiká.

Seven, nohiká (nasal; ka short).

Eight, nessua-siká (ka short).

Nine, schohaká (schoha indistinct; ka short).

Ten, metaa-tue (e short).

FOOTNOTES:

[251] Written from the pronunciation of a Ki̍ckapu. These Indians speak the same language as the Saukis and Foxes. According to Gallatin (ibid., p. 62), they do not now number over five hundred souls. They all live at present west of the Mississippi.—Maximilian.