Hunting Vocabulary

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Ntauchâumen - I go hunting or fowling

Machippog - a quiver

Caúquat (pl., caúquatash) - an arrow

Chichêgin - a hatchet

Wuskapéhana - new traps

Eataúbana - old traps

Anúmwock - dogs

Mishánneke (pl., mishánnekequock) - a squirrel

Waûtuckques - a rabbit

Aûsup (pl., aûsuppánog) - a racoon

Nkèke (pl., nkéquock) - an otter

Súmhup (pl., súmhuppaûog) - a beaver

Mishquáshim - a red fox

Péquawus - a gray fox

Muckqashim (pl., musquashimwock) - a wolf

Moattôgus - a black wolf

Attuck (pl., attuckquock) - a deer

Nóonatch (pl., nóonatchaug) - a deer

Aunàn - a fawn

Aunàn quunêke - a doe

Wawwúnes - a young buck

Kuttíomp a great buck

Peshawog ,or pusseksesuck - fowl

Chògan (pl., choganêuck) - a blackbird

Wuskówhan (pl., wuskowhánannuog) - a pigeon

Paupock (pl., paupocksûog) - a partridge or quail

Aanokcuk (pl., aanokuckquâuog) - a heathcock or prairie hen

Quequécum or Wómpatuck - a duck

Honck - a goose

Kohunk - a Canadian gray goose

Wompissacuk (pl., wompsacukquauog) - an eagle

Whequach (pl., wewuashshauog - a swan

Moósquin - a swan

Néyhom (pl., neyhommâuog) - a turkey

Kuts (pl., Kítsuog) - a cormorant

Nanówwussu - it is lean

Wauwunnockôo - it is fat

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