Thursday, January 18, 2018

Privately Sourced Weathered Stone (MA)

(And some NH Stone Walls)
Manitou Hussunash
Spirit Stones
 ‘Stone’
|Qussuk|, { A Rock}. Plural: |Qussukquanash|.
|Hussun|, { A Stone}. Plural: |Hussunash|.
|Manit|, {God}. |Manitioog|.

Manitou: (god, NA – manto - plural mantowak/God, NA – Manto)
rock, NI – qusuq rocks qusuqash

Tûnuppusuonk káhtôquwuk: Turtle Stones


Qusukqaniyutôk:
(‘stone row, enclosure’ Harris and Robinson, 2015:140, ‘fence that crosses back’ viz. qussuk, ‘stone,’ Nipmuc or quski, quskaca, ‘returning, crosses over,’ qaqi, ‘runs,’ pumiyotôk, ‘fence, wall,’ Mohegan, Mohegan Nation 2004:145, 95, 129) wall (outdoor), fence, NI – pumiyotôk plural pumiyotôkansh







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