(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
stone, NI – sun stones sunsh https://www.moheganlanguage.com//Documents/English_Mohegan_Word_Finder.pdf
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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