Saturday, October 27, 2018

Old Ask∞k Qusukqaniyutôk (Bethlehem CT)



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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Quassuk, Qussuk =  ‘stone’- Qussukquanash = Stones
Manitou Quassukquanash = Sacred Stones, Spirit Stones
|Ask∞k|, {A Snake} or {Worm}. |Ask∞kquog|
Mohegan, NA – skok plural skokak

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