Geokabooseet
To be not afraid
Geonet
Tern
Ge-oun
Jaw
Geswat
Fear, panic
Gidyathuk
The wind
Gigarimanet
Fishing line, fish net
Gobidin
Eagle
Godaboniègh
The ptarmigan moon (October)
Godaboniesh
The freezing moon (November)
Godawik
Shovel
Godet
(or Gotheyet) Puffin
Goosheben
Lead (metal)
Gower
Scallop
Guashawith
Murre
Gunguiwet
Solid ground
Hadalaet
Ice
Haddabothik
Body
Hadowadet
Ice pick
Hanawasut
Halibut
Hanyees
Fingers
Haoot
Mind, spirit
Hodamishit
(My) knees
Homedish
(It is) good
Ibadinnam
To run
Iwish
Hammer
Jewmetchem
Soon
Jiggamint
Currents
Kaassussa-boon
Snow
Kaesinguinyeet
Blind (person)
Kannabush
Long (time)
Kawin-Jemish
To give one’s hand (or fist)
Keathuts
Head
Kingguiaguit
To remain standing
Kobshuneesamut
The Creator, Spirit, God, January
Kooseebeet
Louse, nit
Koshet
To fall (to the ground)
Kostabonong
The cold moon (February)
Kosweet
Caribou
Koweaseek
The warm moon (July)
Kuis
Sun
Lathun
Trapping
Macoushan
A general feast (an Innu word)
Madabooch
Breast milk
Maduch
Tomorrow
Madyrut
Hiccough
Maemet
Hand
Magaragois
My son
Mamadponit
Harlequin duck
Mamasheek
Islands
Mamateek
Habitation
Mamatrabet
Song
Mamchet
Beaver
Mameshook
Mouth
Mamisheet
Living, alive
Manamiss
The thawing moon (March)
Mandee
(It is) muddy
Mandoweesch
Brushwood, underbrush
Mandzey
Black (colour)
Manegemeton
Shoulders
Mangawoonish
Sunlight
Manneetash
Pitcher plant
Manune
Cup (carved from a tree knot)
Manus
Wild fruit
Mapet
To feel, to suffer
Marmazing
A kind of boat
Marmeuk
Eyelids
Mathik
To stink
Mazook
Saltwater
Memasuk
Tongue
Memayet
Arm
Meroobish
Thread made from animal intestines
Meseeliguet
Baby
Metabeet
Horse
Moeshwadit
To draw
Mogaseech
Young man
Moisamadruk
Wolf
Mondikuet
Lantern, lamp
Moogaguinit
Metal, iron
Mookus
Elbow
Moosin
Moccasins
Moosingei
(My) ankle
Mootamuk
Thread
Mootdiman
Ear
Mowead
Trousers, leggings
Moydebshu
Comb
Myaoth
To steal, to take
Neechwa
Tobacco
Newin
No! (negation)
Nonosabasut
Handsome
Obosheen
One who warms, to warm
Obseedeek
Gloves, mittens
Obseet
Cormorant
Odaswitishamut
The cold moon (December)
Odemen
Red earth
Odishuik
To cut (oneself)
Odjet
Lobster
Odoït
To eat
Odusweet
Rabbit
Ooadjumit
To boil (water)
Ooish
Lips
Podebeek
Paddle, oar
Poochowhat
Bed
Pugatoït
To throw
Shamut
Caplin
Shapok
Candle
Shéashit
Grumbler, to grumble, to be grouchy
Shébin
River
Shébon
Stream, creek
Shégamit
To sneeze
Shosheet
Stick, branch
Shootak
Sharpener
Shumana
Birchbark pail
Tapatook
Birchbark canoe
Tedesheek
Neck
Teehonee
Star
Thing
Thank you
Toowidgee
To swim
Wadahwehg
The fruit moon (August)
Washgeesh
Moon
Washi-Weuth
The night spirit (also to become dark, to darken)
Washoodiet
Archer
Washumesh
Herring
Wasimouk
Salmon
Wasumaweeseek
Three moons
Wedumite
One who embraces, to embrace
Wenouin
Cheeks
Whitig
Arm
Whooch
Crow
Woadtoowin
Spider
Woasut
A Beothuk woman
Wobee
The White Man
Wobeesheet
Sleeve (of a shirt)
Woodamashi
Messenger, to run away
Woodum
Pond
Zoozoot
Hare
The Five Beothuk Seasons
The season of snow and cold
The season of new growth
The season of abundance
The season of falling leaves
The season of dead leaves
The Thirteen Beothuk Moons
January
The cold moon
February
The moon when the ice cracks with cold
March
The windy moon
March–April
The frosty moon
May
The moon when the snow melts
June
The moon when the seabirds lay eggs
July
The moon when birds hatch
August
The wild fruit moon
September
The moon of changing
colours
October
The moon of dried grass
November
The freezing moon
December
The moon of the longest night
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Assiniwi, Bernard.
[Saga des Béothuks. English]
The Beothuk saga : a novel / by Bernard Assiniwi; translated by Wayne Grady.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-312-28390-3
1. Beothuk Indians—History—Fiction. 2. Vikings—New Foundland—Fiction. 3. New Foundland—History—Fiction. I. Grady, Wayne. II. Title.
PQ3919.2.A8 S1813 2002
843'.914—dc21
2001040860
Originally published as La Saga des Béothuks by Leméac
First published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
First U.S. Edition: January 2002
eISBN 9781466839007
First eBook edition: January 2013
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