McKenzie, James. Some Account of the King's Posts, the Labrador Coast, and the Island of Anticosti by an Indian Trader Residing there Several Years with a Description of the Natives and the Journal of a trip through those Countries in 1808 by the Same Person. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0017

To drink 

Minikuan 

Wise 

Kat shi ta ui le lok 

To carry 

Uen tshe u tanne 

Strong 

Shutshi 

To throw 

Ui bin 

Weak 

A pu shutshi 

To cut 

Thi me shiu 

Thin 

Papa ka shu 

To hide 

Kata 

Thick 

T shis paka 

To beat 

Mashitshe 

Broad 

A la gas ka 

To work 

A tu se un 

Narrow 

Sha ka ua shu 

We 

Nilanne 

White 

Ua ban 

Birth 

Iri ni u 

Black 

Ka she teu 

Race 

A ra shi rini ou 

Red 

Miku au 

Marriage 

Ni ba ui ni lu 

Green 

We sha ua u 

Widow 

Shi ka 

Blue 

Kait shi te 

Life 

Irini uin ne la 

Yellow 

Ui sha ua 

Body 

Ui yo 

Sun 

Pichime Thishek 

Soul 

U tatsha kushi 

Moon 

Pichime Te be she ka 

Death 

Nipu uin lu 

Star 

A ta ku she 

Age 

Sha sha yes shi 

Sky 

T shi maru tu tetapi an 

Youth 

U shenat she un 

Fog 

Pe tis he kanni 

Big 

Mi shi the she 

Clouds 

Kas ka uen 

Small 

Ape shishe 

Wind 

Lu tin 

High 

I shi pa na she 

Blowing 

T shi shi lu tin 

Low 

Ta ta pa na shu 

Storm 

Irini usham mad she tshika 

Cold 

Thi shine 

Rain 

The me uin 

Warm 

Thi shi leu 

Thaw 

Kune mitshu be ru 

Stupid 

A pie i li pua katshe 

Thunder 

Uni mitshui 

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