academy of scibncbs] MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX 73 



No. 2] 



hq'pa moccasin; — hqp-ka'gege to sew the sole of the moccasin to the uppers;— hqpi'lake tongue of 



moccasin; — hqpsi'c'u uppers; — hqp-'i'pat'a embroidered moccasin; — hqpi'ska ankle piece; — 



hqpa'kig.lake rawhide sole pieces; — hqpsi'sica old moccasin; — hqkp'q' moccasin strings (<Chqp-k'q') 

 hu'te base; — 'o'huta shore; — hutk'q' roots (k'q' ligament, sinew?) 

 p'e'ta fire; — p'el-m.na smell of fire; — p'el-'i'leye kindling; — p'el-'i'skq to be active around the fire; — 



p'esni'za sparks (I drops out before consonantic cluster); — p'el-na'kpakpa fire crackles;' — p'eta'ga 



live coals; — p'el-'a'-'ihqb.la to dream of fire (and obtain it as protector) 

 ma' za metal; — mas-'i'yap'e hammer; — mas-'i'yokalq nails; — mas-'a'p'api telegraph ('ap'a' to strike);- — 



mas-wi'c'ak'upi annuities paid by government (they give them iron); — mas-wi'g.muke trap 

 ma go field; — mah-yu'sla to weed 

 maga goose; — mah-k'u'te to hunt geese 

 (lote) food; — loc'i' to be hungry (to desire food); — log.le'ska oesophagus; — generally lol-, lol-'i'g.ni to go 



out for provisions; — lol-'i'h'q to cook food; — lol-'i'p'ila to begrudge food to another; — lol-'o'p'iye 



granary; — also walo'teleka one who thinks only of food 

 t'a'pa ball; — Vap-ka'psica to strike ball in game 



t'age saliva, t'ah-na'kipca to swallow saliva (i. e., to swallow hard in state of excitement) 

 s%'ka dog; — sy/kak'q' horse (wak'q' wonderful); — sy,k-ma' 'nitu wolf; — suk-ma'n% to steal horses; 



suk-c'i'ca wolf cubs; — snk-c'i'cala colt; — sithpa'la puppy; — s%h.p%'ka dog with puppies; — s%'sula 



donkey, mule; — sii-b.lo'ka stallion; — sqk-wi'yela mare; — s%gi'la red fox (gi brown); — &%k-'o't l i wolf 



lair; — su\k-nu'ni mustangs (lost horses); — si^k-'o'nas'o pacer 

 c*a'pa beaver; — c'ap-k'u'wa to hunt beaver; — c'ap-'o'(wa)le (I) search for beavers 

 c'qie and c'ql from c'qte' heart; — c'qlwa'Me happy (waste good) ; — c'qlwq'k'a cowardly (of weak heart) ; — 



c'qta'g.le to set one's heart on; — c'qte'hahala to be sensitive; — c'qsi'lya sadly; — c'qto'yuze thought; — 



c'qlo'ge pericardium; — c'qtki'ya to love; — c'qze' angry 

 c'aze' name; — c'aze'yata to call a name; — c'as-t'q' to name 

 c'a'ga ice; — c'ah-na' zuzu ice breaks up (in spring); — c'ah-wa'ksa to cut ice; — c'ah-ka'zo to skate; — 



c'a'ga-t'fpi ice house 

 c'e'ga kettle; — c'eh-'o'c'i, c'eh-'o'lota to borrow a kettle; — c'eK-m.na'yq to collect kettles (for a feast); — 



c'eh-g.la'wapi to count kettles (of food in preparation of feast) 

 nap Yankton nam hand, from nape ; — nap'a'huka thumb (<Cnap-f ahi{kal) ; — napo'stq thimble (fitting 



on hand); — napo'kaske wrist ('oka'ske place for tying); — napo'ktq bracelet (ktq bent around); — 



napwi'stqka to have a skillful hand; — napsu'kaza fingers, metacarpals {su seed; kaza' to lie in 



parallel rows); — napc'o'ka palm of hand (c l oka center); — napk'q wrist (k'q ligaments, sinews) 

 n%'ge ear; — nu'h{ma)pq (I have) a ringing in the ear; — wqh-c'q' to be hard of hearing 

 k l q'ta plum; — k'qt'o't'o green (unripe) plums; — k'ql-ya'ski to bite plums (so as to force out the pit for 



drying the meat); — k'qt'u'hu plum bush; — k'qsu' plum pit for game; k'ql-yu'spi to pick plums; — ■ 



k'a'ta-sasa red (ripe) plums; — k'qsu '-k'ute' pi card games (they shoot plum seeds) 

 hupa' wing; — hupa'-hu wing bone; hupi'yii by means of the wings (adv.); — hupa'wakig.lakela bat 



(aki'g.lake rawhide) 



Nouns derived from noun and verb also form units. 



wase'-'oyuze place to get red paint (place name); — wqsa'k-'oyukse place to cut saplings for arrows 

 (place name); — wic'a'g.naska-'ozu gooseberry patch (where full of); — s%k-'i'c'\ harness (horse 

 means of carrying on back); — wic'a'sa-'it'o^ksu passenger train (means of hauling people) 



§ 70. VERB AND VERB 



When two verbs are conceived as a unitary concept they are compounded. 



'%(siima-m,ani he is a sonambulist, walks in his sleep, 't(st\ma ma'ni he walks while sleeping; — mak'a' 

 'ama'ni-suk-'ole land walking (i. e., on foot) he looked for his horses, mak'a 'ama'ni siik-'o'le 

 while he was walking about he looked for horses; — n%wq'-'ihi£nikiya he causes his swimming 

 (contest) to reach (its end), n%wq' Hhv^ni he reached there swimming; — '%sl\ma-iya he talks 

 in his sleep (habitually); — hqb.le'-c'eya he cries in his quest for a guardian spirit; — 'i'yqk-'ohi-wac'i 

 psi'ca trying to reach it by running he jumped; — waya zq-hpaya he lies sick 



'eya' to say is always compounded with the following verb: 



'eya'-'ayu"pta he answered saying 77.3;— -'eya'-pq he shouted saying 96.11; — 'ikto' 'eya'-c'aze s yatapi 

 they name him Ikto 100.21 



