98 DAKOTA GRAMMAR tMBM ™ voL^xxin 



§ 120. Verbs With Initial 'u 



Verbs with initial \ insert in possessive forms c' «£' ?). 



'%' to wear (clothing), to use: we'c\, ye'c'y., kic\', \ki'c'% 



wi'yii to paint (with loss of y glide): wi'wec'%, or wi'waki%, 3d person wi'ki% 



'it pa to lay down (*{>£)•' we'c'ipa, ye'c'ipa, kic'% pa, 'y,ki' c'\pa 



c'eit'pa to roast (like the preceding): c'ewe'c'ipa, c'eye'c'ipa, c'eki'c'ipa 



§ 121. Y To Exist, 'ec'u' To Do, yak'y,' (Santee) To Be 



'it to exist 



wait' I exist rtvq' it exists for me, i. e., I use it, I wear it 



yait you exist ny,' it exists for you 



V he exists 'it' it exists for him 



'ilk'%' we exist '%k'i{' it exists for us 



we'c'ii, ye'c'ii, kic\' \ki'c'% to use one's own (see above) 



we'ciii, ye'ciit, ki'eiit, '%ki'ci% I use his with his sanction, c'i'ciit I use yours with your sanction 



waki'it, yaki'%, kilt' , 'tjWtj I use his without his sanction, c'ici'% I use yours without your sanction 



Examples: 



wana' he'l t'e'hq wa%" now I have been there a long time;- — e'na c'i'ciiikte 21 k'ohq g.liyo'ya'\ I'll stay 

 for you, so meanwhile go for it!; — maya'itkta oya'kihi huwo are you able to exist for me (i. e., are 

 you able to have me work for you); — he '%' literally: using that; therefore; — le' '%' on account of 

 this; — waki' imlaka I lived after a fashion, poorly; kiyf itpilaka they — 40.15 



'ec'u' to do 



This is derived from 'ecV it is that kind, (stem -k'a), and '%'. The third person is contracted 

 to 'ec V; the dual assimilated to 'ec'ii'i(k'it or 'ec'if'k'ii' . The word is also used for "to copulate." 

 In this case the third person remains 'ec'a'y,. 



'ec'a'nm, 'ec'a'nit, 'ec'it' ('ec'a'ti), 'ec'tj'^fc'tj or {'ec'if'k'ifi to do 



All these forms may be combined with the demonstratives and have the accent on the first 

 syllable: le'c'amy,, he'c l amii, ka'k'mrm, to'k'amy,. 



'ec'a'wec'%, 'ec'a'yec'%, 'ec'a'kic'it, 'ec'it'kic'it to do one's own work, to do to one's own (see p. 103) 

 'ec'a'wecit, 'ec'a'yecy,, 'ec'a'kicit, 'ec'a\kicit to do his without his sanction or to him 

 ' ec l a wecicti, ' ec l a' yecicit, 'ec l a'kicic%, ' 'ec' a ' qkicic% to do his with his sanction, or for him 

 (wo'wasi) 'ec'a'weciii, ' ec'a' yeci%, 'ec'a'kiciii, 'ec'a'ukiciti to work for someone (such as an employer) 

 'ec^a'mic'iit or 'ec'a'mic'it, 'ec K a'nic'i%. 'ec'a'ic'iti, ' ec' a itkic' iit or 'ec'a'itkic'i{ to do for one's self 

 Also with demonstrative le' , he' 



Instead of the older form to'k^% in recent tunes ta'ku to'k l % is used ; to'k^y, alone is "to lose". 



yak l % (Santee) to be 



The forms suggest that this defective verb is a combination of an active verb yak'a' and 

 the objective forms of 'y,. The following forms were recorded by Riggs. 



dak'a'n% (dak'a'-ny,) thou art (also with pi) 

 yak^ii'pi (yak'a -it-pi) they are 

 'nya'knipi) 22 {'%yak'a-\pi) we are 



§ 122. 'ec'i' 23 To Think Something 



'ec'q'mi, 'ec'q'ni, 'ec'i', '%ke'c'i to think something 



'ec'q wak\,-'ec'q yak\, 'ec'q'ki, 'ec'q'-qki to think it, about someone, something 

 'ec'q'c'ici I think it about you, 'ec'q'mayaki you think it about me 

 'awa'c'qmi, 'awa'c'qni, 'awa'c'i, 'av>a\c'{ to think about something, someone 



I think about you, cannot be formed with the last series. 



31 c'i'ciukta means also I shall wear it for you. 

 33 Probably more correctly tfi/a'fc'it ? 

 33 From 'ec'a' and a stem 'i (?). 



