152 DAKOTA GRAMMAR [memoirs national 



[Vol. XXIII, 



Also, like lo! behold! 



'Wo' wic'q'hpi ivq 'iye'gehca 'e yqke' c\ he' h\hna' xuaye ™* c'es supposing a star shining verily that the one 

 who is (sits) , that one, if I could have him for husband (Santee, Riggs 83.3) 



cVwi incredible! c*e'wis how very! also 'i'wiska's, 'ic'e'wis always at the beginning of a 

 sentence and requiring ke at the end. The same meaning as lah (said by women), lahcaka (said 

 by men) ; but not used with these. 



c'e'wis wilko'tkoke how true it is that he is a bad one!;' — c'e'wis waste' ke how very beautiful; — c'e'wis 

 (ic'e'wis) wa'mapHke how lucky I am!;- — c'e'wis wasi'cu k% 'o'hyni wo'imagaga c'i'pike how strange 

 that White people always desire amusement!; — H'wiska' {'i'wiska's) loc'f nac'e'ceke how very 

 hungry he must apparently be; — 'i'wiska's mac'e'pece! wote'sni wa% k'e'yas how fat I am! although 

 I abide not eating; — c'e'wis t'e'hq-g.li'sni ke how long he does not return! 



c'i' to'k, ic'% to'k of course 



'i's c'i' to'k what about him! let him do it! — Evidently related to 'ic~\ ' ec'%, c'{; — c'f wo'wapi mak'u 

 write me some time; — c'i' 'i's luwa' what about him somebody (i. e. what right has he to blame 

 others) 



na in pipe etiquette, said by smoker who hands the pipe to the next man who replies ku. 



na-'na (said by women); ni'ye (said by men), said when handing something to another per- 

 son; 'icu'wo' (man); 'icu' (woman) take it! sounds too abrupt. Also used, if somebody pesters 

 the owner about something. 



ni'y£'\ 'e'ktq' ia'ku b.luha' c'q' take! why bother me something I have whenever; i. e. why do you 

 always want what / have 



si; s* accompanied by threatening motion with arm or stick, "get away!" (to animals) 

 s hush! don't! (softer in pronunciation). 



si' (short) (woman speaking) say! he' (man speaking) calling attention of one whose rela- 

 tionship is not known. 



st' 'u'wanit'o say! come here! ('u'wa come here, na, 'Wo). 



si, si, si a warning when there is danger that a lot of things a person is carrying may fall, 

 the warning person at the same time running to help. 



ss r< s: pronounced crescendo, with a suppressed laugh, like "stop that," when two relatives 

 of the same sex who stand in a joking relationship poke fim at each other ; sometimes accompanied 

 by a poke in the ribs or a push on the shoulder. 



ku in pipe etiquette, said by recipient of pipe handed to him by the preceding smoker with 

 the word na. 



ku'wiye' (said by men or women), ku'wa na (said by women) come here! 



k'o'ya'h'q' hurry! (k'o quick; h'q, to act). 



kto'k, to'k (from to'k'a). 



le tuwa' t'a'wahe? he' mWa' wa kto'k whose is this? It is mine and what of it! (In a more quiet mood the 

 answer would be he' mil'a'wa' that is mine; — to'k'iya la' he? wag.le kto'k where are you going? I 

 am going home, and what of it! 



Mf very good! (used nowadays by boys, not old Dakota). 



'm- (rough breathing). Women clear then - throats this way to indicate that a remark refers 

 to a certain person present who pretends not to have grasped the meaning as referring to him 

 or her (same use as in English). 



hopd's, hom.nu's two exclamations occurring in tales, setting unknown. 



'hm'- very deep faucal, expresses disgust at presumption. 



'hm'-, 'ehq'nis he'c'ecakte c'% ha! long ago it was to have been thus (i. e., what else could you expect). 



Clearing the throat also a signal for a girl to meet youth who wants to elope with her. Also 

 a warning 46.8; 246.12. 



' , ' rough short vibration of vocal cords with % resonance, like two short sighs. Exclama- 

 tion used by men to control angry passion or temporary weakness. 



6I « Corrected. 



