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DAKOTA GRAMMAR 



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he'c ( etu m c K q' 'olo'wq k% he' 'yka'hiyayapikta 61 ke'ya'-'iwahoykic'iyapi 62 k\ 



and 



it is that way whenever song the that we are going to sing 



he'e'ena tvi'p'e g.luha' 63 'ekta'kiya 'i'yqka 



at once weapons having his towards there he ran 



k'i' nq ku'hq c*a 'e'l 'ihy'ni nq • — 



carried and was it being so there he reached 



on back coming back 



c K qke 'oki'yaka K sk K e". 



and so he told him it is said. 



'akH'pi yy'k l q' hena' kefici™ 



they carried then those verily 



him back 



m nq 



saying that we mutually promised" he said and 



sk K e\ yu'k'q t K ak K o'laku k y % he' ta'ku 



it is said. Then his friend the aforesaid that something 



k*ola 64 to'k*a huwo' 



"Friend what is it m. sp.?" 



— 'eya' skV 



— ho said it is said 



he'e^ena vric'a'sa 



At once man 



lak'o'tapi c l a wicWktepi 



were Dakotas it being so they killed 

 them 



wq nata' sloka'he m '14 67 he' Viya'ta 



scalp peeled off the aforesaid that to camp 



nq 'isna'la 'oka'ptapi 70 ke'ya' 



and him alone they left over he said that 



sk*e". 'ihi'hqna c'qke' 'e'wqwic'ayakapif 1 yu'k'q' hena' hyfkpap^ayapi 72 c'a naka'poyela 73 



it is said. Next morning 



and so 



they went to see them; 



then 



those 



were Hy'kpap'aya 



'ec'e'capi u c'qke' 'oi'yekiye-si^capi 76 sk'e". 



they were and so to recognize they it is 



thus were bad (hard) said. 



wic'a'ktepi ke'c'i'pi nq b.le' ki 'ekta' 



they had killed they thought and lake the into 



them that 



slolya' pisni' . hetq to'hyweni b.le' k% he' 



they did not know From that never lake the that 



it. 



hena' Vo'ka ki 



Those enemies the 



'oi'fipewic'ayapi 77 



they had thrown them 



it being so swollen by 

 themselves 



na'ziwic'ayapi™ nq 'iyu'ha 



had made them and all 



stand 



sk'e". 



it is said. 



wqzi' ni' k'e'yas 



One was alive but 



'e'l tuwe'ni m.ni-ya'tke sni sk'e". 



there nobody water drinks not it is 



said. 



NOTES TO PAGE 167 



»< nup adjective (p. 113). 



•» k'ola' friend; kic'i reciprocal (p. 103); va to have for- (p. 130); pi dual exclusive (p. 66). 



»» le'c'el in this manner (p. 122, no. 33). 



i umho'ya; ma indefinite object (p. 52); ho voice (p. 72); ya to cause; iwa'hoya to promise, kic'i reciprocal (p. 103). 



BB Iowa' to sing; 'o- nominalizing (p. 41). 



>» Independent pronoun. 



1 ka'ga to make. 



» he' . . . c'a the he' makes the following noun verbal. 



3 Emphatic pronouns may be strengthened by the article: miye' ki le 'uma'sike' the one who is I, I am poor. 



* la with numerals: only. 



■ 'ahi'yaya to take along going there (p. 94); pi exclusive dual; kta future. 



6 ke'ya' double accent<fca"cya' to say that. 



7 tohq'tu it is at some time; ka rather (p. 55); tohq'tuke e'e'yas idiomatic: at any time at all. 



» Better ta'ku wqii t'cM'ka c'a a something difficult being of that kind; ta'ku t'ehika wqii a difficult thing. 



•If (p. 147). 



10 he'c'el in that manner, see note 96. 



" k\hq when, relating to future (p. 148). 



ls wq'cak adverbial from obsolete wq'cak'a it is once, p. 114. 



" Possessive third person (p. 131). 



>' a on, na with feet, ki his own, -ksj to curl around, idiomatically: he runs to the rescue. 



18 wq makes the preceding a noun; c'a might be used in its place here: it being so. 



16 -sdoca S. to know, slolya' T., ya to cause; ki his own. 



" to'hqwel also tu'weKto'hq wq 'e'l at a certain indefinite time. 



,B zuya' to go to war. 



" to'k'iya at some indefinite place, away from speaker and covering some extent (p. 124, no. 41). 



10 c'q' (p. 147). 



21 'ece'- always, an invariably repeated act; s'a often {ui'hina'p'a ece' Y. the sun rises regularly; maga'iu »'a it rains often.) 



>» P. 58. 



» e'<ai' (p. 75). 



(Continued on p. 169) 



