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mysterious dog; or cufik-tafika, big dog. — 169. His younger brother. — 170. To dig. — 171 

 Verbal root, scraping sound. — 173. cuta, to fail. The writer has been unable to find 

 synonyms of this in Dakota. But in the other languages they abound : thus, <J:i'a, ^ic'a, 

 to fail in pulling with the hands, or in working, for want of time; <f;ig</:a n (J<a, to make a 

 mistake inputting, etc., to miss in trying to grasp an object, which is too large; #iona D , to 

 fail to hold an object; <£iona n ^a, ditto ; #ii n ajT, to fail to produce the desired effect in pulling, 

 working, rowing, writing, etc. — 174. To fail in bearing or pressing on (also, in Ponka, in 

 blowing with the mouth; in Kansas, in pushing with the hands). So there are bigf a n ^a, bi- 

 ona n , bii n ajl, <f;ag^a n ^a, <£a'a, 0ac'a, £aona n , <|:ai n ajT, ba'a, bac'a, bag^a n ^a, etc., in Ponka, 

 with their equivalents in Kansas, Osage, and x°iwere. — 175. Swift, as a horse. — 177. 

 To be merciful, to pity. — 178. To carry on the back. — 179. To give. — 180. Verbal root, to 

 scrape, as with the finger-nails. — 181. Night. The Santees say, ha"yetu ; the Yank- 

 tons and Tetons, ha n hepi. — 182. When* how longf how far? In Dakota the time word 

 is tohau, and the space-word, toha n . — 183. From. — 184. A crane. — 185. To fold or ivrap 

 up in, to make a bundle of. — 183. To have come hither for the first time. — 189. Verbal root, 

 to flay (animals, not persons). — 190. To make, do. — 191. To draw a mark, such as is ou 

 an arrow. — 192. The female breasts. — 193. Dry, not wet. — 197. White, in the distance. 

 See Nos. 105 and 107.— 198. Foot, feet. SUhii, in Osage, a bird's legs.— 199. A tail.— 200. 

 White, near by. See No. 107. — 201. Sweet, sour. — 204. Verbal root, staved in, broken in, 

 as a holloxo object. 



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