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a-zir)'-ki-ya, v. a. to give suck to oj; nurse, as a 



mother her child, — azi^wakiya* li ;• ■; 2fiyi 

 a-zii)'-ki-ye, M. a wet-nurse. ' '' .' -i 



a'-zi-ya, v. a. (azi and ya) to cause to get 



aground, to run aground^ as a boat, — 4ziwaya. 

 a-zi'-ya, v. a. (a and ziya) to waAre yellow on any 



thing. See aziyahar). 

 a-zi'-ya-har), jiari. becoming yellow on. 

 a'-zl-zi, V. red. of azi : 4zizi ui)yai)pi, we often get 



aground as we go. 

 a-zu'-ya, v. a. (a and zuya) to make war on any 



one, go to war against a people, — azuwaya ; azu- 



wicui)yai)pi, we make war on them. 

 a-zi'-zi, V. to whisper about a person or thing, — 



awaiiii, ayaiizi. 

 a-zo', V. See azoio. 

 a-zo'-ki-ya or a-zog-ki-ya, v. to move the 



ears, as a horse. 

 a-zo'-zo, V. to whistle about ; to call by whistling, 



as a dog, — awazozo. 

 a-zo'-zo-ki-ya, v. a. to cause to whistle for, — 



azozowakiya ; nakpa aioiokiya, to prick up the 



ears, as a horse. 

 a-zu', V. a. to lay up, as rice for drying ; to pile 



up, — awaiu, uijkaiupi. 

 a-zu'-ki-ya, v. a. to cause to lay up for drying. 



B. 



b, the second letter of the Dakota alphabet. It has 



the same sound as in English. 

 ba, a prefix to a class of verbs, signifying that the 



action is done by a sawing motion, as in cutting 



with a knife or saw. The place of the pronoun 



is immediately after the prefix. 

 ba, V. a. to blame, — 'Waba, yaba, uqbapi ; maba, 



niba ; ciba, / blams thee ; wic'awaba, / blam£ 



them ; i^iba, he blames himself, — mi(Jiba. 

 ba-ei'-ka-dar), v. a. (ba and ci^cadai)) to shave 



small, — bawacH:adai) . 

 ba-ci'-stir)-na, v. a. (ba and cistiijna) to make 



small by cutting, — bawacistirina. 

 ba-gam', cont. of bagapa; bagam iyeya, to takeoff, 



as the hide of an animal, — bagam iyewaya. 

 ba-gan', cont. of bagata ; bagan iyeya. 

 ba-gan'-ga-ta, v. red. of bagata ; to make marks, 



such as cuts or saws, in any thing; to haggle, 



— ba wagan gata. 

 ba-ga'-pa, v. a. (ba and gapa) to take off, as the 



skin of an animal, ivith a knife, to flay, — bawagapa. 

 ba-ga'-ta, v. a. (ba and gata) to mark or cut 



with a knife, to carve, haek, — bawagata. 

 ba-go', V. a. to make marks or gashes in the flesh ; 



to mark, carve, or engrave, with a knife, in wood, 



< — bawago, bayago, bauqgopi. 



ba-ha', arf;'. aged. 'l-^-^rSfifef --*!--» 



ba-ha', n. a middle-aged or oldish man. Some- 

 times, but not often, applied to a woman. '- 



ba-h.a'-i-ye-ya,- v. a. to 'throw down or push 

 aside. See pabaiyeya. i- 



ba-ha'-ka, n. an aged person, 



ba-hba', v. a.' to cut off, as com from the cob, — 

 bawahba : wababba ohai), to boil com that is cut 



off 

 ba-hbe'-za, v. a. (ba and hbeza) to carve, rhake 



rough ivith a knife, — bawahbeza. 

 ba-hda', v. a. to take off, as tallow from entrails, 



with a knife, — bawahda. 

 ba-hda'-hd£i, v. red. of bahda. 

 ba-hda'-ka, v. a. (ba and hdaka) to cut like the 



teeth of a coarse comb, — bawahdaka. 

 ba-hna', v. a. (ba and hna) to cut off, as fruit 



from a tree, to make fall off by cutting, — bawahna. 

 ba-hna'-skir)-yar), v. a. (ba and hnaskiijyai)) to 



make crazy or frantic by cutting or stabbing. 

 ba-hna'-yar), v. a. (ba and hnayaij) to miss in 



attempting to strike with a knife, — ^bawahnayai). 

 ba-hor)', v. a. to cut across, in one's flesh, or in 



meat of any kind ; to gash or cut the flesh, as 



the Dakotas are accustomed to do for the dead, — 



bawahoi), bayahoij, bauijhoripi ; bai^ihoi), to cut 



or gash oneself, — bami(Jihoi). 

 ba-hor) '-hor), v. a. red. of bahoij ; to cut many 



gashes, — bawahoijhoi) . 

 ba-hur)', v. a. Same as bahoij. 

 ba-hu'-te, v. a. (ba and hute) to cut off by the 



roots ; to wear to a stump, as an old knife, — ba- 



wahute. 

 ba-hu'-te-dai), v. a. dim. of bahute ; to wear out, 



as a knife, — bawahutedai). 

 ba-hu'-te-dar), jxi-rt. worn out, as an old knife. 

 ba-har)'-hi, v. See babaijhiya. 

 ba-liaij'-hi-ya, adv. slowly cutting : baliai)hiya 



se ecoi) wo, bayahdece kta, cut slowly, or you will 



tear it. 

 ba-lici', V. a. (ba and hci) to cut or break out 



notches by cutting, — bawahci. 

 ba-hei'-liei, v. red. of babc'i ; to break otii notches 



in a knife by cutting, — bawaicihci. 

 ba-Rda', v. a. (ba and Ida) to make rattle with a 



knife, — bawabda. 

 ba-hda'-gai), (ba and hdagai)) to enlarge, as a 



hole, by cutting around, — bawahdagarj. 

 ba-hda'-Bida, v. a. (ba and hdahda) to make rattle 



by cutting, — bawahdabda. 

 ba-hda'-ya, v. a. to pare off ; ha bafidaya, to 



peel, i. q. basku, — bawabdaya. 

 ba-lida'-ye-dar), v. dim. of babdaya. 

 ba-hde'-ea, v. a. to cut or break in pieces with a 



knife ; to tear or rend in cutting, — bawafidec'a. 



