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i-yu'-za, V. a. of yuza ; to hold on or to, to put 



the hand on and hold, — imduza. 

 i-yu'-ze, n. of yuza and yuze ; something to hold 



with, a holder ; something to take out food with, 



a ladle. 

 i-yu'-zi-ya, adv. partly in sight ; said of any 



thing seen over a hill. 

 i-yu'-zi-zi-ya, adv. in sight, i. q. taijiijyaij : 



iyuziziya iyaya, to pass along in sight. 

 i-yu'-za-za, v. a. to wash with, to he washed with, 



— imduiaza. 

 i-yu'-za-za, n. something to wash with, as a 



wash-tub, wash-board, etc. 

 i'-yu-zi-nina-na, adv. full, brim full, as a vessel 



of water, just about to run over ; at the edge of, 



as, iyuiimnana kagege, to sew close to the edge. 

 i'-yu-zi-mna-yai), adv. by the edge of, full. 

 i-yu'-zi-pe, n. (i and yuiipa) the front lock of a 



man's hair ; something to pinch or lay hold with, 



as, maziyuzipe, tongs, pincers. 

 i-za'-ptai), adj. the fifth. 

 i-za'-ptar)-ptar), adj. red. every fifth one. 

 i-zin', cont. of izita. 

 i-zin'-tor), v. a. to make a smoke, to smoke any 



thing, — izinwatoi) . 

 i-zin'-ya, v. a. to cause to smoke ; to smoke, as a 



deer-sHn, — izinwaya. See ziya. 

 i-zi'-ta, v. n. to smoke, as a fir^-brand. 

 i-zo', n. a peninsula. 

 i-zu'-ya-pi, «. what the Dakotas carry with them 



in going to war, the palladium of the expedition. 



Sometimes this is a pipe, and sometimes the skin 



of an animal. See zuya. 

 i-zu'-za, re. a grind-stone, a whet-stone. 

 i'-zan-ya, adv. deceitfully, i. q. oie noijpa. 

 i-zag'-zar), v. n. to give light, as a candle. 

 i-zaq'-zar), v. a. to light, as a candle. 

 i-zar)'-zai), n. a light. See petiiaijiaq. 

 i-zar)'-zag-ya, v. a. to light, as a candle ; to 



cause to give light, — iiagzaqwaya. 

 i-zar)'-zar)-yai), adv. giving light for : tahii)ca 



iiaijzariyai) wicakute, he shoots deer by a light. 

 i'-za-ta, adj. forked-moutlied, double-tongued ; 

 said also of a gun which has the upper part of 

 the stock cut off. This form of expression is said 

 to have been introduced by white people. 

 i-ze'-hag, adv. often, frequently, repeatedly. 

 i-ze'-har)-yar), adv. often. 

 i-ze'-harj-yag-ken, adv. frequently. 

 i-ze'-ze-ya, adv. mixed up, as different kinds 



together. 

 i-ze'-ze-ya-ken, adv. mixed up, all sorts toge- 

 ther. 

 i-zi'-ea, v. n. to be rich in goods ; in distinction 

 from wa^ec'a or iwaiec'a, to be rich in provisions. 



i-zl'-mna, v. n. to smell like something burning, 



as fat or bones. 

 i-zin'-ya, v. a. to cause to be rich, — iiinwaya. 

 i-zin'-ya, adv. richly. 

 i'-zog, cont. of izoka. 



i'-zog-ki-ya, v. a. to push out the lips at one. 

 i'-zo-ka, V. n. to have the lips pushed out. 

 i'-ZO-ki-ya, v. to push out the mouth at ; to 



twist the mouth ; to whistle, — iiowakiya. 



K. 



k, the twelfth letter of the Dakota alphabet. It is 



sounded as in English. 

 k, a prefix, making the possessive form of verbs 

 which commence with p : as, pagai), to part 

 with ; kpagai), to part with one's own. 

 ka, dem. j^ron. that ; he, she, it. 



ka, adv. there, yonder. See kan and kakiya. 

 ka, adv. Used interrogatively at the end of a 

 phrase or sentence, as, ecoijpida ka, can it be 

 done ? 



ka, a suffix to verbs and nouns. In most cases it 

 does not seem materially to alter the significa- 

 tion : as, wasteda and wastedaka, to love any 

 thing; itaqcai) and itaqcaijka, a chief one. In 

 some cases it helps to form verbal nouns : as, o, 

 to hit in shooting ; waoka, a good marksman. 



ka, adv. suffix. It is equivalent to im, not, and is 

 sometimes used ironically : as, wa^te, good, wa- 

 steka, not good. 



ka, a prefix to a class of verbs. It shows that the 

 action expressed by the verb is performed by 

 striking, as with the hand, or with an axe, club, 

 or other instrument ; or by the action of the wind 

 or water. The pronouns are prefixed. 



ka, v. a. to mean, signify, — wakii, yaka, uijkapi, 

 cica, maka ; uijnicapi, we mean you. 



ka-a'-O-pte-ea, v. kaaopteda kaga, to lessen. 



ka-a'-o-pten, v. cont. of kaaopteca ; kaaopten 

 ecoi), to do less than. 



ka-a'-o-pte-tu, v. to lessen : kaaoptetu ecamoi), 

 / do less, or / make it less. 



ka-a'-O-pte-tu-ya, adv. in the way of diminish- 

 ing. 



ka-a'-o-pte-tu-ya-ken, adv. diminishingly. 



ka-a'-pa-ma-hde, adv. sloping down hill, gently 

 sloping : kaapamahde hiijca, quite steep. 



ka-a'-pa-ma-hde-ya, adv. down hill, sloping : 

 kaapamahdeya wai)ka, it is descending. See 

 apamahde. 



ka-a'-ta-kir)-yar), adv. leaning. See takiqyaij. 



ka-bas', cont. of kabaza ; kabas iyeya. 



ka-bas', cont. of kabaia ; kaba^ yaqka, he keeps at 

 it. 



