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kte'-dai), v. a. to overcome, he victorious over ; to 

 win, heal in gambling, — waktedai), iiriktepidai) ; 

 to be overcome, — maktedai). 



kte-ki'-ya, v. u. to cause to kill, — ktewakiya. 



kto, adv. why ? what of it ? This is chiefly used 

 in answering questions ; as, hecanoi) he, didst 

 thou do it ? hai) hecainoi), kto, yes, I did it ; 

 why ?' 



ku, suffix proii. his, hers, etc. 



ku, V. n. to come towards home, to he coming home, 

 — waku, yaku, iiqkupi. 



ku'-ce-dai), adv. low, low down, near the ground : 

 wi kucedai), the sun is low. 



ku-ee'-e-dar), adv. See kuceyedaij. 



ku-ce'-ye-dar), adv. low down. 



ku-ka', adj. rotten, tender, worn out, as clothes ; 

 spoiled, as meat. 



ku-ke'-ya, v. a. to make rotten, to wear Out, — ku- 

 kewaya. 



ku-ke'-ya, adv. rotten, spoiled, decayed, fallen to 

 pieces : kukeya spai), to he cooked too much. 



ku-ku'-se, n. a hog, hogs ; pork. 



ku-ku'-se-i-hdl, n. hog^s lard. 



ku-ku'-se-sir), ?i. fat pork, pickled pork. 



ku-ku'-ya, adv. under, helow. 



kun, adv. below, under, beneath, doivn : kun ku, 

 come down. 



kui), n. mother-in-laio : iiikui), thy mother-in-law ; 

 kuijku, his or her mother-in-law. See urjci. 



kuq'-ksi-tku and kur)kisitku. See kui)^i. 



kur)S-ya', adv. of kuijza ; pretending. 



kur)S-ya'-ken, adv. pretending. 



kiii)'-si, n. grandmother : nikuijsi, thy grandmo- 

 ther, kui)sitku, kui)k^itku and kui)ki^itku, his or 

 her grandmother. See uijci. 



kur)'-tki-ya, adv. downwards. See kutkiya. 



kui)-ya', v. a. to have for mother-in-law, — kui)- 

 waya. 



ku.r)'-za, v. Same as koi)za. 



ku-se', V. n. to leak, as a vessel. 



ku-sde'-ea, n. the king-fisher. 



kus-ku'-za-pi, adj. red. pi. of kuia. 



ku'-tai)-har), adv. low down. 



ku-te', V. a. to shoot any thing with a gun or 

 arrow ; to shoot with the medicine-bag. When 

 a person is introduced into the secret society 

 called " the Sacred E%nce," lie is shot, or pre- 

 tended to be shot, by the beads or claws which 

 are contained in the medicine-bags of the mem- 

 bers. When the missile is extracted by the same 

 conjuring process, and not until then, do they 

 live again. This is their story, — wakute, uijku- 

 tepi, cidute : wicawakute, / shoot them : kikute, 

 to shoot for one ; kidicutepi, they shool each 

 other. 



ku-te '-ye-dar), adv. Same as kueeyetlai). 



ku'-tki-ya, adv. doionwards. 



ku'-"wa, V. imperat. come here : kuwa wo, kuwa 

 po. This is used in the imperative only. 



ku'-vra, v. a. to follow after, chase, hunt, as, sii)- 

 kpe kuwa, to hunt musk-rats ; to chase, jnirsue, as, 

 kuwa amau, he chases me ; to treat or act towards 

 one, as, taqyai) kuwa, to treat well, sicaya kuwa, 

 to treat ill, persecute ; to pursue, prosecute, as 

 work,-^wakuwa, uijkuwapi. 



ku-'wa'-eil), v. to think of coming home. 



ku'-ya, adv. helow, beneath, under, underneath, 

 down. 



ku'-ya-tar)-har), adv. from beloio. 



ku'-za, adj. lazy, idle, — makuia, nikuia. 



ku-zi'-ta, V. to die or he dying of laziness, to be 

 very lazy, — kuiimata. 



k, the thirteenth letter of the Dakota alphabet. 

 This sound is made by fixing the organs so as to 

 make ' k,' and then pressing the back part of the 

 tongue against the roof of the mouth and with- 

 drawing it suddenly, which makes what may be 

 denominated a click. The other consonants of 

 this class are (J, p, %. 



ka, conj. and. When ' a' or 'ai) ' final in words 

 immediately preceding is changed into ' e,' ^a 

 becomes <Ja. 



ka, V. a. to dig, as the ground, — wa^ca, yaka, uq- 

 Icapi ; ii\i&, to dig for oneself, — mitSi^a ; kici^a, 

 to dig for another, — weci^a. 



ka-as', adv. even if, indeed. 



ka-es', adv. even if. 



ka-es'-tos, adv. at any rate. 



ka'-is, conj. or. 



kas, adv. even : hee \&i, even that one. 



ke, V. a. to dig. Same as ^a. 



ke, adv. as for : he ^e, as for that. Perhaps it 

 is used for empha-sis. 



ke'-ca, intj. expressive of unbelief; indeed ! 



ke'-ga, V. to grate, scrape. See bol:ega. 



ke-har)', adv. when. This always refers to past 

 time. It becomes (Jehai) after ' e ' which has 

 taken the place of ' a ' or ' ai).' 



kefii, cont. of Ifega. 



keh-ke'-ga, v. red. of ^cega ; scraping along. 



keh-keEi', cont. of tceh^ega ; ^eh^ei ya, to go 

 scraping along. 



k.eli-]j:eli'-ya, adv. in a scraping manner : keh- 

 kefiya mda, / go scraping along. 



kes, cont. of ^eza. 



kes-ke'-za, adj. red. of ^eza ; smooth, trodden 

 down. 



