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kes, adv. emphatic ; iniye ]^ei,asfor me. See ^e. 



ke'-yas, adv. although, so, even so. 



ke-yas'-tOS, adv. at any rate, even if. 



]j;e'-za, adj. hard, smooth, trodden hard. 



kir), V. a. to carry, hear, carry mi the back, usually 

 with a strap round the head or breast, — wa^ii), 

 yaljii), uqlfirjpi ; ki<;ii), to carry one's own ; kici- 

 ^ii), to carry for another. 



kiri-ki'-ya, v, a. to cause to carry, — ^ciijwakiya. 



ko'-ga, V. n. to rattle, make a rattling noise. 



koli, cont. of ^oga ; ^oh iyeya. 



koh-ko'-ga, v. red. of tcoga. 



koli-koh', cont. of Jcolikoga. 



ko]&-koh'-ya, v. to cause a rattling noise, — Ijoh- 

 kohwaya. 



koh-koh'-ya, adv. rattling. 



koi), pron. deni. that. Both ^oi) and cilcoi) refer 

 to the past, to something done or said before, or 

 to some person or thing mentioned in a previous 

 sentence : as, wicasta ^oi), that man ; hepe cil^oi), 

 / said that. 



ku, V. a. to give any thing to one, — wa^u, ya^u, 

 ui)^upi, maku, ni^u, ci^u : wicawalfu, I have 

 given to them ; kicii, to give one his own. 



ku-ki'-ya, v. to cause to give, — Ijuwakiya. 



kur), 2iron. dem. Same as ^oij. 



ku'-si, V. to command to give, — ^uwasi. 



ku-'wa'-eir), v. to he disposed to give, — ku wa- 

 caqmi. 



L. 



1, the fourteenth letter of the Dakota alphabet. 

 This letter is found only in proper names intro- 

 duced, into the language, and in the Titoijwai) 

 dialect, where it is used altogether for 'd' and 

 sometimes for ' n.' A few examples are here 

 given. 



la, V. to demand, i. q. da ; kila, i. q. Mda, — wala. 



la'-ka, v. i. q. daka, — walaka. 



la-ka'-es, adv. indeed, i. q. nakaes. 



La-ko'-ta, n. Dakota. 



la-tkar)', v. i. q. datkaij, — mlatkaij. 



la'-'wa, V. i. q. dawa, — mlawa. 



le, pron. this, i. q. de. 



le, i. q. ye, the sign of the imperative. 



le'-ce-ca, adv. like this, i. q. dececa. 



le'-cen, adv. thus, i. q. decen. 



le'-ei-ya, adv. here, i. q. dediya. 



le-ci'-yo-tar), adv. in this direction, i. q. deoi- 

 yotaq. 



\e-YiKa.' , adv. thus far, now ; t. y. dehan. 



le-har)'-ke-ea, fflrf?'. so long, /. 5. dehaijkeca. 



len, adv. here, i. q. dcQ. 



le'-na, /)ro7t. these, i. q. dena. 



le-tar)'-har), adv. from this, i. q. detai)hai). 



le'-tu, adv. here, i. q. detu. 



li'-la, adv. very, i. q. nina. 



lo, V. i. q. do. 



lo-"War)', V. to sing, i. q. dowai). 



lu-ha', V. thou hast, i. q. duha. 



lu'-ta, adj. scarlet, i. q. duta. 



M. 



m, the fifteenth letter of the Dakota alphabet. 

 ma, pron. objective ; me. It is also used with a 



class of neuter and adjective verbs, when it is 



translated by the nominative I ; and with some 



nouns it is used as the possessive, my, mine. 

 ma, or mah, inlj. of calling ; look here ! attend ! 

 ma-ca', n. the red of the morning, the aurora. 

 ma'-ga, n. a cultivated spot, garden, field. 

 ma-ga', a goose, geese. 

 ma-ga'-ga, v. n. to be amused. 

 ma-ga'-ga-ki-ya, v. a. to amuse, comfort one, — 



magagawakiya. 

 ma-ga'-ga-ya, v. a. to amuse, divert one, — maga- 



gawaya ; magagai^iya, to amuse oneself, — ma- 



gagami(Jiya. 

 ma'-ga-hu, n. corn-stalks. 

 ma-ga'-ksl-6a, w. a duck, ducks, the generic 



name. 

 ma-ga'-par)-par)-na, n. the brand-goose or 



brant. So called from its peculiar voice, i. q. 



magaseksecadai) . 

 ma-ga'-sapa, n. (maga and sapa) the common 



toild goose. 

 ma-ga'-se-kse-ea-dai), ra. the brant. Same as 



magapar)pai)na. 

 ma-ga'-ta, adv. at or in the field. 

 ma-ga'-tar)-ka, n. (maga and taqka) the stoan, 



.swans. Magataijka-ota-mde, Swan Lake. 

 ma-ga'-z\i, n. rain. 

 ma-ga'-zu, v. n. to rain. 

 ma-ga'-zu-ki-ya, v. a. to cause to rain, — maga- 



iuwakiya. 

 ma-ga'-zu-mi-ni, n. rain-water. 

 ma-ga'-zu-ya, v. a. to cause to rain, — magaiu- 



waya. 

 ma-gi'-ea-hlr)-te, n. (maga and kahiijta) a 



rake ; a harrow. 

 ma-gi'-ca-mna, n. (maga and kamna) a /toe, 



hoes. 

 ma-gl'-na-ta-ke, n. (maga and nataka) a fence, 



rails. 

 ma-gi'-yu-hirj-te, n. (maga and yuhiijta) a 



rake ; a harrotv. 

 ma-gi'-yu-mdu, n. (miga anrf yumdu) a plough. 

 ma-hen', prep, within, in, into. 



