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ma-ki'-pu-ski-ea, v. n. to press on the (/round, 

 lie flat on the ground, lick the dust. 



ma-ki'-pu-skin, cont. of makipuskica ; jnakipu- 

 skin elipei(Jiya, to throw oneself on, tlie^round. 



ma-ki '-sag-pa, n. the next season, i.q.mska,- 

 saijpa. 



ma-ki'-'waij-ya-ke, n. a compass ; a surveyor. 



ina-ki'-ya-ka-sar)-ni, n. a side or part of a 

 country. 



ma-ko'-ee, n. a country, a place : makocazeyate 

 wanica, a place without a name ; mitamakode, 

 my country. 



ma-ko'-ce-o-'wa-pi, n. a map, maps. See ma- 

 kowapi. 



ma-ko'-hdo-ka, n. a hole in the ground, a cave, 

 cavern. 



ina-kor)'-ca-ge, n. a season, the seasons. 



ma-ko'-skan, n. a place where no one dwells, a 

 desert place. 



ma-ko'-skan-tu, adv. in a desert place. 



ma-ko'-skan-tu-ya, adv. away from any dwell- 

 ing, away on the prairie. 



ma-ko'-skan-tu-ya-ken, adv. in a desert place. 



ma-ko'-sma-ka, n. any loio place, a ditch. 



ma-ko'-si-ea, n. any prevalent disease, an epide- 

 mic, as the small pox ; i. q. makoc'e sic'a. 



ma-ko'-ta-he-dar), adv. away from any dwell- 

 ing, in the desert, on the prairie. 



ma-ko'-"wa-ki-ei-pa, n. a place a little hollow- 

 ing, a slight hollow or depression in the prairie. 



jma-ko'-"war)-ea, n. all the earth. 



ina-ko'--war)-ea-ya, adv. all over the earth. 



raa-ko'-"wa-pi, n. a map of a country, maps. 



ma-ku', w. the breast, the forepart of the thorax. 



ma-ku'-a-ka-hpe, n. an apron, a woman's ker- 

 chief. 



ma-ku'-hu, n. the breast-bone, sternum. 



ma-ku'-i-yu-ski-te, n. a child's swaddling-band. 



ma-ku'-i-yu-tar), n. a girth. 



ma-ma', n. a woman's breast, milk ; mamma or 

 mother. It is a singular fact that with the Dako- 

 tas, mama means milk, and papa, meat. 



ma'-ni, v. n. to walk, — mawani, mayani. 



ma-ni'-ea, n. the gopher, a species of Diplostoma. 



ma-ni'-ca, v. n. 1st pers. sing, of nic'a ; / have 

 none, — ninica. 



ma-ni'-ea-pa-mdu, n. gopher-hills. 



ma'-ni-har), part, walking. 



ma'-ni-ken, adv. walking. 



ma'-ni-ki-ya, v. a. to cause to walk, — maniwa- 

 kiya. 



ma-nin', adv. abroad, away from the house. 



ma'-ni-ni-na, n. bed-bugs, i. q. taku mani nina. 



ma'-ni-sku-ya, n. a species of plant ; prob. the 

 honeysuckle. 



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ma-nor)', v. a. to steal any thing, — mawanoi), ma- 



yanor), mauijnoijpi. This is by some written manu. 

 ma-nor) '-pi, n. a stealing, theft. 

 ma-nu', or manur), v. See manoi). 

 mar), intj. look here ! 

 mar), v. to build a nest and hatch young ones, as 



birds do. 

 maq, adj. sharp, i. q. pe. See yumai). 

 mar)-ca', n. the aurora. See maca. 

 mar)-ka', n. a skunk. See maka. 

 mar)-ka', v. n. 1st pers. sing, of yaqka. 

 mas-ee'-ga, n. See mazacega. 

 ma-ste', adj. warm, hot, applied to the weather : 



maste hirjca, very warm. 

 ma-ste'-ste, adj. red. of maste. 

 ina-ste'-ya, adv. in a warm state, warmly. 

 ma-ste '-ya-ken, adv. warmly, hotly. 

 ma-stir)'-6a, n. the rabbit, Lepus ctmiculus : tin- 



mastiqca, the prairie rabbit or hare. 

 Ma-stir('-ea, n. the Cree Indians. 

 ma-stir) '-pu-te, «. a kind of herb bearing red 



edible berries, the leaves of which are sometimes 



used by the Dakotas for tobacco. 

 ma-te'-te, «. of tete ; the side or rim of a boat, 



the part near the edge ; a brow or projection, as 



of a hill. See watete. 

 ma-tka', n. sticky earth. 

 ma-tka'-sa, n. red earth. 

 ma-to', n. the grey or polar bear, JJrsus mari- 



timus. 

 ma-to '-ho-ta, n. the grizzly bear, a species of 



the Ursus Americanus. 

 ma-tu'-ska, n. the craw-fish. 

 Ma-vra'-ta-dar), n. the Mandan Indians. 

 Ma-'wa'-tag-na, n. Same as Mawatadai). 

 ma-ya', n. a steep place, a bank, as of a river. 

 ma-ya', adj. steep) : may a IViqca, very steep. 

 iyta-ya'-"wa-kar), n. the Chippewa River, which 



joins the Minnesota, from the north, about fifteen 



miles below Lac-qui-parle. 

 ma'-za, «. metal of any kind ; goods, merchan- 

 dise. 

 ma'-za-a-spe-i-ei-ye, n. an anchor. 

 ma'-za-ce-ga, n. an iron pot or kettle. Gene- 

 rally cega alone is used. 

 ma'-za-hu-hu, n. (maza and huhu) bracelets, 



arm-bands. 

 ma'-za-bda-hda, w. a bell. 

 ma'-za-Ma-kl-ya-pi, n. a trap, traps, steel-traps, 



such as are used in catching the otter, etc. 

 ma'-za-i-6a-ko-ke, n. a cow-bell. Commonly 



used without the maza. See icakoke. 

 ma'-za-i-ei-ca-M-ha, n. iron in links, a chain. 

 ma'-za-i-cu, n. a gun-screw, the spiral wire which 



is used to draw wadding from a gun. 



