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to drown, he drowned, — minin- 

 to drown, cause to drown. 



ml'-nin-ta, v. n. 



mata. 

 mi'-nin-te-ya, v. a. 



— minintewaya. 

 mi'-ni-o-mni, «. an eddy. See miniyomni. 

 mi'-ni-O-ta, z. n. to drown, he droioned, — minio 



mata. 

 mi'-ni-o-te-ya, v. a. to drown, cause to drown, 



— miniotewaya. 

 mi'-ni-o-'wari-ea, n. all over water, the ocean. 

 ml'-ni-0-"we, n. a spring, fountain of water. 

 mi'-ni-sa-pa, «. (mini and sapa) ink. 

 mi'-ni-sku-ya, n. (mini and skuya) salt, pro- 

 bably so called because salt was first foimd by 



them in springs or lakes ; vinegar. 

 mi'-ni-sku-ya-o-hna-ka-pi, n. a salt-cellar. 

 Mi'-ni-so-ta, «. the Minnesota or Saint Peters 



River. It means whitish water, and is the name 



also of the lake called by white people Char Lake. 

 mi'-ni-sa, n. red water, i. e. wine, cider, ale. 

 mi'-ni-si-ea, n. had water, i. e. whiskey. 

 IMi'-ni-so-se, «. (turhid water) the Missouri river. 

 mi'-ni-ta-ga, n. foam, froth, spittle. 

 mi'-ni-tai), v. n. to flood. 

 mi'-ni-tar), n. (mini and tagka) a food, high 



ivater. 

 mi'-ni-tarj-ka-ya, adv. toith water spread over. 

 mi'-ni-taq-ya, v. a. to cause to food, — minitari- 



waya. 

 nii'-ni-"Wa-kai), n. (mini and wakai)) water-spirit, 



i. e. lohiskey. 

 ini'-ni-"wa-kai)-ti-pi, n. a whiskey-shop, grog- 



gery. 

 ini'-ni-"wa-mnu-ha-dar), n. snails, periudnkles. 

 mi'-ni-'warj-ca, n. the sea, the ocean. 

 ini'-ni--wi-to-ye, n. frog-spittle, the green that 



collects on stagnant water. 

 mi'-ni-ya-tkai), n. a drinking-vessel, a tin cup. 

 Same as miniyatka^. 

 an eddy, whirlpool, 

 wet, saturated with water, as 



mi'-ni-ya-tke, n. 

 mi'-ni-yo-mni, n. 

 mi'-ni-yo-pa, adj. 

 wet wood. 



water spread all over, i. e. 



im -ni-yo-Avar)-ca, 



the ocean. 



mi'-ni-yo-we, n. a spring, fountain of water. 



iiu'-ni-yo-"we-hde-pi, n. a well of water. 



mi'-ni-yu-spe-dar), II. to perspire much : mini- 

 yuspedai) waskai), / work perspiring much. 



mi'-ni-zi, n. (mini and zi) bile, which accumu- 

 lates in the stomach. 



jaiB, pron. I: mii raije, I myself. 



mis-na'-ka, pron. J alone. 



mis-na'-na, pron. I alone, I only. 



mi-ta', pron. prefix ; my, mine. 



ini-ta'-"wa, pron. my, mine. 



mi-urj'-pa, n. some'hing laid on tite back to keep 



a pack from hurting, a pad : miuijpa kitoi), there 



is a pad under it. 

 mi'-ye, pron. I ; me. 



mi-ye', pi. imperat. termination, as, ec'oi) raive, do 

 . -ye it. 



mi'-ye-eii). See miyecirika. 

 mi'-ye-eirj-ka, pron. I myself I alone without 



aid or counsel. 

 mi'-ye-eiri-ka-hai), pron. I alone. 

 mi'-ye-ke, pron. even I, such a one as I. 

 mi'-ye-kes, pron. I myself. 

 mi'-yes, pron. I. 



mi-yo'-ka-sir), n. the small of the hack. 

 mna. See yumna, etc. 

 mna, n. black-haws. 

 mna-har)', part, ripped of itself. 

 mna'-hu, n. black-haw hushes. 

 mna-liea'-hea, n. the prairie lily. 

 mna-ki'-ya, v. a. to take up a collection for one. 

 innar)'-ka, v. 1st pers. sing, of yaijka ; to braid, 



plait. 

 mna-'wa'-liar), pai-t. ripped. 

 mna-yar)', v. a. to gather together, collect, — 



mnawaya, mnauriyaijpi. 

 mna-yar) '-pi, n. a collecting, collection ; harvest. 

 mna-ye'-ki-ya, v. a. to cause to collect, — mna- 



yewakiya. 

 mna'-za, n. a lion, lioness. It is doubtful to 



what animal this name properly belongs ; but it is 



used by the Dakotas for lion, although they have 



never seen one. It may also be used for wolverine. 

 mni. See yumni. 

 nmi, v. a. to lay up to dry, spread out in the sun 



to dry, — wamni, yamni, uqmnipi. 

 mni'-ei-ya, v. to assemble, as to a feast, etc. ; to 



make a feast or call an assembly, — mnimi(5iya, 



mninidiya, mniur)kiciyapi. 

 mni'-ga. See yumniga. 

 mni-he'-ca, v. n. See miniheca. 

 mni-hen'-ya, adv. See minihenya. 

 mni-he'-ya, v. a. See miniheya. 



N. 



n, the sixteenth letter of the Dakota alphabet. It 

 has the sound of English n in name, not, etc., 

 and, except in a few cases, occurs only in the 

 beginning or middle of a syllable^ 



na, a prefix to verbs. It commonly indicates that 

 the action is done with the foot ; but it is also 

 used to express the efifects of frost, heat, etc. 



na, V, imperat. only ; take it : na wo, na po. 



na-a'-ga-ga, v. to plunge, said of fish plunging 

 in water : naagaga ^kari, it plays plunging about. 



