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no'-ge-a-zog-ki-ya, v. to prick up the cars, as a 



horse, at any sound. 

 no'-ge-i-yu-ta-pi, «. the distance from the ear to 



the end of the fingers when the arm is stretched 



out, a yard. This is the common yard-stick of 



the traders. 

 no'-ge-kpa, adj. deaf, hard of hearing, — noge- 



makpa. 

 no'-ge-kpe-ya, v. a. to make deaf, — nogekpe- 



wa3-a. 

 no'-ge-o-hdo-ka, n. the orifice of the ear ; the 



touch-hole of a gun. 

 no'-ge-tpa, adj. See nogekpa. 

 no'-ge-tpe-ya, v. See nogekpeya. 

 no-gi'-yu-ta-pi, n. a yard. See nogeiyutapi. 

 no'-go-ptar), adj. listening, attending to ; nogo- 



ptai) mai)ka, / am attending to it. 

 nom, cont. of noijpa ; two. 

 nom'-na-na, adj. two alone, only two. 

 nom'-nom, adj. two and two, by twos. 

 nom'-norj-pa, red. of noAa ; by twos. 

 not). See nuo» ^fr 

 noi). See n(S^e ana nuijske. 

 nor)-ee'. J^e nuric'e. 

 nor) '-pa, ^c?/. two, twice. 

 nor)'-pa.-kT-ya, adv. twice, in two ways. 

 nor)'-ske, or nuQske, intj. expressing ignorance 



or want of recollection ; let me see ! what do you 



all it ? 

 ,u'-ni, V. to wander, miss the road and wander 



about, get lost ; to be mistaken about a thing, — 



wanuni, yanuni, urinunipi. 

 nu'-nl-ya, v. a. to cause to wander, — nuniwaya, 



nuniuqyaripi. 

 nu'-ni-y£ir), adv. wandering, lost. 

 nui), V. 2d pers. sing, of ui), to use. 

 nui), cont. of nuqwe ; let it he so, expressive of 



desire ; so be it, amen. It is often equivalent to 



the sign of the future tense ; as, mda nu;) he, shall 



I go ? token ecamoij nui) tai)i:) im, what I shall 



do is not apparent. 

 nur)'-ga, adj. callous. Said of any hard place, 



formed by a burn or otherwise, on the skin, — ma- 



nui)ga. 

 nur)'-ka, v. 2d pers. sing, of wai)ka ; thou liest 



down. 

 nur)-kas', n. a step-son or step-daughter : nui)- 



kasku, his or her step-son or step-daughter. This 



is said to be used only by the generation passing 



away, that is, by old people. 

 nur)-kas'-ya, v. a. to have for nuqkas, — nuqkas- 



waya. 

 nur)'-ske. See noqske. 

 nur)-"we', v. n. let it be so, expressive of desire ; 



may it be so, amen. 



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#ru'- 



nur)-yar)', v, a. to tame, domesticate, as animals, 



— nui)waya. Hence, wanu:)yai)pi, tame cattle. 

 nu-snur)'-za, adj. wrinkled, pitted, not smooth. 



T^- 



r), the seventeenth letter of the Dakota alphabet. 

 It occurs only after a vowel, and has the sound 

 of the French nasal n in bon. 



o. 



O, the eighteenth letter of the Dakota alphabet, 



with the sound of English o in no. 

 O, a prefixed prep. It is a contraction of ohna, 



meaning in, into, and is prefixed to verbs : as 



kastai), to pour out, okastaij, to pour into ; hai), 



to stand, ohai), to stand in. 

 O, a prefix, forming nouns of verbs ; as, baspa, to 



cut off, obaspe, apiece. 

 O, V. a. to shoot, to hit when shooting, — wao, yao, 



ui)^opi : wakute eca wao ece, when I shoot I 



hit. 

 o-a'-de, n. a load of wood in the arms. 

 O-a'-hde, n. a place of holding or resting against, 



as the shoulder where the gun is held. 

 O-a'-he, n. something to stand on. 

 o-a'-he-hde, n. a foundation. 

 O-a'-hi-ya-ye, n. of ahiyaya ; a going or taking 



round ; a tune, the air of a tune. 

 O-a'-hta-ni, n. of ahtani ; transgression. See 



woahtani. 

 o-a'-i-e, n. of aia ; counsel ; slander. 

 o-a'-i-e-ti-pi, «. a courwil-house. 

 o-a'-kl-ni-ca, n. of akinica ; disputing. 

 O-a'-pe, n. of apa ; strokes, stripes, beatings ; the 



striking of a clock, an hour. 

 O-a'-si-ca, adj. unpleasant, disagreeable, as a 



country, the weather, etc. 

 O-a'-si-ea-ya, adv. unpleasantly. 

 o-a'-si-6a-ya-ken, adv. disagreeably. 

 o-a'-si-ce-ea, adj. See oasicecaka. 

 o-a'-si-ee-ea-ka, adj. unpleasant, disagreeable, 



as the appearance of a country, etc. 

 O-a'-sin-ya, adv. not satisfied or pleased with, 



unpleasantly : oasinya uijyakoflpi, we are un- 

 comfortably situated. 

 o-a'-sin-ya-ken, adv. unpleasantly. 

 O-a'-ska-dar), adv. of askadai) ; near, short, as a 



road. 

 o-a'-ya-star), n. of ayastai) ; a stop, stopping, as 



in talking. 

 O-a'-ya-te, n. of ayate ; a guess. 

 O-a'-yu-star), n. of aynitai) ; a stop, cessation 



from. 



