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or)'-si, adj. poor, miserable, — oijma^i, oi)ui)4ipi. 



or) '-si-da, v. a. to have mercy on, to pity, — oi)4i- 

 wada, oi)siui)dapi, oijsimada, oq^icida. 



or)'-si-(ia, intj. used by women to infants ; poor 

 thing ! 



on'-si-da-ka, v. a. to have mercy on, to pity, — 

 ori^iwadaka, op^iuqdakapi. 



on'-si-har), v. n. to be humble, to act humbly, — 

 OTjsiwahaij. 



oi)'-si-har)-ka, v. n. to be humble, try to excite 

 compasnon, to fawn, — oij siwa I aqka. 



or)'-si-fiar)-pi, n. humility. 



Oi)'-si-ka, adj. poor, destitute, miserable, — oijma- 

 sika, oqnisika, oi)ui)sipika. 



Oi)'-si-ki-da, v. pos. of oijlida; to have mercy on 

 one's own, — oijMwakida, oijsiuijkidapi. 



or)'-si-ki-da-ka, v. pos. Same as orisikida. 



or)'-si-ki-Kiar), v. a. to humble oneself to another, 

 act humbly towards,— oxjiiwakihur). 



or)'-si-ya, ads. poorly, miserably. 



or)'-si-ye-ca, adj. miserable, — oq^imayec'a. 



or)'-8ka-ta, v. n. to talk as one pleases, brag, 

 jest, as brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law are pri- 

 vileged to do among the Dakotas, — oijwa^kata, 

 oi)ciskata. See ugskata. 



or)-spa', n. a piece of any thing. 



Or)-spa'-dai), n. dim. a little piece. 



or)-spa'-spa, n. red. of oqspa ; pieces, little pieces, 

 crumbs. 



Ol)'-'wi-ea-spe, n. of oqspe ; learning. 



orj-VTi'-Eido-hda, n. a coat. See oqhdohda. 



OO-AVi'-yu-ta-pi, n. something to weigh or mea- 

 sure with. 



or)-ze', n. the rump, buttocks, the anus. 



or)'-ze-o-ge, n. pantaloons. 



og-ze'-o-ka-stai), v. to give an injection, — oi)ze- 

 owakastai). 



or)-ze'-o-ka-star)-pi, n. an injection. 



Oi)-ze'-o-ki-ea-star), v. a. to give an injection to 

 one, — orjzeoweca^tai). 



OQ-ze'-ta, V. n. (oqze and \a.) This word is used 

 in reference to a child whose mother has again 

 become pregnant, — oijzemata. What can have 

 originated the use of this coarse but curious 

 form of speech ? A. Renville says that it pro- 

 bably arose from the fact that children weaned 

 under such circumstances are likely to become 

 emaciated. 



or)-zi'-bo-sdan, adv. head over heels : oijzibosdan 

 naiii), and oijzibosdan yaijka, to turn a somerset, 

 stand with the heels up ; to be wrong end up ; to 

 be in a flurry, not know what one is about. 



OQ-zig'-tka, n. musk. 



or)-zir)'-tka-inna, v. n. to smell of musk. 



Oi) '-zo-o-ge, n. See oi)zeoge. 



or)-zir('-zir)-tka, n. the rose, roses, rose-buds. 

 or)-zir)'-zir)-tka-hu, n. rose-bushes. 

 O-o', n. a wound, a place where one is shot. 

 O-o'-he, n. of ohai) ; a boiling, enough to boil at 



once, as, oohe wagiidai), one boiling. 

 O-o'-hi-ye, n. of ohiya; victory. See woohiye. 

 O-o'-ki-ye, n. an assistant, a servant. 

 O-o'-ki-ye-ya, v. a. to have for an assistant or 



servant, — ookiyewaya. 

 0-Oi)'-pa, V. of oijpa; to put or place in, — owa- 



oqpa, oui)koi)papi. 

 O-o'-O-ka-stai), n. the Balsam of Life, so called 



because poured into wounds ; i. q. wic'oni peii- 



huta. 

 O-o'-pe-tor), n. tiyopa oopetoq, a toll-gate. 

 0-o'-tar)-ir), v. n. to be manifest through. 

 o-o'-iva, n. a letter, character, as the letters of the 



alphabet, a figure or mark of any kind : oowa 



yukaq, and owapi, figured, as calico. 

 o-o'-wa-pta-ya, n. the alphabet. 

 O-o'-ya-ke, n. of oyaka ; the act of telling a story, 



a relation, a narrative. 

 O-o'-zu, v. of oiu ; to plant in, — oowaiu. 

 O-o'-ZU, V. n. to fall in, as the sides of very old 



people sometimes do. 

 o'-pa, V. n. to go with, follow ; to pursue, as, opa 



aya ; to go to, attend, as a school or meeting, to 



be present at ; to be a member of, as of an associ- 

 ation or church ; to go in, as in a canoe, — owa- 



pa, oyapa, ouijpapi, and uijkopapi. 

 O-pa'-ba-ga, v. a. to roll over any thing in the 



hands, rub in the hands, — owapabaga. 

 O-pa'-gi, V. a. to fill or cram a pipe with tobacco, 



— owapagi, uqkopagipi. 

 o'-pa-gi, n. a pipeful of tobacco ; opagi waqii- 



dai), one pipeful. 

 O-pa'-ha, n. a swelling, a protuberance. 

 O-pa'-hi, V. of pahi ; to gather or pick into, — 



owapahi, uqkopahipi. 

 O-pa'-hde-ca, v. of pahdeca ; to tear in, — owa- 



pahdeca. 

 o-pa'-hde-ce, n. a rent. 

 O-pa'-hdo-ka, v. of pahdoka ; to pierce in ; to 



wear holes in, as a sick man's bones do when they 



come through the flesh, — owapahdoka, oraapa- 



hdoka. 

 o-pa'-hdo-ke, n. a hole. 

 O-pa'-tta, V. of pahta ; to tie or bind in, — opa- 



wahta. 

 O-pa'-lita, V. a. to gaze at, look at steadfastly, — 



opawahta, opauqhtapi : opahta kuwa, to keep 



gazing at. 

 O-pam', cont. of opapa; opam ya and opam 



iyaya, to crawl out from under the edge of a tent. 

 o-pa'-mna, «. a clump, as of bushes or weeds. 



