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O-'wi'-he-ea, n. an arrow laid down or placed to 

 shoot at ; a mark to shoot at, a target. See 

 owiijlieca. 

 ©-■wi'-iiar), v. n. to graze in, as cattle in a field. 

 o-wi'-ke, V. Used only with ^ni. See owike^ni. 

 o-wi'-ke-sni, v. n. to be strong, not to fail, as 



the strength of a person, — omawikesni. 

 o'-vrirj-ge, n. a curl, as of hair : pesdete 6wiflge, 



the curl on the top of the head. 

 0-'wir)'-he-ea, n. an arrow shot as a mark to 



shoot at ; a target. 

 o-"wir)8', cont. of owii)ia. 

 o-"wir)s'-ki-ea-tor), v. a. to lay or place down a bed 



for one, — owiqswecatoi), owiijsmidatog. 

 o-'wir)s'-ki-ya, v. a. to make a bed of, strew or 



spread down for a bed, — owiqswakiya, 

 O-wirji'-tor), v. to have a bed, — owiijiwatoi). 

 0-'wir)s'-ya, v. a. to make a bed of, — owiijiwaya. 



See owiijskiya. 

 o-vriij'-za, n. something spread to lie doum or 



sit on, a bed. 

 O-Twlij'-za, V. a. to make a bed of, use for a bed, 



— omiijza, oniqza, ui)kowii)iapi. 

 o-"wii)'-za-a-ka-fipe, n. a bed-guilt. 

 O-TWi'-tko, V. n. to be drunk m<A,— omawitko. 

 O-'wi'-tko-tko, adj. foolish. 

 o-wi'-tko-tko-ya, adv. foolishly. 

 o'-"Wi-tko-ya, adv. acting foolishly from choice, 



playing the fool. 

 ©'-■wi-tko-ya-ken, adv. foolishly. 

 ©-■wo'-bo-pte, n. of bopta ; the place from which 

 a tipsiqna or Dakota turnip has been dug. Owo- 

 bopte wakpa, the River Pomme de Terre, a 

 branch of the Minnesota, which joins it from the 

 north, a few miles above Lac-qui-parle. 

 ©-■wo'-du-ta-tor), v. n. to make a noise or bustle. 

 o-wo'-du-ta-toQ, n. noise, bustle, clamor. 

 0-'Wo'-du-ta-tor)-yar), adv. clamorously. 

 o-wo'-sma, n. dense leaves. 

 o-"Wo'-tai)-ir), adj. clear, manifest : owota^iq 



&n\, not clear, foggy, hazy, smoky. 

 ©-■wo'-tag-ir), n. clearness, appearance : owotai)- 



ii) sni au, a haziness is coming on. 

 o-"Wo'-tai)-ir)-ka. Same as owotaijiij. 

 ©-■wo'-tari-na, adj. straight, not crooked ; right, 

 just ; having done no wrong, upright, — omawo- 

 taqna and omaowotaijna, oniwotagna, uqkowo- 

 taijpidai). 

 ©-■wo'-taij-taQ-na, adj. red. of owotaijna. 

 O-ya'-gi, V. a. to impede, as high grass does in 



walking ; to scratch, — omaya^. 

 O-ya'-gi-ya, v. a. to cause to impede, as by send- 

 ing one into the brush, — oyagiwaya. 

 O-ya'-hdo-hdo, v. n. to rattle in the throat, have 

 a rattling in the throat, — omdahdohdo. 



o-ya'-hdo-hdo-ka, v. to begin to speak, as a 



child, — omdahdohdoka. 

 O-ya'-Bido-ka, v. a. to bite a hole in any thing ; 



to use language, — omdahdoka. 

 0-ya'-fi.do-ka, n. a hole bitten in. 

 o-ya'-he, v. n. to dry up, evaporate, as water ; to 

 fall or diminish, as water in a stream ; said also 

 of a vessel when a little is taken out. 

 0-ya'-b.e-ko-ke-daq, adj. boiling away fast ; 



said of a pot or kettle. 

 O-ya'-fie-ya, v. a. to cause to boil away or eva- 

 porate, — oyahewaya. 

 O-ya'-ka, v. a. to relate any thing, tell, as a story ; 

 to introduce one, tell his name, — omdaka, odaka, 

 ui)koyakapi, ociyaka. 

 0-ya'-koi)-pi, v. pi. they are in a place. 

 o-ya'-ksa, v. a. to bite any thing off in, — 



omdaksa. 

 O-ya'-ksa-ksa, v. red. of oyaksa. 

 O-ya'-kse, n. a biting off. 



O-yag'-ka, n. a place, seat ; a place of residence. 

 O-ya'-pe, n. the small end of a pipe-stem which 



is taken into the mouth. 

 o-ya'-pta, v. a. to leave, have over and above what 



one eats, — omdapta, uqkoyaptapi. 

 O-ya'-pta-pi, n. remnants, crumbs. 

 O-ya'-sa-ka, adj. dried hard on or in, withered. 

 O-ya'-ska, v. a. to clean off by passing through 

 the mouth, — omdaska : pahii) oyaska, to draw 

 porcupine quills through the mouth. 

 O-ya'-si-ca, v. a. of ya^ica ; to speak ill of, give 



a bad character to, — omdaiida. 

 O-ya'-ski-ska, v. of ya^ki^ka ; to speak unintel- 

 ligibly, — omda^kiska. 

 O-ya'-tag, cont. of oyataka. 

 O-y a'-tag-y a, v. a. to cause to stick or drag heavy, 



as a sled on bare ground, — oyatagwaya. 

 O-ya'-ta-ka, v. n. to stick or drag heavy. 

 O-ya'-tax), v. a. to bite or press on with the teeth, 



— omdataij. 

 o-ya'-tarj-irj, v. n. to show, manifest, testify, — 



omdataijiij, iiijkoyataijiqpi. 

 0-ya'-tai)-tar), v. red. of oyatai). 

 O-ya'-te, n. a people, nation, tribe, band. 

 O-ya'-tkar), v. a. to drink in any thing, — omda- 



tkai]. 

 O-ya'-tka-pa, v. n. to stick on or in any thing. 

 O-ya'-tke, n. drink ; a draught or drink of any 



thing. 

 O-ya'-ta, v. a. to bite to death iw,^-omdata. 

 o-ya'-ta-ge, adj. rough, roughened. 

 O-ya'-te, n. a biting to death. 

 0-ya'-"wa, v. a. to count, read ; to read or count 

 in, — omdawa. Hence, oyawa tipi, o school- 

 house. 



