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pus-ya', V. a. to dry, cause to dry, — puswaya, 



pusui)yai)pi. 

 pus-ya', adv. in a drying manner. 

 pu-ski', adv. in a bunch, i. q. p8Ui)kaya yaijka. 

 pu-ski'-ea, v. a. to press or ruh out with the 



hand, — wapuskica. 

 pu-ski'-dar), adv. dim. of pu^ki. 

 pu-skin', cont. of pu^kica ; puskin yaijka. 

 pu-skin'-ya, adv. pressed, squeezed. 

 pu-tag', cor).t. of putaka ; putag ihpaya, to fall 



down with the hands on the ground. 

 pu-ta'-ka, V. a. to touch, as with the hand when 



one falls, — waputaka. 

 pu-te', n. the upper lip ; the snout or nose of an 



animal. 

 Pu'-te-"wa-ta, n. p. the Fotowatomies. 

 Pu'-te--wa-ta-dai), n. Same as Putewata. 

 pu-tir)', n. See putiijhai). 

 pu-tir)'-hir), n. the beard, especially what grows 



on the upper lip, the mustache. 

 pu-tpa', adj. Same as pukpa. 

 pu-tpe'-ya, adv. scattering, scattered over. 

 pu'-za, adj. dry, thirsty ; dry, as cloth, ground, 



etc., not wet ; shallow, as a stream, run dry. 



See puzedai) and ipuza. 

 pu-zan', cont. of puzata ; puzan iyaya : puzan 



iyayeya, to run one ashore ; to show that one has 



told a falsehood. 

 pu-zem'-zan, red. of puzan ; puzanzan iyekic'ici- 



yapi, and puzanzan iyayekiciyapi, they run each 



other aground. 

 pu-za'-ta, adv. on dry land. 

 pu'-ze-dai), adj. shallow, as a stream of water. 



P. 



p, the twentieth letter of the Dakota alphabet. It 



has a click sound like that of ^, \, and t- 

 pe, n. the elm ; pe cag, elm-wood ; pe ikdeka, the 



common water-elm ; pe itazipa [bow-elm) the 



rock-elm ; pe tutupa, slippery-elm. 

 pe-i'-kce-ka, n. the common elm. 

 pe-tu'-tu-pa, n. the slippery-elm. 

 po, n. fog, mist. 

 po, adj. foggy, misty. 

 po'-po', adj. red. of po ; foggy. 

 po-sa', adj. foggy, not clear ; said when the air 



is filled with particles of snow. 

 po'-ze-ca, V. n. to be out of humor, — mapozec'a. 



s. 



S, the twenty-first letter of the Dakota alphabet, 

 having the soft sound of the English c. When 

 marked thus (s'), the sound is prolonged. 



s'a, an auxiliary suffix to verbs, signifying frequency 



of action, or a habit formed, as, wai s'a, wakage 



s'a. It frequently gives verbs the force of nouns 



of the agent ; as, wamaijoi), to steal ; wamaqoi) 



s'a, a thief. 

 s'a, V. n. to roar, as the waves : s'a wai)ka. 

 Sag-da'-sii), n. the English, the name which the 



Dakotas give to the British, the inhabitants of 



Red River, etc. This word is probably from some 



other Indian language. 

 sag-ye', n. something used in walking, a staff : 



cai) sagye, a cane ; maza sagye, a sword. 

 sag-ye'-kl-tor), v. to use a staff in walking, as 



an old person, — sagyewetoq. 

 sag-ye'-toi), v. to use a staff, — sagyewatoi). 

 sag-ye'-ya, v. a. to use any thing for a staff, — 



sagyewaya. 

 sak, cont. of saka ; sakowasii) yutapi, eaten raw. 

 sa'-ka, adj. raw, uncooked ; hard, dried ; as, 



waconi saka, dried meat. 

 sa'-ka-dai), adj. green, limber. Hence, daq 



sakadai), a switch. 

 sa'-ka-yu-ta-pi, n. what is eaten raw, i. e. me- 



lons, cucumbers. 

 sa-klm', adv. both, two, both together. 

 sa-Mm'-tu, adv. two together. 

 sa-kim'-tu-ken, adv. both together. 

 sak'-o-"wa-sir), adv. entirely raw. 

 sam, adv. cont. of saqpa ; more, beyond, more 



than : sam iyaya, to go beyond, surpass ; sam 



iyeya, to make go over or beyond. 

 sam'-i-ye-ya, adv. more than. 

 sam-sam', adv. red. of sam. 

 sam-saij'-pa, adv. red. of saijpa. 

 sam-ya', v. a. of sapa ; to blacken, color black, — 



samwaya, samuijyaijpi. 

 sam-ya', adv. beyond, further ; black, dark : 



samya wai)ka, it lies darkly. 

 sam-ya'-hai), adv. dark, blackish, as water at a 



distance. 

 sam-y a'-ken, adj. blackish ; in sight, far off. 

 sai), adj. whitish or yellowish : maka sai), white 



earth : hi sai), to show the teeth. 

 sar)-ksar)'-kl-toi), v. n. to wear or put on a 



skirt, — saijksai) wetoi) . 

 sai)-ksai)'-nl-ca, n. a Dakota woman's skirt. 

 sar)-ksai)'-ya, v. a. to use for a skirt, make a 



skirt of, — sai)ksai)waya. 

 saq-ni', adj. of one side, on one side : nape sagni, 



one hand ; si saqni, one foot. 

 sai)-ni'-ea, adv. on one side. 

 sar)-ni'-na, adv. of only one side. 

 sar)-nl'-na-tar)-har), adv. from only one side. 

 saq'-o-pa-pa, adj. grey hairs here and there in 



one's head, turning grey. 



