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U, the twenty-ffth letter of the Dakota alphabet, 

 with the sound of EngUsh ' oo,' as in moon. 

 When preceded by 'y,' or followed by a nasal 

 ' 1),' it is somewhat modified. 



U, V. n. to come, to he coming, — wau, yau, uijku- 



Pi- 



u-ka', n. the skin, hide, especially the stin of a 



living animal. 

 U-ki'-ta, V. pos. of uta ; to try, prove, as any new 



thing, — uqwakita, uui)kitapi. 

 u-ki'-ya, v. a. to cause to come, — uwakiya. 

 U-ku'-hu, intj. When a deer is brought into 



camp, the children shout ' ukuhu,' i. q. wahdi- 



as'api. 

 U-ku'-hu-hu, intj. When an elk is brought in 



they sing ' ukuhuhu.' — S. W. Pond. 

 u'-ma, n. hazel-nuts. 

 u'-ma-hu, n. hazel-hushes. 

 U-mar)', adj. the one, the other. See ui)ma. 

 u-niar)'-na, adj. See uijmana. 

 u-inar)'-na-peir)--war)-ka, adj. See urimana- 



pciqwaqka. 

 UQ, V. n. to he : en uij, to he in, — waui),yaui), ui)- 



yakoi)pi. 

 UI), V. a. to use any thing, have for use, — muq, 



nui), ui)kui)pi. 

 ur), pron. in comp. we, us. 

 ur)'-ca, V. a. to mock, imitate, ridicule one, — 



uijwada, uquqcapi, uijmaca. 

 ur)-ei', n. a grandmother, my grandmother ; ni- 



kurjsi, thy grandmother : kuijk^itku, his or her 



grandmother ; the sun, in the sacred language. 



A woman calls her mother-in-law 'ui)di.' 

 UQ-ei'-dai), n. dim. of uqdi. 

 up'-ci-hi, V. n. to have attained one's groieth ; to 



he able to take care of oneself , — uqmacihi, uijnici- 



hi, ui)ui)cihipi. 

 UI)'-ei-hi-ya, v. a. to cause to sustain oneself ; to 



raise, train up to manhood, — uijdihiwaya. 

 ur)-ci'-si, n. a mother-in-law, my mother-in-law : 



nikur)si, thy mother-in-law. This is said to be 



the proper word for mother-in-law, but shortened 



by the women into uijci. 

 ur)-el'-si-ea-dai), n. the crow, crows, the Corvus 



americanus. 

 iir)-ei'-si-dar), n. dim. of uqci^i. 

 ur)-ci'-si-ya, v. a. to have one for uijciii, — 



uqcisiwaya. 

 ur)-ei'-ya, v. a. to have for ui)ci, — uijdiwaya. 

 ur)'-eor)-ni-ca, v. n. to give up, yield, not try to 



escape ; to be prevented, penned up, — uijma^oij- 



nida. 

 UQ'-^oq-nin, v. n. cont. of uij^oqnida. 



ur)'-cor)-nin-ya, v. a. to obstruct, prevent from 

 escaping, frighten so as to make unable to 

 escape — ui) ^oqninwaya. 



ur)'-eoQ-nin-ya, adv. prevented : ui)^oi)ninya 

 naiii). 



ui)'-eur)-ni-ca, v. See ui^doquica. 



ur)'-eur)-nin-ya, adv. See uijdoijninya. 



ur)'-har)-ke-ta, adv. at length, after a while, at 

 the end. 



ur)'-hda-ka, v. n. to move, he moving about ; to 

 travel about with a family, pitching one's tent at 

 short stages : ui)hdaka waui), / am moving ; uij- 

 hdaka uijyakoijpi, we are camping. 



uQ'-kar), conj. and. 



ur)'-kar)s, conj. if; the sign of the subjunctive 

 mood, and usually of past time. 



ur)-k6e', v. n. to defecate ; to break wind, — uqwa- 

 kde, ui)ui)kdepi. 



UI)-kce', M. faeces; breaking wind. 



ur)-k6e'-ki-Ra, n. the magpie. 



ur)-kee'-pa-hini-yar)-yai), n. the beetle, the 

 tumble-bug. 



ur)-ki', pron. in comp., with ' pi ' at the end of the 

 word ; we ; us. 



ur)-ki'-ta, pron. pos. in comp., with ' pi ' at the end 

 of the word ; ours. 



ur)-ki'-ta-"wa, pron. dual ; ours, that is, thine 

 and mine. 



ur)-ki'-ta-'wa-pi, jyron. plur. ours. 



ur)-kis', ^jroM. we, ourselves. 



urj-kis'-na-na, pron. dual ; we two alone: plur. 

 uijkisnaijpidai). 



ui)-ki'-ye, pron. we, we two ; us. 



ui)-ki'-ye-ke, pron. we ourselves. 



ur)-ki'-ye-pi, pron. plur. we ; us. 



Urj-kte'-M, n. the Dakota god of the waters ; a 

 fabled monster of the deep ; the whale : an ex- 

 tinct animal, the bones of which are said to be 

 sometimes found by the Indians, probably the 

 mastodon. 



UQ-kto'-mi, n. the spider ; also a fabulous crea- 

 ture, a Dakota god. 



ur)'-ksu, n. a woman's work-bag ; i. q. par)bo- 

 tuka. 



vii)'-ksu-dar), n. dim. of uijk^u ; a reticule. 



ur)'-ina, adj. the one, the other : ui)ma tukte, 

 which of the two ? uijma itoto, one after the other, 

 turn about. 



■ur)'-ma-na, adj. with ini following, neither : ui)- 

 mana iwacu ^ni, / took neither. 



ur)'-nia-na-peir)-"war)-ka, num. adj. nineteen. 



uq'-na, V. dim. of U5, to he, and ui), to use. 



ug'-na-har), adv. at last ; i. q. uijhaijketa. 



ur)-na'-ptar), adj. sideling: he uqnaptai) and 

 liuijnaptafl, a tide hill. 



