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ui)'-pa, V. a. to place or leave, as a boat ; to raise 

 for oneself, as a dog or girl, — wauijpa, ui)kui3- 

 papi. 



ur)'-pa, V. n. to smoke, as tobacco, — ugmuripa, 

 ui)nui)pa, uqkugpapi. See caqnuijpa. 



UQ-sir)', n. the small end of a porcupine quill ; 

 the large quills in the porcupine's tail. 



ui)-stai)', V. imperat. stop, quit. Used only in 

 this form. 



ur)-tkar)'-na, adv. much. See utkaijna. 



ur)-ya'-kor)-pi, v. 1st pers. plur. we are. 



u-par)', n. the female of the elk, or Cervus alces. 



u-pi', n, the tail of a bird ; the lower border of a 

 garment. 



u-pi'-zi-ea, n. a yellow-tailed hawk. 



u-pi'-za-ta, n. the forked-tailed swallow. 



u-psis'-ya, adv. muddily : upsisya wa^ka. 



u-psi'-za, n. mud. 



u-sku'-ye-ea, «. the acorns of the white oak : 

 uskuyeca cai), the white oak. 



u-sku'-ye-ea-hu, n. the white oak, Quercus 

 alba, 



u-spar)'-spar)-he-ea, n. the iron loood or Iwm- 

 beam, perhaps the Ostrya virginica. 



u-sdo'-ni-ya, n. a mineral spring ; mineral 

 sediment deposited from water, as sulphate of 

 iron or copperas. This word would seem to be 

 formed from u, to come, sdo, to melt or liquefy, 

 as metals, and niya, to breathe, as if the metal 

 came out liquefied by the earth's breath. 



u-sdo'-'Wi-'wi, n. a swamp with a yellow sedi- 

 ment. 



U-si', V. a. to command to come, send, — uwasi. 



U-star)', V. imperat. only; stop. See uijstai). 



u'-ta, n. an acorn, acorns, black oak acorns. 



u'-ta, V. a. to try, taste any thing, to attempt, try 

 to do a thing — uwata, uijkutapi. 



U-tkar)'-na, adv. much, a great deal. 



u-tkari'-tkaq-na, adv. red. of utkaijna. 



u-tu'-h.u, n. the black oak, Quercus nigra. 



u'-'wa, V. imperat. ccnne. Used by women. 



U-ya', V. n. to come ; to become : sniyai) uya, it 

 is becoming cold : to grow, spring up, as grass. 



U-ye'-ki-ya, v. a. to cause to grow or spring up, 

 — uyewakiya. 



U-ye'-ya, v. a. to cause to come, — uyewaya. 



w. 



■W, the twenty-sixth letter of the Dakota alphabet, 

 having the same sound that it has in the begin- 

 ning of words in English. 



"wa, pron, in comp. I. 



"wa, n. snow. 



wa, v. n. to mow. See wapa. 



"wa, an abbreviation of wahaijksida. 



wa, a prefix. When used with verbs it usually 

 puts them in the absolute or intransitive state. 

 In some cases it forms of them nouns denoting 

 the agent or actor. Indeed, the absolute forms 

 may all be so used ; as, wanikiya, a saviour. 

 When prefixed to nouns, it makes their significa- 

 tion more general. 



wa-a'-eag-ksi, v. n. of caijksi ; to be ill-tem- 

 pered, out of humor ; to be threatening every 

 one, — waadanwaksi. 



■wa-a'-eaij-ksi-ya, adv. in a cross, surly man- 

 ner. 



"wa-a'-hda, v. of ahda ; to take home, — waawahda. 



wa-a'-hde-ea, v. to take home ; one who takes 

 home, — waawahdeda. 



■wa-a'-hdi, v. See wahdi. 



■wa-a'-ho-tar)-ka, n. one who bawls out, one 

 who vociferates, — waahowataijka. 



■wa-a'-ho-tor), n. something that makes a noise, 

 as thunder, etc. 



■wa-a'-i-a, v. of aia ; to talk about, to slander, — 

 waawaia, waaurjkiapi. 



wa-a'-i-a-pi, n. a talking against, slander ; con- 

 sultation. 



^va-a'-i-a-ti-pi, n. a council-house. 



wa-a'-i-e-s'a, n. a slanderer, a tattler. 



■wa-a'-ka-ga, v. of akaga ; to add to ; to trans- 

 gress ; to m,ake a lie on ; to blaspheme, — waawa- 

 kaga. 



wa-a'-ka-ga-pi, n. making on, blasphemy. 



•wa-a'-ka-hpa, v. of akahpa ; to cover, — waawa- 

 kahpa. 



"wa-a'-ka-lipe, n. a covering. See woakahpe. 



■wa-a'-ki-ei-ya-tar)-ir), n. manifestation. 



•wa-a'-kl-ktorj-za, v. of akiktoi)ia ; to forget, — 

 waawektoijza. See wakiktoijia. 



■wa-a'-ki-ktOQ-za-pi, n. forgetfulness. See wa- 

 kiktoi)iapi. 



"wa-a'-kin, cont. of waakita. 



■wa-a'-ki-ni-ca, v. of akinida; to dispute ; one 

 who disputes, — waawakinica. 



wa-a'-ki-ni-ea-pi, n. disputation. 



•wa-a'-ki-nin, cont. of waakinida ; waakinin 

 uqpi, they are disputing. 



•wa-a'-ki-nin-ya, arff . in the way of disputing. 



"wa-a'-kl-ta, v. of akita ; to hunt, seek, — waawa- 

 kita. 



"wa-a'-mdes, cont. of waamdeza. 



■vira-a'-inde-za, v. to be observing, to be clear- 

 sighted, — waawamdeza. 



wa-a'-na-go-ptar), v. of anagoptaij ; to listen to, 

 obey, be obedient, — waanawagoptai). 



wa-a'-na-go-ptar)-yai), adv. obediently : waa- 

 nagoptagyai) waug, / am obedient. 



