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■wa-ho'-si, V, of hosi ; to cany word ; always 

 used with another verb, as, wahosi i, waho^i hi, 

 waho^i ya, etc. ; to bring or carry news. 



■wa-ho'-si-'wa-kar), n. a formation used by 

 some for angel, messenger. 



■wa-ho'-ya, v. a. to send for one, to send word 

 to one, to promise something to one, — wahowaya. 



"wa-ho'-ya-pi, n. sending word to. 



"wa-hu'-a-ta-ya, v. See wahuwataya. 



•wa-hu'-ke-za, n. a spear, such as is used in 

 spearing muskrats ; a war-spear. 



■wa-hu'-nor)-pa, n. a biped ; an appellation of 

 man, not much used. 



"Wa-hu'-to-pa, n. quadrupeds, but used only for 

 the dog and wolf, in the sacred dialect. 



'wa-liu'-'wa-pa, n. coi-n, an ear of corn ; some- 

 times corn in bags. 



■wa-hu'-"wa-ta-ya, v. n. to find oneself all at 

 once unable to proceed, to be unable to escape from 

 fright, or some other cause, — wahuwatawaya. 



■wa-hu'--wa-ta-ye-ya, v. a. to frighten, or in 

 some way make unable to escape, — wahuwata- 

 yewaya. 



■wa-ha', V. of ha ; to bury, — wawaha, waui)hapi : 

 also 1st pers. sing, of ha. 



"wa-ham'-ya, v. of hamya ; to frighten or scare 

 away, — wahamwaya. 



■wa-hag'-da, v. a. to esteem, think highly of one, 

 — wahaqwada. 



"wa-hari'-liaij-i-ei-da, v. reflex, to be self-suffi- 

 cient, self-important, — wahai)hai)mi^ida. 



■wa-liar)'-i-ei-da, v. reflex, of wahaijda ; to think 

 highly of oneself, be proud, — wahai)mi^ida. 



■wra-hag'-l-ci-da-pi, n. pride. 



■wa-hajj'-i-te-ya, v. a. to tire one out, — wahaij- 

 itewaya. 



■wa-har)'-ka, v. to do difficult things well, — wa- 

 wahaijka. 



■wa-har)'-ksi-ca, n. the black bear, the Ursus 

 americanus. 



■wra-Rai)'-ksl-ca-ta-ha-za, n. a kind of berry 

 growing on small bushes resembUng the whortle- 

 berry. 



"wra-ha'-pi, n. burying ; something buried. 



"wa'-liba, adj. mild, gentle. 



•wa'-hba-dai), adj. gentle, — mawalibadai), niwa- 

 hbadaq, ugwahbapidai). 



■wa'-hba-ka, adj. mild, gentle, — mawahbaka : 

 wicaita wahbaka, a gentleman ; wiwahbaka, a 

 lady. 



■wa'-hba-ya, adv. mildly, gently. 



"wa-hba'-ya, v. of hbaya ; to make sleepy, — wa- 

 hbawaya. 



"Wa'-liba-ye-dai), adv. mildly, gently : waliba- 

 yedai) wauq, / conduct mildly. 



■wa-hea', n. the generic name for flowers : wa- 



hca kamdu and wahca namdu, to unfold or 



blossom. 

 ■wa-K.ea'-zi-zi, n. yellow floioers, the sunflower. 

 "wali-eir)'-ea, «. the aspen or small cotton-wood, 



the Populus canadensis. 

 ■wa-het'-a-zu, v. a. to discharge freight, unload, 



as a vessel, — wahetawazu. 

 ■wa-Ret'-a-zu-pi, n. unloading. 

 ■wa-he'-ya-ta-i-ye-ya, v. to push back; one 



who pushes others back. 

 ■wa-hna'-hna, n. the coffee-nut. 

 ■wa-Rna'-hna-hu, n. the coffee-nut tree. 

 "wa-hna'-'wa-he-ea, oc?/. lean, poor ; ill-looking, 



but much better than it looks : wahnawaheda 



tuka waste, it is good although it looks badly, 

 "wa-hpa'-nl, adj. poor, destitute. 

 ■wa-hpa'-ni-ea, adj. poor, destitute, having no 



wahpaya, — mawahpanida, ui)wahpanicapi. 

 ■wa-fipa'-nl-da, v. a. to consider poor ; to feel 



compassion for, have mercy on, — wahpaniwada. 

 ■wa-hpa'-ni-ya, v. a. to make poor, cause to be 



poor, — wahpani waya, wahpanimayai) . 

 ■wa-Rpa'-ni-yar), adv. poorly, in a destitute way. 

 ■wa-hpa'-ya, n. any thing one has of movable 



goods, baggage. 

 "wa-hpa'-ye-ca, n. baggage. 

 ■wa-Rpe', n. a leaf, leaves. 

 Wa-tpe'-ku-te, n. the Leaf-shooters ; a band 



of the Dakotas who live chiefly on the head 



waters of the Blue Earth and Cannon rivers. 

 "wa-hpe'-mda-ska-ska, n. winter greens. 

 ■wa-hpe'-pe-zl-hu-ta, n. leaf-medicine, i. e. tea. 

 ■wa-Rpe'-tar)-ka, n. large-leaf i. e. cabbage. 

 Wa-tpe'-tor)-"W£ir), n. a band of the Dakotas, 



who reside chiefly at the Little Rapids, at Lac- 



qui-parle, and at the lower extremity of Big Stone 



Lake. 

 "Wa-tpo'-pa, n, the large species of willow. 

 ■wa'-lita-ni, v. of ahtani ; to transgress a usage 



or custom, to omit a ceremony ; to do wickedly ; 



to sin, — wawahtani, wayahtani, w4ui)htanipi. 

 "wa'-tta-ni-ya, v. a. to cause to transgress or 



sin, — wahtaniwaya. 

 ■wa-Rte', adj. good. See wahtesni. 

 "wa-Me'-da, v. to esteem good ; used only in the 



negative. 

 ^w•a-Me'-da-ka, v. a. to dislike, i. q. wahteda^ni. 

 ■wa-hte'-da-sni, v. a. to dislike, abominate, — 



wahtewadaini, wahteuqdapi^ni, wahtecida^ni. 

 "wa-Me'-ka, adj. bad, i. q. wahtesni. 

 "wa-Me'-sni, adj. bad, worthless, wicked, — ma- 



wahtesni. 

 ■wa-hu'-pa-ko-za, «. wing-flappers, i. e. fowls, 



domestic fowls. 



