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■wo'-za-pi, n. something mashed and stirred up ; 



hasty -piidding, mush. 

 ■wo'-za-za, v. of yuiaia ; to wash, do a washing, 



— wamduiaia. 

 ■wo'-za-za-pi, n. washing. 

 ■wo'-zi-ee, n. riches. 

 ■wo'-zu, V. of ozu ; to sow, to plant, — wowaiu, 



woyaiu, wouijiupi. 

 ■wo'-zu, n. a sower. 



■wo'-zu-ha, n. an empty bag, a sack, a case. 

 •wo'-zu-ha-dax), n. a small bag. 

 ■wo'-zu-pi, n. seed for planting ; sowing or plant- 

 ing ; a field or garden. 

 ■WO'-ZU-pi-'Wi, n. the planting moon. May. 

 "wo'-zu-ti, M. a farm-house ; a farmer. 

 ■wo'-zu-tor), V. of oiutor) ; to fill up into bags 



or sacks, — woiuwatoi). 

 "wo'-zu-tog-pi, n. a bag or sack filled, a bag of 



corn. 

 VTo'-zu-zu, V. of yuzuiu ; to take to pieces; to 



demolish ; to unpack, — wowaiuiu and wamdu- 



zuzu. 

 "Wo'-zu-zu-pi, n. taking to pieces. 

 •wuh'--wuh--wuh, intj. Used by the Dakota 



women in calling a dog. 



y, the twenty-seventh letter of the Dakota alphabet, 



with the common sound of ' y ' in English. 

 ya, a prefix. 



1. It is prefixed to a large class of verbs, and sig- 



nifies that the action is done tdth the mouth, 

 by biting, talking, etc. ; as, yaksa, to bite off. 



2. It is prefixed to adjectives, and sometimes 



nouns, making of them verbs signifying 

 to speak of as such or to make so with the 

 mouth ; as, waite, good, yawaste, to call 

 good, to bless ; wic'aita, man, yawica^ta, to 

 speak of as a man. In these cases the dif- 

 ferent pei-sons are formed as in ya, to go. 

 ya, V. aux. causative ; to cause, to make. This is 

 suffixed to verbs, adjectives, etc. ; as, ecoijya, to 

 cause to do ; samya, to make black ; was'agya, 

 to make strong. The place of the pronoun is 

 before the ' ya.' 

 ya, V. aux. suffix to nouns ; to have for, regard 

 as ; as, tiyopa-ya, to have for a door ; isai)-ya, to 

 have for or use as a knife. It is also used in 

 cases of relationship ; as, ate-ya, to have for 

 father, — atewaya, ateuijyaijpi : taqk^iwaya, she 

 is my sister or / have her for sister. 

 ya, pron. in comp. thou, you. 

 ya, V. n. to go, to start, to proceed, — mda, da, uij- 

 yaijpi. 



ya, or yai), an adverbial termination of adjec- 

 tives and an adverbial or participial termination 

 of verbs ; as, sic'a, bad, ^icaya, badly ; yukta^, 

 to bend, yuktaijyai), bending. 

 ya-a'-dos-do-za, v. yaadosdoza se iyeya, to say 

 something that makes another feel uncomfortable, 

 to injure one's feelings. 

 ya-a'-o-pte-ea, v. a. to speak of as being small, 



to underrate, — mdaaopteda. 

 ya-a'-o-pten, cont. of yaopteda ; yaaopten iyeya. 

 ya-a'-o-pten-ya, adv. in a depreciating manner. 

 ya-a'-o-pte-tu, v. a. to speak of as less, to un- 

 derrate, — mdaaoptetu. 

 ya-a'-o-pte-tu-ya, adv. underrating. 

 ya-a'-sda, v. n. to graze, as cattle. 

 ya-a'-sda-ya, v. a. to make bare, as a falsehood ; 

 to unfold, tell, explain ; to make bare with the 

 teeth, — mdaasdaya. 

 ya-a'-ska-dar), v. a. to speak of as near, — mda- 



askadai). 

 ya-a'-ska-ska-dar), v. red. of yaaskadaij. 

 ya-a'-ska-ya-ken, adv. speaking of as near. 

 ya-a'-ska-ye-dar), v. a. to spMk of as near, — 



mdaaskayedaq. 

 ya-ba'-ga, v. a. to turn about with the mouth, to 

 twist ; to bite or vex, as one dog does another ; 

 to vex or annoy by begging, — mdabaga. 

 ya-ba'-ga-ka, v. a. to annoy, to beg of, — mdaba- 



gaka. 

 ya-ba'-za, v. a. to annoy, as one dog does ano- 

 ther by biting. 

 ya-ba'-za, v. a. to bite or gnaw, as a horse does 



wood. 

 ya-bo'-sdan, v. to set up with the mouth : ya- 

 bosdan yapa, and yabosdan ehnaka, to hold up- 

 right with the mouth. 

 ya-bu', V. a. to growl, to speak or sing with a 



hoarse voice, — mdabu. 

 ya-bu'-bu, v. red, of yabu ; to speak with a 



hoarse rough voice, — mdabubu. 

 ya-bu'-ya, adv. hoarsely : yabuya ia, to speak 



with a hoarse voice. 

 ya-eao'-cai), v. a. to make shake with the mouth, 

 ya-ee'-ka, v. a. See yacekceka. 

 ya-ce'-kee-ka, v. a. to bite and make stagger, — 



mdadekceka. 

 ya-ce'-ya, v. a. to make cry by talking to or 



biting, — mdac'eya, mayac'eya. 

 ya-ci'-ka-dar), v. a. to count small ; to make 

 small with the mouth ; to undervalue, — mdadi- 

 kadai]. 

 ya-ei'-stir)-na, v. a, to speak of as small, — mda- 



distiijna. 

 ya-co', V. a. to judge, condemn, fine, — mdac'o, 

 dado, uijyadopi. 



