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da-, prefix indicating the mouth as 

 agent. 



da, to gather, collect (cf. indu, to seek). — 

 axo^g dunV da de'di O'^^ti ya'ndi, the 

 Bear went to gather young canes (2:17). 

 a^nde a^o'"' de' han axc/g kiduni' tcVna 

 yi'nki da', when he had been gone a 

 longtime, he gathered a very few young 

 canes (2: 17, 18, \^).—dadl', to gather, 

 collect, as cotton, young canes, etc. 

 {Vdadi, nda'di; datu', Vdatu, ndatu'). 

 ptqa'to nda dande', I will pick cotton. 

 e'ya'"' kVdihan kldunV da' tcaktca'ke Jia'- 

 maki, when we reached home he gath- 

 ered a lot of young canes and hung 

 them up (2: 2, 3). — kida'di, to gather 

 or collect, as cotton or young canes, for 

 another {ya'klda'di, a'xklda'di; kldatu', 

 ya'kldatu', axktdatu'). klda, picked (off) 

 (31: 3). nhu'kUadi, 1 gather (23: 4). 

 at(/ miska' kuda' mnnt k'd de' yc, he 

 picked up the small potatoes and moved 

 them away (p. 149: 13). — uklda'di, to 

 pick up an object {yu'ktda'di, nku'kl- 

 da'di). uktda', pick it up! — kiX'dM'Ci- 

 da'di, to pick or snatch up several small 

 things in quick succession, as a hen in 

 eating ( i'kMukCida'dl, xku'dukuda'di). 

 {Also 14: 16, 20, 21; 21: 1; 28: 7, 8, 

 15, 16, 51, 53, 249, 251.) 



daha^, pi. objective fragment pronoun 

 for all three persons: them, you, us. — 

 ewande' kuya'ndahanV, be or she hates 

 them, ewe yuke' ko kuya'"'' xtudahanV , 

 they hate them, dao'"-, them (pi. obj.). 

 siHo' ita'dao'"', they (your) boys (p. 

 132: 11, etc.). — ha instead of dalia: 

 inkle' dande', I will hit thee; inkte'ha 

 dande', I will hit you (all), nyiku 

 dande', I will give it to thee; nyiku' ha 

 dande', I will give it to you (all). 

 ema^, iyotu'ha na', beware! they 

 might shoot you (pi.?). 



daka. — axpada' kaxti' , to be intelligent, 

 smart {aya'xpada' kaxti', nkaxpada'- 

 kaxti'). axpada' kaxti' pi'hedi'di'"', he 

 ought to be smart. — ka'xpadaka'xtini', 

 not intelligent, dull, slow-witted {ka- 

 ya' xpadaka' xtini' , nka' xpadaka' xtini' ) . 



daki, dag, tuki, tiig, to stick, adhere, 

 be glued. — anksi adaki, arrow feathers, 

 "glued on arrow" (?). ada' go'^-ni' , to 

 glue on arrow feathers {aya' dagoi^ni' , 

 nka'dago'"-ni'). akdtxyi' ada'go''^ni, a 



picture, a portrait (?). afya'dago''hii', 

 a doll, "small man made" (?) [Also 

 p. 166: 21). — a'dustUki', to adhere or 

 stick to. ayi'dustii'ki, it sticks to thee 

 (or you) . aya'ndustHiki, it sticks to me 

 (see tspa'n). doxpa adustugo^ni, a but- 

 ton, buttons, doxpa adusHj.go'"' tpuhi, 

 buttonholes. 



dakxo^pi, to cut off. — kldakxo'pi, (he) 

 cut it off from it (10: 16), 



daxka^, rough. — a'ktu daxka, a toad. 



dande^, or da'nde, will, shall, in asser- 

 tions and questions (cf. xo). — wile'di 

 ko imahi'"'' dande', haha'diya'"-', he will 

 paddle (or, row) the boat to-morrow. 

 teya' dande', he will kill it, he is going 

 to kill it (as a hog) at the proper time. 

 luite'di ko yi'mahin' da'nde naha'- 

 diya^', will you paddle (or row) the 

 boat to-morrow ? — dande' sometimes 

 refers to a perfect future, "was about 

 to" (in the past) ; to'hana nku' dande', I 

 was (then) about to be (or, on the 

 point of) coming hither yesterday. — 

 dande always changes final "e" of the 

 preceding word to " a " : a'duti ta' dan- 

 de' (not a'duti te' dande'), he will be 

 hungry, nda' dande', I will go. — ya'nda 

 hi, you shall be so (20: 48). ha' nda 

 (hi), he should be (22: 10). {Also 8: 

 21; 9: 3, 6; 10: 12; 28: 160.) 



da^ni, three. — da'ni tci' Mmki', three 

 (animals) are reclining together, or, 

 one (book) is lying on two others. 

 da'niya'"'' tcudi', to place a third (book) 

 on a pile, toho'xk dani' ko xkuku' 

 ondaha', I give three horses to each 

 (man), nko'"'' dani' , I did it thrice. 

 ptgato' ntcu' dani', I put the cotton in 

 three places. — da'nhudi' {dani-\-ahudi?) , 

 "three bones (on the other hand?)," 

 eight. 



das. — daswa', his or her back {i'dasiva', 

 ndaswa'; da'swatu', i'daswatu', nda's- 

 watu'). — daswa' apariaf-', his entire 

 back (cf. the Hidatsa, adatsa, a'd^atsa, 

 behind). — i'"-' dasko'rhii' , to have his back 

 to it. ayi'"''dasko''^ni', you have your 

 back to it. nkin'dasko'"-ni', I have my 

 back to it. nyi'"''dasko'>h}i', I have my 

 back to you. yailkl''^' dasko'^^ni' , he has 

 his back to me. hi'yanki'n''dasko''^ni', 

 thou (you) have your back to me. 

 {Also 20: 1; 28: 240, 256.) 



