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axo'k dutca'ti natco''^^ nko'"^ nko''^ nda^sk 

 nko'"^, I make baskets and mats out of 

 split cane (Bj., M. ). ahtXtxyV inkta' 

 idu/si ko', akutxyV o™' hu^yaxkiya^, 

 when you receive my letter, send one 

 hither to me. ifiksiyo^ nduHl na^Hk 

 nkon', I was eating meat very long 

 ago (years ago). nkVnkxihi o'"^, I was 

 laughing (long ago), mqk tididihe o'^ 

 tyi, Uxli 0'"', medicine for darting 

 paina in the chest. sa''^hW kiya^ 

 nko'"' inkte^ xo, I will do it again and 

 hit you on the other side (1:11). 

 sanhinya'"^ kiya^ nko'"' Wnaxta^ xo, I 

 will do it again and kick you on the 

 other side ( 1 : 12 ) . akutxyV ayo'"''' no^^d 

 ndo'"-hV, I saw to-day the letter that 

 you made (wrote) (5: 1). aya^o'"', 

 you make or do it. aya'o'"' xyi pi' na, 

 if you would do it, it would be good. 

 anya^ dMon^yan, man doll (28: 184, 

 185). ay /tike, you were doing so 

 (p. 16 1 : 24). sunnitQi^nik o^ha a^ya o'"'m, 

 "tar of man made," tar baby, koxo- 

 denika ankadakayonni, the spider makes 

 little cords, ka^wak u'"-' nedV ( =kawake 

 H-o^ni), whatis he (orshe) doing (while 

 standing)? a'^^ksingo^xnakV, I make an 

 arrow (G.). /lo^Jia, maker (G.). ^o**, to 

 perform an action by means of (pre- 

 ceded by noun of instrument) {ayo'"^, or 

 kayo'"''', nko'"-). 'Cinksa''pi ko'"'^ o^di hutpl^, 

 he shot a hole through it with a gun. 

 Unksa^pi kayoi^ hayo'di yutpi^, you shot, 

 etc. ■Cmksa'pi nko'"^ nWdi {i^nlcMpt/, I 

 shot, etc. ma'stUsa'"'^ ko'"^ ukpt/, he burnt 

 a hole through it with a hot iron, ma^su- 

 IsaP'' kayo'n'yukpe^, you burnt, etc. masHt- 

 tsa'"^ nko'>i^ {ifnMkpe^, I burn, etc. 

 miko'"^ni ko'"'' hutpe^, to dig with a hoe 

 {mikoi^ni ayo'"^ yutpe^, miko'''^ni nko''^ 

 Unkutpe'). e'deko'"'XtV, to do just as he 

 did {/dako'^'^xti, e'dunko'f'^xti; preceded 

 by the pronouns, i^dhe^, ayVndhe, 

 nkindhe'). etukon' or Huko''^ni, to do 

 that; to do that to another, to treat one 

 in that manner, ^tikayo^ (or t/tika- 

 yo'n^ni), you do that to him. ^tanko'"^ 

 (or '^taflkoii'ni) , I do th at to him . ^tiki- 

 yo''^ni, he treated you thus, etukoi^, 

 used as an imperative, do so, do that, 

 treat him thus, tddi'kika'"' /tikayo'"'^m, 

 why have you done thus? (3: 20). 



tddiW etVkayo''^, why do (or should) 

 you do that? (3: 10). nkindh/ Hanko'"'^, 

 I, too, act thus (5: 2). ka^waxti' xye, 

 &'tiki''yo'"tu^ ya, poor fellow! I feel sor- 

 ry on account of the way in which 

 they treat you ! aya^nde ka'"'^ /tikinyoi^- 

 ni wo^, " when it was you, did I treat 

 you so?" ( was it you whom I treated so?) 

 (2: 6, 7, 15). UVkiyanko^ni xyexyo^, 

 why do you treat me thus? (2: 23). 

 ka'nko''>'nV nStkohi' xehe'kiye Uuxaf , Tce't- 

 kmiadV e^tuko'"''ni, it was the Rabbit 

 (himself, not another) who placed the 

 trap in the path, etc. (3: 13, 14). Tce^t- 

 kana^ aso'"'ti^ loa^nihiya^ hi"^ adatctka^, 

 Ina' l'tako'"''ni, the Rabbit's hair be- 

 tween the shoulders was scorched by the 

 Sun (3: 23). lliWxo'^'Hi or etikefxo'"'ni 

 (7: 3), he does that all the time, did 

 no other way {Wi'kaxo'n''xa, ^tililko'"'^- 

 xa, UiWxo'ntu, Hikayo'^^xtu, etluflko'"^- 

 xtu). i/liko''^daha', he treated them 

 so (8: 7). — of^'ni or o%ii^ {ayo''<^ni or 

 hayo''^m; nko'"'^ni or nko'^'nV; oHu', 

 ayoHu' or hayoHW , nkoHuf). Impera- 

 tives: oi^nV (to a child); o'^tki' (man or 

 woman to woman); oHata' (man to 

 man); o'^^tatef (woman to woman). 

 Plurals: o'^lu' (to children); o'n^taiki' 

 (man or woman to women); o''^tkanko^ 

 (man to men); o''^tatatt/ (woman to 

 women). ma^sa {ttsai^tV teiV o'n''ni, 

 to make iron red hot. n^o"^ kehe'detu, 

 we have finished making it. ka'^ko'^ni'' 

 nko'i^ha'"' netkohV xt^henkt/ ndw'si xyo^, 

 I will make a trap and set it down in 

 the road and catch him. o'^'uV, he 

 made it (by command). Qi^ni na'', he 

 made it (of his own accord), nku'"'- 

 noxt/ nka^nde o'"^ni, I did live with her 

 for some time. i'"-hW yanka' nko'"- 

 he'dafi nl, I had already made it when 

 he came, i^lxi'"-' yanka' ayo'"'' he'da'"' 

 inS, you had already made (or done) it 

 when he came. — Used as the Dakota 

 0" to denote the instrument: spdehi' 

 0^ daksa'di, he cut it with a knife. 

 spdehV ayo'"''' Vdaksadi, (you cut it, or) 

 did you cut it with a knife? spdehi' 

 nko^ -ndaksa'di, I cut it with a knife. 

 Used in forming nouns: ayna xldidiJie 

 o'"ni, a quicksand, ha'me la""^ o'"''ni 

 nkaW na', I dwell in a large bent tree 



