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to hopple a horse (by the forelegs). 



edi^, a'f^yadi sV naskSxtV kito'"'^ni de^ 

 Qi^km etuxiV, behold, a man with very 

 long feet had passed along ahead of 

 him (3: 2, 3, 6, 13).— siw/ii«^, to stand 

 (D., ^., K., Kw., nujin; Os., naoin). 

 m'^hin {{mksi'n^kin) (cf. ni, ni); siskin 

 ne^di, he is standing; {ttiksi'^hin ne^di, 

 I am standing; xafxa hafmaki, they 

 are standing; yVxaxa ha^mahi, ye are 

 standing; nkVxaxo. ha^maki, we are 

 standing. a''^ya xa^xaxa ma^nktn, they 

 (all the men) are standing (said of 

 many). Imperatives: stw/ii*^ (to child); 

 sinkV (man or woman to woman); si«- 

 xkanko^ (man to man) ; sl'f'dakte^ (woman 

 to man), a'^'^ya si''^hin ne^ a^yehUC^ni, 

 do you know the standing man? aya'"^ 

 si^hin ne^ ko te^di, the (standing) tree 

 is dead, tohc/xk supV si'"^hin n(/di, the 

 black horse is standing; but tohc/xk 

 si^hin n(/ ko supi^ xS (w. sp.), the stand- 

 ing horse is black. a«se^jo si'^/ii'^ nl-^ 

 ko inkta^, the standing ax is mine. 

 sinhi"^ sa''>'hannV, to stand firm, to stand 

 his ground {i^si"-hin sanhannV, {inksW- 

 hin sanhanni^). a^ya' sin^liin ne^yan 

 nkySho'"'''ni, I know that standing man. 

 a^ya' si'"^hi'"' ne^dene nkySho'"'^ni, I know 

 this standing man. si^-hinyt/, to stand 

 up a perpendicular object {si'^'hayt'^ , 

 si'"'Mnke^ ; sWhinxjUu^ , sinniayitu\ sW- 

 hinkctu^). kiitata^ si^^hi'^y^, to set it up 

 straight (kidata^ sii^hWiaye, kutata^ 

 sWhinhanke). si^Hii'^'X, before kan, to 

 stand, i. e., to stop and stand (as when 

 listening, etc.). yahe^ya^ de^ si'^hinx- 

 kan\ he went to a distance, and when 

 he stopped and stood (listening?), etc. 

 (2:6). sina:, stood (28: 176). ire^, stood 

 (18: 11). si^hin/ nSkde^, he was stand- 

 ing so long, a^yan sWiW, a standing 

 tree. sixn^K, to stand (G.). nksixnefdi, 

 I am standing ( G. ) . a^s [nhin ( = a + sin- 

 /n«,)to staudupon {yasin^hi^, nkasin^kin; 

 pi., a^xaxa (hamaki), aya^xaxa, nka'x- 

 axa D., |3., K., anajin; Os., anaoln). — 

 -hin {=sinhinf), to stand, be standing; 

 used in composition. xa'ninaHinkefhi'"' 

 nkand^, I (still) stand (here?) and 

 make it (a heavy object) roll over 

 and over in one direction, ini^hi"' 

 {=innVhin?) ha^nde, he was (or, con- 

 tinued) drinking. {Also 29: 3, 6, 9, 



15, 18, 21, 23; 31: 34; p. 117: 1; p. 

 118: 5, 6,19, 20; p. 121: 4.) 



si. — a'yinsi'hi'"', to be a coward (aya^yin- 

 sVhi"', nka^yi'^'sUdn, a'yi^'sixtu' , aya^yin- 

 sixtu\ nka^yi'^sixtu^ ) . a^yinsVhinxtV, he 

 is a great coward. ki'"'^sinhiye^, they 

 made them cowards (23: 22). — ka^yin- 

 sinV, not to be a coward {kaya/yii^sinV, 

 nka^yi'^sVni). 



si. — siye^, to tell a lie {sVhaye\ sVhUnke') 

 (cf. yetci'). t! siye' xye, oh! what a 

 lie ! t! si^yewa^ye, oh, how untrue! 



sidipi^, bearing marks or indentations 

 from being tied tightly (cf. sipi'). — 

 si^dipiye'', to cause to be marked from 

 a cord, etc., tightly drawn around the 

 object {stdipi^haye^, sldipVhunke'). 



sika, deer skin (27: 1). 



sikte. — asikte'di, to pant, as a person af- 

 ter running; to pant, as a dog does, 

 with the tongue out {aya^sikie^di, nka^- 

 sikte'di). 



standi, sindiya", siii, si^it, the tail of a 

 bird or that of a quadruped (cf. 

 nindV). — isVnti, for a tail (28: 240). 

 insindV, resembling a tail (28: 257). 

 isind o^^m, make out of it a tail(28: 259). 

 i'^tka sind o'l^yai^, ' ' where the stars have 

 tails," the Aurora Borealis. sindihin', 

 the tail feathers of a bird, o sVndiyan, 

 a fish's tail, ndes stnt sake, "rattle tail 

 snake," rattlesnake, paxexh stnttctV, 

 red-tailed chicken hawk, paxexk stnt 

 konatcontka, forked - tailed chicken 

 hawk, kudeska si'"' psoMi, "sharp- 

 tailed bird" (sindi), the swallow, si^nd 

 udoxpe\ "tail dress," a crupper. 

 {Aho 15: 7, 9, 10, 11; 17: 9; 21: 39, 

 40; 26: 4; 28: 258.) 



sine. — asni', hasne^, a thief (p. 158: 33, 

 34), to steal (Jiaya'sne, nka'sne, hasmtu', 

 hayct/ srietu^ , nka^snetu). toho^xk hasne^, 

 a horse thief, tohoxka^ nka^ane, I stole a 

 horse. a'l^xtV nka^siu, I stole a woman. 

 nka^sne nyiku^di, I stole (it and) 

 gave it to you. pana^ xiV hasrietu^, 

 all steal, all are thieves, asnena' 

 {=asn&+na), "one who steals habitu- 

 ally," a thief. — ha^sneye, to cause 

 one to steal {ha^snehaye, ha^snehUn- 

 he). — ktha^sne, to steal something for 

 (the benefit of) another {yakVhasne, 

 a^xklha^tsne; kiha'smtu^ yaki^hasnetu^, 

 a^xJnha^snetu^). hiiiMha' sne, I steal it 



