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lock, ti a'tktcagoihtV t-pe', a keyhole. 

 W iHpa'xd^m', a key (the i^- is the 

 instrumental prefix: t'pa'xo'^mf may be 

 intended for dupa^xo^nV, the whole 

 meaning, "that by which a door is 

 opened' ' ). tVwo, ' ' to another house, ' ' 

 abroad. tVwo de'di, he went abroad 

 (2: 12). tipsohe', the walls of a house 

 or rooffio — ati\ a house (near by); 

 to dwell in. aya^ti, your house (near 

 hy), or, you dwell in it(?); nkatV or 

 Unlcati' my house (near by), or, I dwell 

 in it; atitu^ (?) , their house (?), or, they 

 dwell in it (?); aya^titu^ (?), your (pi.) 

 house, or, you dwell in it (?); nka^titu^, 

 or UnkaHitu^ , our house (near by ) , or, we 

 dwell in it. '^aso'"'^ tan^xti nkatV na^," 

 eha'"'^ Idde'di, " I dwell in a large brier 

 patch," said he and went home (2:2). 

 aW kiha^taxnV, his house was burnt. 

 atV sa'"' neyan\ the house is white (used 

 when the house is not seen by the one 

 addressed ) . aW Msid^e^towe, the house 

 is full of smoke, watcku^ye atV, a sugar 

 refinery. atV extixlV, far from the 

 house. atV w'tckaya^'' , near the house. 

 atV ta^wiyaP-, on top of the house, ati^ 

 ktda''ya'n, under the house. atV itka^- 

 ya'"', within the house. atV ndosan^hi'"', 

 on this side of the house. aW e^usO"- 

 hWyaf', on the other side of or beyond 

 the house. atV aduhV, ' ' house fence, ' ' 

 the wall or walls of a house or yard 

 (?) [probably refers to a fence or 

 wall around a house or yard]. atV 

 atkse\ the roof of a house [perhaps this 

 should be atV atukse' (see atukse)']. 

 atV hiokV, a room in a house. IV- 

 hi"' yo'M, back room (28: 155), other 

 room (29: 26). tWhinyoki, room at the 

 side (8: 20). a'ti xyapka\ or ti xyapka, 

 a tent; an ordinary skin tent, such as 

 was common among the Dakota, Oma- 

 ha, Ponca, Kansa, etc.; a low tent, 

 such as the Winnebago used. atiya'"'\ 

 a house in the distance, nkatiyan^ my 

 house in the distance, nka^tituya^'', our 

 house, if far. hati'', a collection of 

 houses (?). hatV kVnaxadV manW ko 

 sa'"'^ xe (w. sp. ), the scattered houses 

 are (all) white, udak stugo'"' hatiofini, 

 "a light that has a house over it," a 

 lantern. {Also 10: 8, 20; 12: 1, 2, 4; 

 16: 7; 19: 1, 3, 4, 9, 14, 18, 21; 25: 3; 



p. 117: 17, 18; p. 118: 1, 2, 3, 4.)—ktV 

 Tiafnde o^^, or ktVhand o^" (3: 1), to 

 have dwelt in long ago, to have lived 

 long ago, he lived long ago. iti'' 

 aya^nde o«^, you lived long ago. nktV- 

 hin nka^nde o™^, I lived long ago {ktV 

 yuW on, itV ya^yuW o^, nktVhi"' nyuW 

 on). 

 ti. — du^ti, to eat {Vduti, ndu^ti). siMo^ 

 inksiyo^ du^ti hafnde, the boy continued 

 eating the meat (he was still eating it — 

 no attitude specified). siHo^ inksiyo^ 

 du^ti nafnki, the boy sat (or, was) eating 

 the meat, toho^xka aye^ki dufti ne' , the 

 horse stands (or is) eating the corn 

 (given him), toho'xka ayefki dufti 

 ha^nde, the horse continues (or, is still) 

 eating the corn, toho^xka ayefki du^ti 

 na', the horse eats (or, ate) the corn 

 (not given him; of his own accord). 

 ptqaskiji,'''hiV du^ti na^nki, ' ' bread eating 

 he sits," he is eating bread {ptgaskunnV 

 Vduti na^nki, ptqasku^ni^ ndu^ti na^nki). 

 ptqaskHnnV du^ti ha^maki, they are 

 eating bread {'ptqaskiX'n-nV Vduti aya^- 

 maki, ptgask'A'^nV ndu^ti nkafmaki). 

 inksiyo^ nduHi na^nk nko'"'^, I was eating 

 meat very long ago (years ago). ta'"'sV 

 wak dufti luf, the cow is (standing) eat- 

 ing grass or hay. ayefk ma^xi ya^nki 

 du^ti nef, the hen is eating com. ]iidu- 

 ni'ya^ ku kan^ dutV oxpa', when he 

 gave him the young canes, he devoured 

 them at once (2: 8). du't kHpi'ni, bad 

 to eat. xoi^niyohi dudayi xohi, "old one 

 that eats crawfish," pelican. — adutV, 

 to eat {aya'duti, nkadutV). nkadutV 

 na^nki ya'"' ka''>'^ ini'lii'"' ha'nde, while I 

 was eating, he was drinking, i' ha^nde 

 rm'nki yan kan^ nkadutV na'nki na', 

 while he was drinking, I was eating. 

 nkadutV na'unkihV xye'ni yanka'ti, 1 

 wished to (or, that I could) eat it, but 1 

 was sick. adufV o'>^'km, he had already 

 eaten. adutV te\ "to-eat he-wishes,'' 

 to be hungry {=aduii]i te) {aya'duti te'', 

 nka'duti te' or nka'duti te hon'). a'duii 

 (e'xti 0'"'', he was hungry {nka'duti te'xii 

 0'"'). a'duti te' xa, he is still hungry 

 {nka'duti te' xa). a'duti ta' dande', he 

 will be hungry, nka'duti ta' dande', I 

 shall be hungry, nka'dutitu' te ho'^', 

 we are hungry, aya'dutitu' te ho'"'', ye or 

 you (pi.) are hungry, a'dutitu' te ho''''', 



