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dande\ it will hail to-morrow, vnte^di 

 ko wahu^ xohV ide^ ko nde^ni dande', 

 should it hail to-morrow, I shall not go. 

 wahu' xoxo^hi, "ancient snows," hail- 

 stones. — wahu^ kudeska', a snowbird. 



wak, -wax, waka, a cow, cows (derived 

 from the Spanish word vaca); waha is 

 also a contraction of wakahi, cowhide, 

 rawhide (see waka^ tcidiye^ MHcttciya' 

 tVo'>iyan^). — wa''k i^de^ cow manure. 

 ta^si^ wak du^ti ne' , the cow is (standing) 

 eating grass or hay. tohoxka' wa'k ya^ 

 ndd'^'ho'"', I saw a horse and a cow. wa'k 

 sdn^sa inktqf , 1 have a cow (5: 6, 7). 

 waka'ka^ kito'weye' , to swap cows, adu- 

 Mf ndosa^'hi^ waka' ne a'pxuye'di, this 

 cow on this side of the fence is apt (or, 

 prone) to gore, waka' ne ka'la, whose 

 cow is this? waka' ne inkta', this is my 

 cow. waxta'hixti', or ivaxtaxti, to have 

 many cattle — wa'k Indoke', ahull. — vjak 

 tco''>''tkijitsi', or ivak tcunkesi (Bk.), "cas- 

 trated cattle" (?); oxen, steers (Bj., 

 M.) . — wa'kyinki', "little cow, "a calf. — 

 wakyo' {=waka -\-yo), "cow meat," 

 beef. — wa'k ahi', a cowhide; leather 

 (Bk. ). — wakhe' ( =ivaka + ahe), cow 

 horns, wakhe' niskodi', cowhorn 

 spoon. — wa'k tasi', milk. — wa'k ta's 

 of^ni', "to make milk," to milk a cov/ 

 {wak ta's ayd'^'ni, wak ta's nkd'^'ni; wak 

 ta's o Hu', wak ta's ayoHa', wak ta's 

 nkoHu'). — ivah ta's atdi'"-ni', "milk 

 grease," butter. — icak ta's pi^asku^ni', 

 "milk bread," cheese. — Waka' tcldiye' 

 hin'tcUciya' ti'o'"'yan', " Place where the 

 man who Reddened Rawhides Used- 

 to-live," Bismarck, Rapides Parish, 

 La. — ivaxican'yadV , the name of a dark- 

 skinned people who used to dwell on 

 Red River, Louisiana, above Lecompte. 

 If this is wax tcai^'yadi' {ivaka-\-tca'"' 

 and anyadi), it may have a phallic 

 reference, waka being cow; bull; tca'n= 

 tconditi, and a^yadi, people. 



wa^x, to hunt animals. — waxni' cpixti', 

 very skillful in hunting the game. 

 wax de' {= waxni -{-dedi), to go hunting 

 (animals) (wa'x yide'di, wa'x nde'di) . 

 {Also3: 2; 14: 2; 20: 9; 22: 1, 6, 11, 

 16; 26: 43, 69; 27: 1.) 



•waxe. — ivaxedV, the sound of hard rain, 

 as distinguished from the pattering of 

 gentle rain {=ani' tata'xedi'). 



waxi', wax, shoes. — waxV apa'stak o'n-' 

 heda'"'', the shoe has (or, the shoes 

 have ) been patched . waxi' pa'tdtcu'di, 

 to pull off shoes, wa'xi ma'yinni tpe', 

 to wear holes in shoes by walking on 

 the ground, a' nksa waxi'," gan shoe," 

 the butt of a gun. wa'x yihi'xti, many 

 shoes, shoes, wax usi', to put on over- 

 shoes, wax uste', to put on shoes. 

 wa'xi naske', long boots, wa'xa xa'pka, 

 "flat shoes," slippers. waxta'hdeye, 

 overshoes. — unxin'pst'Chgonni' ( = waxi 

 -^pstugo'"'ni?), a metal awl, "that with 

 which shoes are sewed." (See pstiX'k i. ) 

 {Also 26: 44, 56; p. 120: 15,16,19,20; 

 p. 121: 2.) 



waxka^, soft(?). — aye'k wa'xka, or ye'k 

 waxka', green corn. tcUce'k waxka', the 

 soft-shelled turtle. 



wasi^, salt. 



wata^, to watch, or to watch over (iwata^, 

 nkuiva'ta). wa'tatu, they watched it 

 (18: 14). — wata'ye, (they) made her 

 watch it (20: 8). akidtsti tvata, 

 "watches a store," a clerk at a store. 

 {Also 18: 14; 21: 21; 22: 5; 25: 2; 27: 

 2L) 



we. — we'ye, coire, to have sexual inter- 

 course with one {ive'haye, wehenke'; 

 we'heyetu', we'hayetu', we'henketu'). we'- 

 hi"'ya' dande', I will have intercourse 

 with you. 



wide. — widwi'de uihii', to be twitching 

 often, tutcun' ividwi'de u'^^ni', his eyes 

 twitch often (cf. wAde). 



wilu^j juice. That this is the meaning 

 appears from Gatschet's word, " ui- 

 hia'," juice (i. e., wihiya'"''). — waxtckuye 

 vnhi, "sweet liquid," molasses, ahvn- 

 hi', gravy; soup. haive'wiho'"-ni', gravy. 

 wiho'hankon, I got milk from it (26: 66). 

 {Also -p. 159: 31, 32, 33.) 



wi^xka, light, not heavy (8: 9). — wixka- 

 xti', very light. 



Witcina^, Wichita. Witcina' ha^ya', the 

 Wichita people. 



wite, wite. — wite'di, to-morrow, wite'd- 

 e'wa, or wite'di exva', day after to-mor- 

 row, wite'di ko xo'hi dande', it will rain 

 to-morrow, wite'di ko wahu' dande', it 

 will snow to-morrow, wite'di ko' ima- 

 hi'"'' dande' naha'diya'"'', he will paddle 

 (or row) the boat to-morrow, wite'di 

 ko' nka'da dande', I will be on the way 



