SIOUX GLOSSARY 



1(177 



Wa yuza (-je)— grasp it with me, let me 



grasp it. 

 Ui, hi nkski (-yi) — my son. my offspring; 



rlinikali. son. 

 i// rh„ j-j.i —give it back to me. 



Milu — lillife. 



JfigM nkala — my little brother. Mi, my; 

 la, the diminutive. 



l/;/,i an or Mia inii/e — it is mine, from 



mi, I. my, and taiea, it belongs. 

 Mi'i/c — I, myself, me. 

 Uiyo'gan — my power, my work. Com 



pare Miyo'qan-kte. 

 Miyo'qan-kte — it will be my work, my 

 power, the way I shall do; from mi, 

 my; o qui'*, action, work, strength, and 

 Tcte, the future suffix. 

 Nanpe — hand; mi-na'fipe, my hand. 

 Nihi'youwe — he is coming- tor you; from 

 the root ii, to come; w< is the feminine 

 particle, which shows that a woman is 

 speaking. 

 Nihu'n — your (singular) mother. 

 Niniye'-kla — it will cause you to live; 

 miyi , to come to live; ni, in composi- 

 tion, you, your; kta, the future suffix. 

 Mia kmji — your kindred; mita kuye, my 



relative. 

 .\i7«iilii«.lii(ii-yinii' grandfather; mi- 

 tn filaushi In, my grandfather. The final 

 hi is a euphonic diminutive. 

 Mi/u le — for Ni-a'ie, your father. 

 " ijule — shirt, coat. 

 Olio in it n i — around, round about. 

 Oka tanna — drive it in. drive them in (as 

 nails or tipi pegs); na is the female 

 imperative particle. 

 Oki'h — looking for its own; owa'le, I 

 look for it; oicu kile, 1 look for my own. 

 Oma'ni (-ye)— walking around, going 



about. 

 Onehi — grandmother. 

 waneha'ya—aW over, everywhere. 

 Oya'te — tribe, nation. 

 /V in — fire. 



pte — buffalo (generic), buffalo cow. 

 /'ice or Pu:a — dry. 



Shaie la or Shaie'na— -'red," i.e.," alien:" 

 the Sioux name for the Cheyenne. The 

 root of the word is slid, red, with la or 

 nn, the diminutive, frequently used 

 mi rely for euphony. 

 Sitomani-yan — everybody, all over, every- 

 where. 

 Tahe'na — on this side, this way, in this 

 directiou. 



I'n In — something, whatever. 

 Tatanka — a buffalo bull; pte, a buffalo 

 cow, or a buffalo I generic - 



/, wa '/i In or Tewa qila-la—1 love him ; the 



final la is a diminutive or endearing 



particle, sometimes added to verbs as 



well as To nouns. 



T'qii — a tent, a house; from (i, to dwell 



or abide. 

 Toke'cha — soon, before long. 

 1'iiin -cha — who indeed! who can it be? 



In we, who .' 

 V — coming: wa-u, I come. 

 Uki'ye — they are coming; wa'-u, 1 



come. 

 Unchi —grandmother, my grandmother. 

 Upo — you come (plural imperative); 



from icu'-ii, 1 come. 

 / <r< — coming, as he comes ; see it; tceis 

 another form of ye, an emphatic or eu- 

 phonic particle. 

 Wa chipi — a dance. 

 (I'd kinl — sacred, mysterious, sacred 



thing. 

 Waka ijltn-rlii — it is I who made it. I 

 made it indeed. The particle chi con- 

 veys the idea of indeed, verily. 

 Waka'ghe — I make it. 

 Wakaghi nyiii-kte — I shall make it ; wa- 

 in ijlir, I make it. 

 Waka' fnjiu'i — s acr edl y , mysteriously ; 



from wa lull, sacred, mysterious. 

 Wan — a. 



Wan! — look! see! why! 

 Wana — now. 



H'd»« ijhi — ghost, spirit of the dead. 

 Wana'ghi wa'chipi — Ghost dance, from 

 wana ghi, ghost, or spirit of the dead, 

 and wa chipi, a dance. 

 Wanasa pi — see Wanasa pi-kta. 

 Wanasa'pi-kta — they will chase buffalo, 

 they are about to chase buffalo; from 

 wana so, to hunt game by surrounding 

 and shooting it. Kta or kte is the 

 future sign. 

 Jl anbale iiirlialn — ii little orphan; from 



wa tihiile nirliit. an orphan. 

 Wa lihi'ili — eagle, the war eagle. 

 Wanhi'nkpe — arrow, arrows. 

 Wan-la'ki — you see it; wanbala ki, I see 



it. 

 Wanma'yahka-yo — look at me! wanbdl- 

 ,i In , I Bee it; yo, the imperative 

 suffix. 

 (I'd oil we — I am in that condition, I am 

 it ; we is the feminine suflix. 



