BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 901 



iza'jjtd"' the tit'th time 

 ito'pa the fourth 

 iyu'ha all 

 iwa^'kab above it 



3. o signifies in, within, inside of. It is frequently employed with 

 verbs 8ignif3nng to speak; and also when indefinite actions are 

 I to be expressed, when it becomes partly antithetical to /. 



osAlo'he coasting (into the water) 



opa'wlcaUta' she packed them up 



oma' hi^Ujxi' ya I fall into 



ao' nawicat' a' ka he closed them in 



oha'^'Jcepi night-time 



ozu'ha place for a certain article (bag) 



oya'te people 



oya's!'^ all 



ohii^'hala'^ myth 



o'gAle coat 



obAla'ye level place 



oma'ni he walked (about)* 



The corresponding elements are also found in Ponca: 



1. a (Dakota a) on 

 d^e to glue on 84.19 

 dg4i'^ to sit on 84.6 

 d^'i^d to drop on 234.18 

 dglg<^a'lit''a'^ he poured on his own 234.19 



2. i (Dakota /) from, with, out of, })y means of 

 igagd to make of it 97.22 

 if I'' to hit with 433.3 

 i¥ide to shoot with 369.10 

 ite to die from 690.11. 



3. u (Dakota o) in, into 

 uhdga^ to push into 232.6 

 udga^ude I broke a hole in it 96.17 

 ugdsne split inside bv hitting 81.18 

 ubdsna'^ to push into 75.8 

 ug^i^ to sit inside 85.17 



1 Probably in oma'ni one is represented as traveling about within a certain area, for the word for 

 PRAIRIE or LEVEL PLACE is obAla' ye. 



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