XXVI DAKOTA GRAMMAR, TEXTS, AND ETHNOGRAPHY. 
SIX. 
Dakota, Sakpe “from sake, nail, and kpa or kpe (root), lasting as some 
kinds of food which go a good ways, or filled, as a plump grain. This is 
the second thumb, and the reference may be to the other hand being com- 
pleted. Perhaps from the idea of bending down as in nakpa, the ear.” No 
satisfactory analysis of this numeral can be given in the cognate languages, 
and that given by the author needs further examination. 
(hegiha, cade. 
Kansa, cape. 
Osage, cape. 
Kwapa, cape’. 
\Loiwere, caywe. 
Winnebago, akewe. 
Mandan, kima. 
Hidatsa, akama or akawa. 
Tutelo, agasp, agas, akes, akaspe. 
Biloxi, aktiqpe. 
SEVEN. 
Dakota, Sakowin, “ from sake, nail, and owin, perhaps from owinga, to 
bend down; but possibly from oin, to wear as jewelry, this being the fore- 
finger of the second hand; that is the ring finger.” Do the Dakota Indians 
wear rings on their index fingers? 
(hegiha, de¢a®ba, -de appearing in eadé, six, and ¢a"ba being two; as 
if seven were or, the second of the new series, beginning with six. Kansa, 
peyu"ba. Osage, pe¢i"da or pe(¢)a"da. Kwapa, pena*da. [iwere, 
cahma. Winnebago, cayowe. Mandan, kupa. Hidatsa, Sapua (capua). 
Tutelo, sigum, sagom. Biloxi, na"pahudi, from variants of no"pa, two, and 
udi, stock, or ahudi, bone, the ‘second stock” or “second bone.” 
EIGHT. 
Dakota, sahdogay, “from sake, nail, probably, and hdogay, possessive 
of yugay, to open (hdugay is the true form, J. 0. D. ); but perhaps it is 
o%al) or o&e, cover, wear; the nail covers itself. ’wo fingers now cover 
the thumb.” How can the nail “cover itself?” (hegiha, de¢ab¢i®, as if 
from -de and ¢ab¢i", three or the third of the new series, beginning with six. 
Kansa, kiya-juba, ‘again four,” and peyabli (cape and yabli). Osage, 
kiy¢e-quda, “again four.” Kwapa, ped¢abni® (cape and dg¢abni"). Laiwere, 
