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Biloxi, dani: many roots in which na, ne and ne are syllables convey 
the ideas of bending, turning, or shaking. 
FOUR. 
Dakota, topa, “from opa, to follow; (perhaps ti, @ house, and opa, 
follow with) as we say, ‘in the same box’ with the rest. The three have 
banded together and made a ‘ti’ or ‘tiday,’ as we should say a family, and 
the fourth joins them.” N. B—Is not this rather fanciful? 
(legiha, duba; to follow is uguhe; to join a party, éd uihe (in full, édi 
uihe). 
Kansa, duba or yuba; to follow, uyupye. 
Osage, yuda; to follow, u¢upce. 
Kwapa, yuwa. 
Jpiwere, towe; to follow a road or stream, owe; to join or follow a 
party, oyuye. 
Winnebago, teop teopa-ra, tcopi; to follow, howe. 
Mandan, tope. 
Hidatsa, topa (tcopa). 
Tutelo, tob, top. 
Biloxi, topa. 
FIVE. 
Dakota, zaptay, ‘from za (root), holding (or perhaps whole, as in zani) 
and ptayyay or ptaya, together. In this case the thumb is bent down over 
the fingers of the hand, and holds them together.” 
(Pegiha, Kansa, and Osage, sata”. 
Kwapa, sata”. 
Lolwere, Gata”. 
Winnebago, sate, satea”. 
Mandan, kequ”. 
Hidatsa, kiiu (=kiqu). 
Tutelo, gisa", kise, kisa*. 
Biloxi, ksa”, ksani. 
To hold is uga" in (egiha, uyinge in Kansa, ugifiye in Osage, uname in 
ypiwere, adgaqege and fikeie in Hidatsa, and dusi in Biloxi. 
