a-ze’ —ba-hda’. 65 
B. 
b, the second letter of the Dakota al- 
phabet. it has the same sound as 
in English. 
ba, a prefix to a class ot verbs, sig- 
nifying that the action is done by 
a sawing motion, as in cutting with 
a knife or saw. The place of the 
pronoun is immediately after the 
prefix. In the Titonway dialect 
this prefix, with but few exceptions 
for the sake of euphony, is changed 
to wa. 
ba, v.a. to blame—waba, yaba, uy- 
bapi; maba, niba; ¢iba, I blame 
thee; wiGawaba, I blame them; 
iGiba, he blames himself—mi¢iba. 
ba-éayn’-ksi, v.a. (baand éanksi) 
to make angry by cutting. 
ba-Ge’-ya, v.a. (baand éeya) to 
make cry by cutting—bawaéeya. 
ba-¢i’-ka-day, v. a. (ba and G- 
kaday) to shave small—bawaéika- 
dan. T., wacikala. 
ba-éi’-stin-na, v.a. (ba and G- 
stinna) to make small by cutting— 
bawaéistinna. T., wadiséila. 
ba-éo0’-ka, v. a. to cut out or cut 
open—bawaéoka. 
ba-gam’, cont. of bagapa; bagam 
iyeya, to lake off, as the hide of an 
animal—bagamiyewaya. ‘T., wa- 
gab. 
ba-gan’, cont. of bagata; bagan 
iyeya. T., wagal. 
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red. of ba- 
gata; to make marks, such as cuts 
or saws, in anything; to haggle— 
bawagangata. T., wagaléata. 
ba-ga’-pa, v.a.(baand gapa) to 
take off, as the skin of an animal, 
with a knife, to flay—bawagapa. 
ba-ga’-ta,.v. a. (ba and gata) to 
mark or cut with a knife, to carve, 
hack—bawagata. ; 
ba-go’, v. a. to make marks or 
gashes in the flesh; to mark, carve, 
or engrave, with a knife, in wood— 
bawago, bayago, baungopi. T., 
wago. 
ba-g&o’-ki-ya, v. a. to cause to 
carve—bagowakiya. 
ba-ha’, adj aged. 
ba-ha’, n. a middle-aged or oldish 
man. Sometimes, but not often, 
applied to a woman. 
ba-ha’-i-ye-ya, v.a. tothrow down 
or push aside. See pahaiyeya. 
ba-ha’-ka, n». an aged person. 
ba-hba’, v. a. to cut off, as corn 
from the cob—bawahba: wabahba 
ohan, to boil corn that is cut off 
T., wagba. 
ba-hbe’-za, v. a. (ba and hbeza) 
to carve, make rough with a knife— 
bawahbeza. T., wagbeza. 
ba-hda’, v. a. to take off, as tallow 
from entrails, with a knife—bawa- 
hda. T7., wagla. 
ba-@an’-ga-ta, v. 
