70 DAKOTA —-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 
ba-pa’-ko, v.a (baand pako) to 
cut or saw crooked—bawapako. 
ba-pe’, v.a.(baand pe) to sharpen 
with a knife—bawape. 
ba-pe’-mni, v. a. (ba and pemni) 
to make crooked or twisted by shav- 
ing—bawapemni. ., wapemni. 
ba-pe’-mni-yay, part. shaved 
twisting. 
ba-pe’-sto, v.a. (ba and pesto) 
to shave to a point—bawapesto. 
ba-pon’, cont. of bapota; bapon | 
iyeya, to rip up or destroy with a 
knife. 
ba-po’-ta, v.a. to destroy by cut- 
ting; to cut to pieces, as in cut- 
ting up a tent—bawapota, baun- | 
potapi. 
ba-po’-tpo-ta, v. red. of bapota. 
T., wapolpota. | 
ba-psag’, cont. of bapsaka; bapsag 
iyeya, to cut off suddenly with a 
knife, as a string. 
ba-psa’-ka, v.a. to cut of, asa 
string or cord, with a knife—bawa- | 
psaka, bauypsakapi. 
ba-psa’-psa-ka, v. red. of ba- 
psaka. | 
ba-pSuy’, v. a. (ba and psun) to 
cut round a joint, to joint with a 
knife—bawapsuy. 
ba-pSun’-psup, v. 
psun. 
ba-pta’, v.a. to cut off a piece, 
trim off the edge of anything; to cut 
out, as a garment; to cut through— | 
bawapta, baunptapi: baptapi se, as | 
red. of ba- 
it were cut off or trimmed; Vapta 
iyeya, to trim off with a stroke. T., 
wapta. 
ba-pta’-pta, v. red. of bapta. 
ba-pte’-ée-dan, v.a. (baand pte- 
éeday) to cut short, cut too short— 
bawapteéeday. T7., wapteéela. 
ba-ptem’,n. baptism. This form 
was introduced from the French. 
ba-ptem’-ku, v. a. to giwe bap- 
tism, baptize—baptem waku: ba- 
ptem éiéu, I baptize you. 
ba-pti’-sma, n. baptism. This 
form is used by the Episcopal mis- 
sion, and is the preferable form. 
It is now proposed to use the verb 
e¢éoy instead of ku: baptisma eéa- 
éiéon, I do for you baptism, or I do 
to you baptism. Also written ba- 
ptizma. ; 
ba-pti’-zo, v. to baptize, intro- 
duced from the Greek. According 
to analogy, the pronoun should be 
inserted after the ba; but the 
Messrs. Pond in using it have pre- 
fixed the pronouns. 
ba-ptu’-ptu-Za, v. red. of ba- 
ptuza. 
ba-ptu8’, cont. of baptuza: baptus 
iyeya, to cause to crack suddenly 
with a knife—baptus iyewaya. 
ba-ptu’-Za, v.a. tocrack or partly 
split with a knife—bawaptuza. 
ba-sde’-éa, v.a. tosaw, to slit or 
rip up, by sawing—bawasdeéa, 
baunsdeéapi. T., wasleéa. 
ba-sden’, cont. of basdeéa; basden 
iyeya, to split with a knife or saw. 
ba-sde’-sde-éGa, v. red. of ba- 
