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DAKOTA—-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 
D. 
d, the fifth letter of the Dakota alpha- 
bet. This sound does not occur in 
the Titon way dialect; it uniformly 
becomes ‘‘1.” 
da, v. a. to form an opinion of, 
whether good or bad; to think of 
or esteem in any manner—wada, 
yada, undapi. It is used often 
with waste and siéa, as waste wada. 
da, v. a. to ask, demand—wada, 
yada, undapi; kida, to ask of one. 
Pear 
da, v. 2d pers. sing. of ya, to go; 
thou goest. 
da-ka’, v. a. to have an opinion of, 
whether good orbad. T., laka. 
da-ka’-e§, adv. Sameas nakaes. 
da-kayn’-non, v. 2d pers. sing.; 
thou art. PIl.,dakannonpi. Itis a 
defective verb, these being the 
only forms in use. 
da-kon’, cont. of dakota. 
da-kon’-ki-éi-ya-pi, »  alli- 
ance, friendship; dakonki¢iya ya- 
konpi, they ave in alliance. T., ola- 
kolkidéiyapi. 
da-kon’-ya, v.a._ to be friendly 
with, to have for a friend—dakon- 
waya, dakonuyyanpi. 
da-ko’-ta, adj. feeling affection 
Sor, friendly; wadakota sni, unfeel- 
ing, without natural affection. 
Da-ko’-ta, n.p. the name of the 
Stoux Indians. They are divided 
into seven principal divisions— 
Mdewakantonwans, Walipeton- 
ways, Walhpekutes, Sisitonways, 
Thanktonwans, Thanktonwannas, 
and Titonways—Damakota, Dani- 
kota, Dawiéakota. T., Lakota. 
dam-ya’, adv. stiffly or thickly, as 
in making mush; opposed to hda- 
heya: damya eéon, to make thick or 
stiff T., labya, very much so, in- 
tensely. 
day, a diminutive termination of pro- 
nouns, nouns, adjectives, verbs, 
and adverbs. It is often changed 
to “na,” which is in common use in 
the Sisitonway and Ihanktonway 
dialects, and to “la” in the Titonwan. 
When suffixed to numeral adjec- 
tives, demonstrative pronouns, and 
adverbs, it signifies only; as way7i- 
day, only one; denana, only these; 
dehanna, only so far. See Gram- 
mar, in the chapter on Nouns. 
da’-pa, adj. sticky, adhesive, as 
clay; thick, stiff, as mud. 
da-za’-ta, adv. back of, back from; 
i. q. ieyata. ; 
da-za’-tan-han, adv. back from, 
out from. 
de, pron. dem. 
dial: 
de, v.a. to goafter; to cut or pro- 
cure, as firewood. See éande. 
de’-éa, adv. suchas this. T., leéa. 
this; pl. dena, these. 
