hun’-hi-ya—i-a’-ke-non-pa. 
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L. 
i, the eleventh letter of the Dakota alpha- 
bet. It has the sound of English 
ee, ov of 7 in marine, machine. 
i, an inseparable preposition or prefix. 
1. Prefixed to verbs and adjectives, 
it means to, for, of or about; 
by means of, by reason of, on 
account of, in consequence of: 
as, kiéo, to invite, ikiéo, to in- 
viteto eat any particular thing: 
éekiya, lo pray to one, iéeckiya, 
to pray to one for something; 
wohdaka, to tell news, iwohda- 
ka, to tell about some particu- 
lar thing; Ganniyay, to be an- 
gry, iéayniyan to be angry on 
account of something; waya- 
zanka, to be sick, iwayazanka, 
to be sick im consequence of 
something; Gepa, fat, idepa, 
Jat by reason of: 
2. Prefixed to active verbs, it some- 
times forms of them nouns of 
the instrument: as, kaZipa, to 
shave, iéazipe, a drawing-knife 
or plane; kasdeéa, to split, 
iéasdeée, a wedge; dap’d, to 
stab, iéap’e, a spear. 
3. Prefixed to the cardinal num- 
bers, it forms of them ordi- 
nals: as, noypa, two, inoypa, 
second; yannni, three, iyamni, 
third, ete. 
4. Prefixed to adverbs, it gives 
them the force of preposi- 
tions: as, tehan, far, itehan, 
Sar from. 
5. Prefixed to nouns signifying 
time, it means the next or suc- 
ceeding one: as, hanhanyna, 
morning, ihaynhanyna, the neat 
morning; wetu, spring, iwetu, 
the succeeding spring. 
the mouth—mii, nii, wiéai: i en 
hde, to cast up to one; i en hiyeya, 
to cast into one’s teeth, 
v.n. to have gone to, to have been 
at—wai, yai, uykipi. 
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i-a’, vu. n. to speak—iwaa, iyaa, uy- 
kiapi. 
i-a’-hay, part. speaking. 
i-a’-kan, prep. (iandakan) upon, 
on top of. 
a’-ka-p’iy ori-e’-ka-p’in, v. 
n. to be tired of speaking, unwilling 
to speak, See kap’in. 
a’-ke, adv. again, so many more. 
i-a’-ke-de-na-ke-éa, ad. 
many more than ten. 
i-a’-ke-de-na-na, ad. 
many more than ten. T., iakelenala. 
he 
SO 
only so 
i-a/-ke-he-na-ke-éa, adj. so 
many more than ten. 
i-a’-ke-ka-na-ke-éa, adj. that 
number more than ten. 
i-a’-ke-noy-pa, num.adj. twelfth, 
