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kay, adj. aged—makay, nikayn, 
uykanpi. 
kay-di’, n. the buffalo-fish. 
kan-gi’, n. the raven. 
kan-gi’-ka-ga-pi, n  @ half 
dollar, so called from its emblem, 
the eagle, which the Dakotas thought 
The Yanktons apply 
this to a 25-cent piece. T., Sokela. 
kan-gi/-ta-me, m T. coal. 
Kay-gi’-wi-éa-Sa, m. p. 
Crow Indians. 
kayn-hay’, adv. 
old. 
kayn-hay’-hayn, 
tattered, ragged. 
kan-he’, v. n. 
Was araven. 
the 
dangling, tattered, 
adv. dangling, 
to shell out, as ripe 
grain. 
kay-he’-éa, adj. ragged, tattered, 
as one’s clothes—makanheéa. 
kay-he’-za, adj. poor, distressed, 
Jeeble, sick—makanheza. T., oy- 
Sika. See wakanheza. 
kan-he’-Za-ka, adj. Same as 
kanheza. 
kay-i/-éa-kpe, m. (kan and kakpa) 
a lancet. 
kay -i/-éa-tpe, x. (kay and katpa) 
a vein-cutter, a lancet. 
kan-i’-ta, v. to die of old age— 
kanimata. 
kay’-i-ya-p’a, n 
beating of the pulse. See iyap’a. 
kay-ka’-kpa, v.a. to cut avein, 
bleed one—kanwakakpa. 
kayn-kay’, adj. gouged, uneven. 
kan-ka’-tpa, v.a. Sameaskan- 
kakpa. 
the pulse, the 
DAKOTA —- ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 
kan-ke’-tan-ka, n._ the large 
red-headed woodpecker. T., kay- 
keéa 
kayn-ki’-éa-kpa,v.a. to strikea 
vein for one, bleed one—kaynweéa- 
kpa, kanyeéakpa, kanuynkiéakpapi, 
kanmiéakpa, kaynéiéakpa. 
kan-ki/-éa-tpa, va. 
kankiéakpa. 
kay’-na-hmuy-ki-ya,v.a to 
draw up tight, as a bow-string— 
kannahmuy wakiya. 
kay’-na-ti-pa, v.n. todrawup, 
to cramp, as the nerves or muscles. 
kayn-pe’-ska, wn». round, white 
medals, slightly curved, worn by the 
Indians on their necks; Lh., kay- 
peska wakséiéa, china ware; an ex- 
crescence growing on trees, fungus. 
See Gankanpeska. Kanpeska mde, 
Kanpaska Lake, on the Coteau des 
Prairies, at the head of the Big 
Sioux River; Kanpeska Wakpa, 
Laramie River. 
kay-su’, ». plum-stones: 1. q. kanta 
su; playing-cards; any small card 
or ticket. 
Same as 
kayn-su’-ku-te, va 0 shoot 
plum-stones, to gamble; to play 
cards—kansuwakute. 
kayn-sw-ku-te-pi, ». shooting 
plum-stones, gambling; playing cards. 
Hence miniliuha kansukutepi, play- 
ing-cards. 
kay’-ta, ». @ plum, plums. 
kan’-ta-huandkay-tu’-hu, » 
plum-bushes 
kan-ye’, adv. inwards, towards 
