maz-ka’-p’e—mdo’-te. 
mde-mdes’-ya, v. red. of mdes- 
ya; mdemdesi¢iya, fo amuse or re- 
gale one’s self. 
Mde-mi’-ni-so-ta, mn. Clear 
Lake, which lies about thirty-five 
miles from Traverse des Sioux, on 
the old road to Lac-qui-parle. 
mdes, cont. of mdeza. 
mde-sa’, adj. clear, not fuddled: 
mdesa wauy, J am not drunk. See 
mdeza. 
mde-sa’-hay, part. clear-sighted, 
clearly. 
mdes-ya’, v. a. 
cause to recover from stupidity— 
mdeswaya. 
mdes-ya’, adv. 
mdes-ya’-ken, adv. 
mde-tay’-hun-ka, x. 
of a war party or any other party. 
T., blotanhunka. See zuyecin. 
Mdeyatanka, Otter- 
to make clear, 
clearly. 
clearly. 
a leader 
mde-ya’, n. 
tail Lake. 
mde-ya’-ta, adv. at the lake. 
This is used by the Dakotas in re- 
ferring to Lake Superior, which 
they used to visit. 
mde’-za, adj. clear; clear-sighted, 
as, ista mdeza; sobey—mamdeza, 
nimdeza. See mdesa. 
mide’-ze-day, adj. 
ter: mini mdezedan, clear water. 
clear, as wa- 
mdo, #. 
the Dakotas, in appearance and 
taste something likesweet potatoes, 
the Dakota tamdo; potatoes, the 
Wasiéuy tamdo. 7, blo. 
mdo, ” «@ ridge or range of hills: 
an esculent root eaten by 
3138 
T’., blo; Waziblo owakipamni, Pine 
Ttidge Agency. 
to remain 
at home when others go out to hunt— 
mdog-yan’-ka, vn. 
mdogmanka, mdognanka, mdoguy- 
yankapi. 
mdo’-hu, 2. 
mdo-ka’, n. 
indo-ka’, adj. 
potato-tops. 
the male of animals. 
male, used only of 
animals, birds, ete., not of men. 
mdo-ka’-ska, vn. to hickup— 
mdowakaska. 
mdo-ka’-ta, adv. at the water, by 
1, bleyata; hutata. 
mdo-ke’-é0-ka- ya, 
the shore. 
mid- 
summer. T., blokeGokanyay. 
last summer : 
summer before 
mdo-ke’-hay, n. 
=) 
mdokehay  i¢ima, 
last T., blokehan. 
mdo-ke’-tu, 2 summer, this sum- 
T, bloketu. 
do-ki’-hda-ka, v. n. 
mer, next summer. 
n to move 
= 
im the  swnmer—mdokiwahdaka. 
T., bloketu See 
ihdalka. 
ehay  iglaka. 
to be tired or 
weary, as by walkine—mdowakita, 
T., watuka. 
mdo’-ki-te-ya, v.a. to make 
tired or weary, to tire, weary, fa- 
mdo’-ki-ta, v. n. 
= 
mdouykitapi 
tigue—mdokitewaya, mdokitema- 
yan. 
mdo’-te, ”. the mouth or junction 
of one river with another (a name 
commonly applied to the country 
about Fort Snelling, or mouth of 
the Saint Peters; also the name ap- 
propriated to the establishment of 
