378 DAKOTA -ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 
oyn-mni’-éa, n. Dakota beans; 
tuberous roots of the wild pea vine: 
i. g. omniéa. They grow wild in 
the valleys and low grounds, having 
a vine-like top. The beans grow 
on the roots, and are dug up in the 
fall and spring; beans of all kinds. 
on-mni’-éa-gmi-gme-la, n. 
L. “peas: 
oyn-mni’-éa-hmi-yay-yay, x. 
round beans; peas: %. q. omniéa- 
hmiyanyay. 
oy’-na-poh-ya-pi, x». of na- 
poliya; leaven. 
on-na-ptay, ad). 
onnaptayn, or honnaptay, a side hill. 
See unnaptay. 
oyn’-pa, v.a. to place or lay any 
long object in a reclining attitude : 
éaykahonpapi, a log laid across, a 
sideling: Nie- 
bridge—waonpa, unkoypapi: to keep 
or reserve, as a puppy or girl, ete. 
See unpa, ohdé, ohnaka, and ozu. 
on-se’-ya-ka-dan, mn. a kind 
of small duck, the-teal. T., Siyaka. 
on-spe’, v.n.  toknow how to doa 
thing, know how to read or write, 
etc—onmaspe, onnispe, wy koyspepi. 
See onwiéaspe and wooyspe. 
ON-spe’, n an ax. 
on-spe’-a-pa-tay-hay, adv. 
The at phe right hand; 7. q. etapa- 
tanhayn. ‘This would seem to be 
from oyspe, to know how.  T., islo- 
yatanhay. It is curious that while 
the name for left-hand (Gatka) is the 
same in all the three dialects, that 
for right-hand is different in each. 
oy-spe’-éayn-du-hu-pa, x. (on- 
spe and éayduhupa) a pipe-hatchet. 
T., oyspeéanoypa. 
oy-spe’-Gi-ka-la, n. T. ahatchet. 
oy-spe’-day, n. dim. asmall ax, 
a hatchet. T., oyspecilala. 
on-spe’-day, v. dim. of onspe. 
oy-spe’-i-hu-pa, m. (onspe and 
ihupa) an ax-handle. T., nazoy- 
speihupa. 
oyn-spe’-ka, v. Same as onspe. 
Sometimes this is used in the sense 
of onspe sni, not to know how. 
oy-spe’-ki-ya, v. a. to cause to 
know how, to teach one anything— 
oyspewakiya, onspeunkiyapi, on- 
spemakiya, oyspeni¢iya, onspedi- 
Giya: oyspeididiya, to teach one’s 
self, to learn—oyspemiéiciya, o1- 
spenididiya, onspeunkidi¢iyapi. 
oy’-8i, adj. poor, miserable—on- 
magi, onuysipi. See onsika and 
onsiyeéa, 
oy’-si-da, v.a. to have mercy on, 
to pity—oysiwada, onsiundapi, on- 
Simada, ongi¢ida. 
oy’-Si-da, itj. used by women to 
infants; poor thing! 
on’-$i da-ka, v.a. to have mercy 
on, to pity—oySiwadaka, onsiunda- 
kapi: 7. g. onsida. 
on’-Si-han, v. n. (onsi and han) 
to be humble, to act humbly—oysi- 
wahian. 
oy’-Si-hay-ka, v.n. tobe humble, 
to try to excite compassion, to fawn— 
onsiwahanka: @. g. onsilian. 
oyn’-Si-han-pi, m humility. 
