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DAKOTA —- ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 
=: 
the twenty-first letter of the Dakota 
alphabet, baving the soft sound of 
the Inglish ¢. When 
thus (s’), the sound is prolonged. 
s’a, an auxiliary suffix to verbs, sig- 
8, 
marked 
nifying frequency of action, or a | 
habit formed, as, wai s’a, wakage 
sa. It frequently gives verbs the 
force of nouns of the agent; as, 
wamanon, lo steal; wamanoy s’a, 
a thief. 
s’a, v. n. to hiss, as aserpent; s’a 
wanka, lies hissing. 
b) 
s’a, v.n. to roar, as the waves: s’a 
wanka. T., s’ayela. 
sab, cont. of sapa. 
sab-ya’, adv T. darkly, blackly ; 
sabya yuyka. 
sab-ya’, v. a. 
to blacken—sab- 
waya. 
sab-ya’-pi, m TI. a target, a 
mark to shoot at; something blackened 
and set up for a guide: sabyapi 
kutepi. 
Sag-da’-Siy and Sag-da’-Sa, 
n. the Enghsh, the name which 
the Dakotas give to the British, the 
inhabitants of Red River, ete. This 
word is probably from some other 
Be Saglaga. 
something used in walk- 
mg, a staff: Gay sagye, a cane; 
maza sagye, @ sword. 
kay. 
Indian language. 
Sag-ye’, n. 
f., miwa- 
sa’-ka, adj. 
sag-ye’-ki-toyn, v. touseastaf 
in walking, as an old person—sag- 
yewetoy 
sag-ye’-ton, v. to use a staf— 
sagyewatoy. 
Sag-ye-ya, v. @. 
Sor a staff- 
fo use anything 
sagyewaya. 
sak, cont. of saka; sakowasin yu- 
tapi, eaten raw. 
raw, uncooked; hard, 
dried; as, wacéoni saka, dried meat. 
See tasaka. 
sa’-ka-day, adj. green, limber. 
Hence, Gan sakadan, a switch. 
what is 
eaten raw, i. e., melons, cucumbers. 
T., Spay Sni yutapi. 
both, two, both to- 
T., sakib; nupin sakib, two 
side by side. 
sa’-ka-yu-ta-pi, m. 
sa-kim’, adv. 
gether. 
sa-kim/’-tu, adv. two together. 
sakibtu. 
r,, 
sa-kim’-tu-ken, adv. both to- 
gether. 
sak’-o-wa-siy, adv. entirely raw. 
T., Spay sni. 
sam, adv. cont. of saypa; more, 
beyond, more than: sam iyaya, to go 
beyond, surpass; sam iyeya, to make 
go over ov beyond. 
sam, cont. of sapa. T., sab. 
more than. 
smelling sour ; 
sam’-i-ye-ya, adv. 
s’a-mna’, ad. T. 
stinking. 
