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peculiar state, which, from not being | 
understood, it is dangerous to meddle | 
with; hence the application of this 
word to women at the menstrual 
period, and from hence, too, arises 
the feeling among the wilder In- 
dians that if the Bible, the Church, 
the Missionary, ete., are “waka,” 
they are to be avoided, or shunned, 
not as being bad or dangerous, but as 
wakay. The word seems to be the 
only one suitable for holy, sacred, 
ete., but the common acceptation 
of it, given above, makes it quite 
misleading to the heathen.—w. J. Cc. 
wa-kayn’, ». @ spirit, something 
consecrated: Taku wakayn and Wa- 
kay tanka, the Great Spirit. 
wa-kayn’-da, v. a. to reckon as 
holy or sacred; to worship—wakay- 
wada, wakanundapi. T., wakanla. 
wa-kan’-da-ka, v.a. Same as 
wakanda. 
wa-kay’-e-éon, v. to do tricks 
of jugglery—wakayeéamoy. 
wa-kayn’-e-éon-pi-day, n. 
magic, tricks of jugglery. 
wa-kay’-ha, . a bears skin. T, 
matoha. 
wa-kan’-hdi, n.__ the lightning. 
Th, wakaykdi. T., wakaneli. 
wa-kay’-he-za, mn. children: 
a. q. Siéeéa. 
wa-kay’-i-Gi-da, v. reflex. of 
wakanda; to esteem one’s self holy 
or wakan; to be proud—wakanmi- 
éida. 
wa-kan’-i-¢i-da-pi, pride. 
wa-kavn’-ka, » an old woman— 
wamakanka. 
wa-kan’-ka-dan, m. Same as 
wakanka. T., wakankala. 
wa-kan’-ka-@a, v. to make wa- 
kay, perform acts of worship accord- 
ing to the ideas of the Dakotas—wa- 
kanwakaga. . 
wa-kan’-ka-to-pa-snoyn, 2. 
the lumbar vertebre; so called be- 
cause the old women roast that 
part. See pasnon. 
wa-kan’-ki-éi-yu-za-pi, %. 
taking each other sacredly, i. e., mar- 
riage according to law. 
wa-kayn’-ki-da, v. pos. of wa- 
kanda; to regard one’s own as sa- 
cred—wakay wakida. 
wa-kanl’, adv. T.: «4. g. waykan. 
wa-kay’-la, v. TZ. # esteem sa- 
cred: i. q. wakayda. 
Wa-kan’-Si-éa, m. the Bad 
Spirit; the devil. 
wa-kan’-ta-€an-pa, m. a@ spe- 
cies of wild cherry. See Ganpa. 
wa-kavn’-ta-ko-pa-za, . wood, 
of all kinds, in the sacred lan- 
guage. See paza. 
wa-kan’-ta-ko-azu, n. water, 
in the sacred language. See also 
‘“nide.” 
Wa-kan’-tan-ka, x. the Great 
Spirit, the Creator of all things and 
the god of war. 
wa-kay’-wa-éi-pi, m the sa 
cred dance. his is the name of a 
secret society among the Dakotas 
which purports to be the deposi- 
