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we'-@a, adj. broken. See yuweza, ete. | 
we-ga-hay, part. broken, but not 
entirely off. 
we-ga’-wa-han, part. broken, but 
not off; thus distinguished from 
ksawahay. 
we’-hay, w. last spring: wehan 
iGima, the spring before last. 
weh’-weh-weh, inti T. used 
by the women in calling a dog. 
See ehna. 
to bleed 
we’-hna, prep. among. 
we-i’-di-ya, v. ref. T. 
himself. 
we-ki/-éi-ya, v.a. T. to bleed 
each other. 
we-Sde’-ka-pi, m.. the wearing 
of honors, especially the feathers, 
signs of honorable wounds. 
spring, the spring of the 
year ; next spring 
we’-tu, 2. 
See wehan. 
we-we’, adj. red. of we; bloody. 
The Bloods. 
to shed blood, make 
W e’- wi-Ga-Sa, xn. 
we-yiar, U2 a: 
bleed; hence to put to death—we- 
waya, weuyyaypt. 
we’-yo-ta-ni-ée and wo’-ta- 
a clot of blood. 
the sun; the moon: wi hi- 
ni-Ge, n. 
Wi, 2. 
napa, the sun rises; wi iyaya, the 
sun has set; aypetu wi, the day- 
sun; hayyetu wi, the night-sun or 
moon (T., hayhepi wi). 
Wi, 2 «moon, a lunar month. The 
names of the moons are as fol- 
lows: 
1. Wi-tehii, January; the hard moon. 
2. Wiéata-wi, February; the raccoon 
moon, 
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3. IStawiGayazan-wi, March ;. the 
sore-cye moon. 
4. Magaokada-wi, April; the moon 
in which the geese lay eggs: also 
salled Wokada-wi; and some- 
times Watopapi-wi, the moon 
when the streams are again navi- 
gable. T., Magaksiéa-agli-wi,the 
moon when the ducks come back. 
5. Wozupi-wi, May; the planting 
moon. See éaywapton-wi. 
6. Wazusteéasga-wi, June; the moon 
when the strawberries are red. 
T., Tipsinla-itkahiéa-wi, the 
moon when the seed-pods of the 
Indian turnip mature ; and Wi- 
pazoka-waste-wi, themoon when 
the wipazoka (berries) are good. 
ls Canpasapa-wi and Wasuypa-wi, 
July; the moon when the choke- 
cherries are ripe, and when the 
geese shed their feathers. T., 
Canpasapa-wi and Takiyuha- 
wi, the deer-rutting moon. 
8. Wasuton-wi, August; the harvest 
moon. T., WKarta-Sa-wi, the 
moon when plums are red. 
9. Psinhnaketu-wi, September; the 
moon when vice is laid up to dry. . 
Rs Canwapesi-wi (Gaywapa, 
&i, and wi), the moon in which 
the leaves become brown. 
10. Wi-wazupi, October; the drying 
yice moon; sometimes written 
Wadzupi-wi. 7., Caywape-ka- 
sna-wi, the moon when the wind 
shakes off the leaves; and Wa- 
yuksapi-wi, corn-harvest moon. 
