INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. 
bowels, pi-stum’-i. 
bowl, or plate, su-ili’-ta-¢is. 
box, ai-i-su’. 
boy, sa-ko’-ma-pi; a boy without finger or toe nails, 
sa-ko’-ma-pi-e-kai’-sa-na. 
brains, o’-pi. 
blanket, na-pis’-Gi; a green blanket, ut-skai’-pis-Ci. 
blisters, arising on the skin from burning, a-moli’-sa- 
wa-nit’-si. 
blood, a-pau’-ni. 
blow the nose, i-mi-¢i’-kin-i, to blow the nose. 
blue, ot-kn’-e-nut’-se. 
boat, or canoe, a-ki’-ohi-sa’-Gis ; steamboat, a-ki-dli-sa’- 
éis-a-mi'-to; also, is-¢i’-a-ki-dhi-sa/-is, fire-boat ; 
is-¢i’, fire; ferry-boat, the boat that crosses people 
over the river, i-mahi’-ta-pa-to-¢i/-wa. 
bog, low wet ground, pali-si-kay/-ku-i. 
boil, i-kih’-an; a sore containing pus, i-ta’-Gis; the 
pus of the sore, a-¢is’-i-o. 
bone, oli’-in; collar-bone, i-sa-mi’-kan. 
book, a pile of folded leaves, sa-pa’-ko-tsi-na/-ksi. 
both, or two, sem-is’-to. 
bottle, so-ko’-ka-tos. 
bow, spe’-kin-a-ma. 
brass, ko-te-ke’-me ; also, o-tai’-kim ; small brass bells, 
used in the trade, mo-sohi’-i-ki-ni; small brass 
nails, e-tus’-ta-kai’-dp. 
brave, ma’-di, also ma’-tsi. 
to break, si’-nit. 
breecheloth, oli-e’-a-ksa/-¢is. 
brother, elder brother, nis’-a; younger brother, ni’- 
skum. 
broom, na-mu’-ki-ma-¢is. 
broth, o’-pis. 
to brush, as clothes, ta-sa-tsi/-1:i Oks. 
buffalo, in a mass, i-ni’-wa; a mad bull, ma-ni-kris’- 
stum’-ik; a mad cow, ma-ni-kris’-ski-ni’; the 
dried excrement of the buffalo, “buffalo chips,” 
kah’-pih-ta. 
to burn, e-nit’-se; burnt, it/-sin-it/-se. 
butterfly, a-po’-ni. 
to buy, pum’-at. 
by, passing by, stut-sko’-a; by the house, or passing 
by the house, stut-sko’-a-mu-yis’. 
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to call, mu-ta’-ni-stis. 
to carry, a-wa’-se-ni. 
circingle, for a horse, is-ksi’-si-pi-stau¢’. 
chair, so-pats’. 
cherries, puli’-i. 
chief, nin’-a; pl. nin’-aks. 
child, po’-ka; pl. po’-kiks ; 0-kds’ is also used; po’-ka, 
denotes an infant. . 
chin, dp-ski’-na. 
claw, of a bird, pi-kso’-ki-dis. 
to climb, a-mis’-o. 
cloth, nai-pis’-Gi ; blue cloth, si-kai’-pis-¢i; black cloth, 
sik-si-nuts’; red cloth, mah’-ai-pis’-G. 
cloud, so-kris’-te-ko-is; far beyond the clouds, so-kris- 
te-ko’-is-mi-sto-po’-ats; cloudy weather, a-su’-kris- 
te-ku’-i. 
coat, su’-kos; chief’s coat, ni-ni/-o-su/-kos. 
coffee, ai-sik-si-ki/-mi; a coffee-pot, kri-su’-yi. 
cold, stu’-yi; I am not cold, mis-¢i’-stu-yi; I am cold, 
nis-tu’-yi; you are cold, kis-tu’-yi. 
come, quickly, in a hurry, a-ke’~po-kse-po’-at. 
to cook, ap’-sat; to cook different kinds of food in a 
pot together, a-yo’-sit. 
copper, me-ko-ti’-ke-me. 
cord, a-pis’; a rope made of hemp, a-pis’-ta-pi’/-kin. 
cough, ses-ki’-na. 
coulée, sau-auli’-tai. 
cow, ski’-ni; domestic cow, a-pdt’-ski-ni. 
crazy, mat’-saps. 
to ery, au-a-sen’. 
crooked, yu-mo’-ki-o. 
to crumble, as food, si-si-ki/-a. 
cup, kis. 
curious, pi-si-ta’-pi; a curious dog, pi-si-ta/-pi-im’-i-ta’o. 
to cut or split the feather from a quill, te-a-kris’-ta-ta- 
nin’-im. 
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to dance, eli’-pi; I dance, nit-ch’-pi; you dance, kit- 
eh’-pi. 
darkness, ske-nut’-si. 
daughter (my), ni-tun’-a. 
day, kris-te-ku’-e. 
