INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. 
N. 
name, nin-ik-ds’; his name, sin-ti-kés’. | 
narrow, e-ki’-o. 
navel, o-to’-yis. 
near, close, o-tstist’. 
neck, oli-o’-kin-i; back part of the neck, oli-tun’-is. 
needle, large needles, o-muk-o’-to-nau’-ksi-Gis ; small 
needles, o-to-nau’-ksis. 
new, ma’-ni; a new arrow, ma-no’-psl. 
night, ko-kis’; the same night, a-nu’-ko-kis’. 
no, sa; also a-ni-yi. 
noon, tut-si-ke’-a-kris’-te-ku’; (pl. -ku-isé). 
nose, Oli-kris’is; my nose, noli-kris’-s. 
nostril, o-pis’-ki-sa. 
nothing, ma-tsi’-tse, and kris-ta’-pi. 
O. 
old, na’-pe; a white man, na-pe’-ku-un, literally old 
people; applied to a female, ki-pi’-ta; an old) 
woman, ki-pi’-ta-a-ki’-wa. | 
open (imp.), kau-a-pi’-sta; open the door, kit’-sim- | 
kau-a-pi’-sta; open out, spread out, o-po’-tos. 
opinion, plan, se-ni’-stan. 
outside, sa-dlis’. 
over, i-sok’. 
P. 
paddle, it-i-ali’-e-o-kso-pe; to paddle, as a boat, mai- 
a/-ki-oks. 
pail, su-yen’. 
parfleche, ko-to-ki’-a-no-ko. 
pepper, pi-stup’-o-ku. 
perhaps, ali-si-kum’; seli’-ti; perhaps he will come, 
ali-si-kum’-a-sto. 
pins, spin-o-to’-nauks. 
pine tree, pali’-tok. 
Pipe, ali-o-’/-ni-man. 
plain, prairie, so-ka’, so-ki’. 
to play, e-ku’-e-ni. 
plenty, a-kai-im’; a plenty of people, a-kai/-tup-i. 
pole, i-ne’-stam ; a long pole, i-ne’-ni-stam. 
pork, ai’-ksin-i, a grunter, hoe. 
post, a-kun’-iks. 
potatoes, in-su’-mon. . 
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powder, sa-tso-pa’-ats. 
prairie, so’-ki, sometimes so-ka’. 
puzzle, ohi’-pi-ska. 
pumpkin, oh’-to-ki-nut’-si, so called when cut and 
dried. 
Q. 
quickly, ki-pun’-is-tsi. 
quill, ma’-min. 
R. 
rain, 1’-so-ta; rainy, so’-tau; to clear away, as clouds 
after a rain, ai’-e-pun’-i; the rain has passed away, 
so-te’-ai-pun’-i. 
rattles, on the tail of a rattlesnake, se’-tsi-ko’-to. 
ravine, ka-wali’-u-a. 
raw, uncooked, ko-te’-tsi. 
red, moh’-si-nut’-si; a red blanket, mohi’-o-pe’-pist ; 
vermilion red paint, mdh-i/-san. 
relation, kso’-qua. 
rest, sik-si’-ste-ku. 
rib, pi-kis’. 
river, ni-i-tuli’-ta; a stream or creek, a-se-tuli’-ta ; a 
little run, wa-wa’-ku-a. 
road, mo-ksa’-ku-yi; path or road, pa-tot’-sku-yi. 
rock, mis-tek’; rocky, mis-tek’-sku. 
rosebuds, ki-niks’. 
rope, a-pis, a lariat for a horse. 
rough, rugged, pi’-wa; bad lands, pi-walh’-o, and si- 
na-tali’-o. 
to rub off, or brush, ta-sa/-tsi-ni-ok’-sto. 
to run, o-ma’-ka; aks’-kas; to run quickly, ka-moks’- 
kas; run (imp.), aks-ka/-sit, and, mah-at’; run 
away, mis-ta-pi’-mahi’-at ; ni-to-mah’, I run; ki- 
to-mah’, you run. 
rusty, a-psu’-yi. 
S. 
sacred, holy, kse’-maps. 
salt, stik-se-po’-ko. 
sandbar, sput/-se-ko; the great sand pile where the 
dead go, o-muks/-sput/-se-ko. 
sash or belt, ma’-pis. 
seabbard, a-sto’-tu-wa. 
