INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. 
throat, oh-kris’-tun-1. 
thunder, kris-te-kum’- 
to tickle, si-kus’-i-ta’-ki, and e-ko’-i-ni-sto’-to. 
to tie, isk’-si-ni-stuk’-sim ; tie (imp.) sksi’-nit. 
tobacco, pis-ta’-kan; Indian tobacco of the best qual- 
ity, Lobelia inflata, ne-ets’-ti-nis ; common In- 
dian tobacco, both kinds used in the religious 
ceremonies of the Indians, e’-nis; cutting-board 
for tobacco, su-pi’-ksis-tsi-ma’-Gis ; a garnished to- 
bacco sack, a-su’-a-¢i’-man. 
to-morrow, a pin’-o-kos; I will go to-morrow, a-pi- 
nuk’-si-ta-ko’-ma-ta. 
to-night, ko-kis’. 
tongue, ma-tse’-ne. 
tooth, oh-pi’-a-kin. 
top, or summit, si-ko’-ki-tolis. 
to touch, ksi’/-nit. 
towards, pit-si-oli’-to. 
towel, ste’-sis-ki-o. 
travail, ma-nis’-¢i. 
tripe, o-ku’-un. 
true, truth, kit-si’-ma; you are not a man of truth, 
ki-ma-to’-ma-nih/-pa. 
trunk, or box, a-so’-kai-is; a wooden trunk, mis-¢is’- 
o-kai'-is. 
to twist, a-niks’-ka-pi-kris’-ta-kis. 
U. 
ugly, muli-si-num’. 
under, stalis ; it is under something, stalis-m1-it-si’-o ; 
there is something under the stone, oli-o’-to-ki- 
stalis-mi-it-si’-o. 
up, a-mi-toks’. 
Mi 
valley, pi-i-stah’-wah-u/-mi-ni-stah’-ui. 
vein, 6s-¢i’. 
verdigris, dh-o-mo’-ni-nut-si; ko-na’-no is sometimes 
used. 
very, e-a’, sku-nuts’, e-ku’-i; this very night, a-nu’- 
ke-a-ksa/-ko-kus-e-ku’-i; a very old man, e-ku’-i- 
na/-pi-o; very cold, sku-nuts’-tu-yi. 
village, a-ki’-ta-pi-sko’; a plenty of lodges, o-ki’-o- 
kum-i. 
villain, ma-kse-tup’-i. ” 
to vomit, o-kit/-skum. 
273 
W. 
wagon, or cart, a’-na-kaus. 
to walk, sik-so’-o ; I will walk, nit-a’-ksi-ksi-ni; you 
will walk, kit-a’-ksi-ksi-ni; he will walk, ta’-ksi- 
ksi-no. 
war, kah’-to-ma; a war-club, ko’-ksa-kin. 
warm, kris-to’-yi. warrior, tsu’-a-pits. 
wasp, na’-mo. water, oli/-i. 
weak, ma-tse-kut’-saps. 
weeds, ki-sta’-po-tu’-yis; dried grass, ki-pi-ta’-tu-yis. 
well, it’/-ksu; he got well again, at’-ai-it’-tsu. 
wife (my), nit-o-ki’-man. 
wind, i’-so-pu ; sometimes pronounced, su-po; a strong 
wind, a-muk’-sa-pu’-yi. 
windpipe, o’-ku-stun. 
wing, of a bird, o-min’-stra-kin. 
winter, stu’-yi; sto’-yi. 
within, pi-sto’-tso; without, su-oh’-so. 
wise, mo-ku-ki-aps. 
to wish, te-tsil’-ta. 
what? ali-sats’; what more? what else? akh-sas’-¢i-ki ; 
what do you say? sa-wa’-ni; when? at what time? 
sta-nis’-¢is; where? at what place? di’/-ma. 
whip, is-ci/-pi-si-ma’-¢is; to whip, is-¢i’-pi-sis’. 
whiskey, na-pi’-oh-i, white water. 
white, ¢i-ksi-num’; white cloth, ¢i-kai-pi’-d. 
who? ta-ka’. 
woman, a-ki’-ma; (pl. a-kiks’.) 
wood, mis’-tis; stone wood, petrified wood, mis’-tis-oh’- 
o-tok ; all kinds of hard wood, tsa-si’-ksa; rotten 
wood, bi’-a-kuk’-si-ksi ; split wood, ni-sta’-to-ksaks ; 
a pile of drift-wood in the river, ka-¢is’-ko. 
word, e-pu’-o-ksin. 
to work, a-po’-to-ki; work (imp.), a-po’-to-kit; I am 
going to work, nta-ka-po’-to-k1. 
to wrap up, a-mo-pit’. 
wrist, i-tah’-o-ki-wis-tsi’-pi. 
to write, a-sin’-a-ki; write (imp.), sin’-a-kit; writing, 
sin’-a-ki ; books, a-sin’-aks. 
Y. 
yellow, o-toh’-u-i. yes, a. 
yesterday, ma-tun’-i-ye. - 
yet, sa’-ki; he is living yet, sa’/-ki-ai-to’-pi-wa. 
yonder, o’-mim. 
