INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. 285 
ma, an arrow. ma-takst, pl. bows. 
ma-hots’, pl. arrows. na-ma’-cik, my bow. 
na-ma’, my arrow. ni-ma’-cik, thy bow. 
ni-ma’, thy arrow. mo’-¢ik, a knife. 
ho-ist’, a fire, or his fire. na-mo’-Cik, my knife. 
na-to’-ist, my fire. ni-mo-cik, thy knife. 
ni-to’-ist, thy fire. i-mo-¢ik, his knife. 
ho-i’-stats, pl. fires, or their fires. mo-takst’, knives. 
na-to’-is-tam, our fires. na-mo-takst’, our knives. 
ni-to’-is-tam, your fires. ni-mo-takst’, your knives. 
ma’-cik, a bow, or his bow. 
12. The following are the words that denote kindred, and changes are made to denote 
the person of the relationship affirmed, by prefixing to the nouns the fragmentary personal 
pronouns; as, 
na-ho-e’, my father. na’-him-shim/’-1-not. 
na-ko-e’, my mother. ni’-him-shim’-i-not. 
na’-a, my son. i-him-shim’-i-not. 
na-ton’, my daughter. na’/-him-shim’-i-no. @ 
na-nih’-a, my grandchild. ni-him-shim’-i-hu. 
ni-nih’-a, your grandchild. ni-him-shim’-i-no. 
nih’-a, a grandchild. na-han’, his aunt. 
na-e-ih’-a, my great grandchild. na-na-han’, my aunt. 
na-ni’-a, my elder brother (spoken by a male). ni-na-han’, your aunt. 
na-ta’-ta-nim, my elder brother (said by a female). it-sin’-0t, nephew, his nephew. 
nam’-ham, elder sister (said by a male). : na-tsin’-dt, my nephew. 
hin’-i, elder sister (said by a female). ni-tsin’-dt, your nephew. 
i’-he-mi-dts, she is an elder sister. na-it-sin’-o-ta, our nephews. 
na’-he-mi-ots, she is my elder sister. ni-it-sin’-o-ta, your nephews. 
ni’-he-mi-0ts, she is your elder sister. na-ham’, his niece. 
nali’-a-him, my younger sister (said by a male). na-na-ham’, my niece. 
ni-ali’-a-him, your younger sister (said by a male). ni-na-ham’, your niece. 
i-ah/-a-him, his younger sister (said by a male). na-na-hai’-ha-mi-nuts, our nieces. 
is’-i-ma, younger sister (said by a female). na-hai/-ham-i-wo, our nieces. 
na-is’-i-ma, my younger sister (said by a female). e-mi-shim’, his stepfather. 
ni-is’-i-ma, your younger sister (said by a female). na-mi-shim’, my stepfather. 
na-hi’-ni-hi’-ndts, my brothers. ni-mi-shim’, thy stepfather. 
na-e’-ka-e’-ni-nOts, my sisters. nish’-ki-e, mother-in-law (said by male and female). 
ni-to’, brother-in-law. hi-hum’, a husband. 
ni-tam’, sister-in-law (wife’s sister). hi-hum’i-wo, pl. husbands. 
na-wi-si, a woman’s husband’s brother’s wife. na-i-hum’, my husband. 
him’-shim, a father-in-law. ni-t-hum’, thy husband. 
na-nim-shim’, my father-in-law. e-is’-tsi-im, his wife. 
ni-nim-shim’, your father-in-law. e-is’-tsi-Im/-1-0, his wives. 
