INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. 
broom, mahi’-i-wo-ma-o’-yi. 
brother, e-ni’-son, a brother. 
e-ni’-so-ni-wo (pl.), brothers. 
na-ni’-son, my brother. 
ni-ni’-son, thy brother. 
na-ni’, a man’s elder brother. 
na-ta’-ta-mim, a woman’s elder brother. 
na-si-ma’, younger brother. 
na-hi’-ni-hi’-ndts, my brothers. 
e’-to, a brother-in-law. 
ni-to’, your brother-in-law. 
he’-wi-to, his brother-in-law. 
ni-a-wi -to-wi’-to-wats, you are my brother-in- 
law. 
ni-sa’-he-wi-to-he-nits, you are not my bro- 
ther-in-law. 
he-wi'-tdst, to have for a brother-in-law, to 
sustain that relation. 
bubble, e-hi’-si-wot, to bubble up in boiling, as water. 
i-a-niy-si-wots, to bubble, or flow along with 
a noise, as water over rocks. 
ma-pe-e’-hi-ni-o, to make water bubble up, as 
water when a stone is thrown in. 
buckle, e-o’-we-me-kait, brass buckle. 
bud, ho-o’-tsi-si’-mi-néts, the buds of the trees in the 
spring. 
build, pa-yo’-na-o-we, to build a house, or pitch a 
tent. 
G-na’-no-is-to-he-ni-to, to build a fence around 
a corn-field. 
buffalo, o-to-a’, a male buffalo. Bos Americanus. 
mi, a female. 
wok-si-ai’, a calf. 
is’-l-wan, a herd of buffalo. 
e-mas’, bois de vache, ‘buffalo chips.” 
1-yo-iv, an old, scabby, buffalo bull. 
bulky, ta-sis’-to-wo, to be bulky, to hinder or impede, 
by putting on too many clothes. 
bunch, e-po-pis’-tai-i-na, bunches, knots, excrescences, 
on trees; the Indians make dishes of them. 
burn, i-si-to-wa-o, to burn or smoke, as incense, with 
a smell. 
burst, e’-ni-sta-ni-wa’-wot, to make pop or burst. 
e-oh’-i-wo-yat, to burst, as a boiler or a gun. 
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bush, mi/-no-¢i-a, willow bushes. 
button, o-ni-kom’. 
o-ni-ko’-mo-nots, (pl.) 
C. 
call, wi-hu-in’-i-min, to call to a meal. 
o-no’-o-mi, to call to a feast, to invite. 
i-a-no’-ma-d-sto, to call each other to a feast. 
calm, e’-he-kut, calm, still, without wind. 
callous, e’-wo-wi, any hard place formed by a burn or 
cut on the skin. 
candle, wa-ksi’-na-nis-to, a torch or candle. 
cap, wi-oli’-éa. 
wi-ohi’-éa-ist, (pl.) 
carry, e-mo-he’-he-noh’-to, to carry or draw. 
e’-ni-a-mi-dts, to carry or bring anything. 
mali-pe-i’-not, to carry or take on the shoul- 
der. 
cat, ka-e-si’-o-tum, a cat, a short-nosed dog. The 
plural is formed simply by changing the accent 
from the third syllable to the last. 
catch, i-no-dlit’, to catch in the mouth, anything that 
is tossed. 
cause, ta-no-dnst’, to cause to see. 
chair, tali-i-si/-is-tits. 
tali-i-si’-is-to-tiits, (pl.) 
champ, ma-kai’-i-ta-i/-ko-not, to champ, asa horse his 
bit. 
chapped, i-mo-o’-a, smarting, chapped by the wind. 
cheap, e-he’-ya-na, cheap, easily purchased. 
cheek, e-wo-ta’-nots. 
e-wo-ta’-no-tse-hik, cheek-bone. 
cherries, mah-6t-sta’-min, fruit of Cerasus pumila. 
chewed, pe-nohi’-tots, anything chewed fine, like musk- 
rats’ food. 
choke, i’-0-hdé, to choke, to be choked in eating. 
na’-o-hoé, I was choked in eating. 
ni/-o-hdé, thou wast choked in eating. 
clearly, o-ha-¢i’-stiits, clearly, conspicuously. 
in-sis’-to-wa-a, clear and cold, with particles 
of snow in the air. 
climb, e’-i-wo-ni, to climb, as a tree. 
close, ho’-o-sist, to be close to, to press on. 
