INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. 
i-po-i-ha’, to break or crush in pieces, as meat 
or tallow. 
na-po-i-ha’, I break, &c. 
ni-po-i-ha’, thou breakest, Xc. 
i-po-i-ha’-o, they break, &c. 
ery, ni-oh’-ai-im, to make ery, by talking to. 
cup, to-i-ni’-o. 
to-i-ni’-o-nots, (pl.) 
to-i-ni’-o-ni-wi-tok, a cup with a handle, dipper. 
curl, im’-a-ma-kai, to curl, as hair. 
ma-mali-ai-e’, curly. 
currants, he-sta-tsi/-min, black currants, Mibes jflo- 
ridum. 
curtain, ni-i’-psi-no’-i-nuts, to curtain, or cover with a 
curtain. 
eut, e-ili’, to cut. 
e-wo-ili’, to cut off a string from a skin. 
e-pi-il’, to cut in pieces, to destroy with a knife. 
e-po-il’, to cut off, as a piece of meat. 
i’-o-tali, to cut holes in anything with a knife. 
i-o'-sis, to cut or rip open. 
i-o-ta’-o-mo, to cut a hole into, as in wood. 
e’-i-so, to cut in the middle. 
ho-o-i-ninst’, to cut tobacco. 
pi-nolits’, to carve, to cut. 
e-mi-ko’-yo-kah, to cut or shear off the hair. 
D. 
damp, e-hi’-ko-o, damp. 
; e-yo’-i-yats, to be moist or damp. 
dance, e-mahi’-ta-a, a dance. 
e-mah’-ta-o, to dance. 
ma-mah/-ta-o, I dance. 
ni-mah/-ta-o, you dance. 
i-mi-tah’-to, they dance. 
i-0-so’-i-to, to dance on anything. 
i-ma-yun’-i-so’-i-sto, a sacred dance. 
When the In- 
dians arrive at the camp with scalps, they 
e-ho’-i-o-Gi’-sto, a scalp dance. 
come in dancing. 
e-a’-cis-to, a regular scalp dance. This dance 
is conducted among the Shyennes, the same 
as with the Dakotas. 
dark, i/-a-no-nit, to be dark, darkness. 
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in-sta-e/-wi-dts, to become dark. 
1-shi-ta-e’-wi-ni, to darken, to shadow as clouds. 
daughter, he’-mi. 
na-ton’, my daughter. 
day, i’-shi-i-wa. 
i-shinst’ (pl.), days. 
i-shi-iy, all day. 
si-to’-shi-iv, the middle of the day. 
e-pa-wi-1’-shi-o, 
i-hay’-si-vi-i’-shi-o, } a, god day. 
i-shi-ni-pit/-siv, a snowy day. 
i-shi-i-wai’-i-hi-ko, a rainy day. 
i-shi’-hi-kot, a mild, calm day. 
e-1-to’-iv, dusk, between sunset and dark. 
in-i-wo’-o-ni-yots, day breaking, daylight. 
e-ho-so’-wo-ma-no, broad daylight, full light. 
dead, ho-wa-tsi’-e-wish. 
i-na’-i-yots, to be dead. 
debilitated, i-ha-mu’-ta, sick, debilitated. 
i-ha-mu’-ta-yo, (pl.) 
December, e-po-iv’-si-o, the month when the animals 
shed their horns. 
deep, i-ha’-o-tum, deep as water, dense as foliage, 
thick as hair. 
ho-i-ta’-is, deep, far within. 
deer, mu-ksa’, young deer or fawn. 
mu-ksa’-o-iv, a fawn or deerskin. 
etecate, he-mats’, to defecate. 
defective, wi'-shi-to-nost, to be defective, wanting. 
deformed, e-ndhi-ni-ka, deformed, deficient in any 
part. 
demijohn, i-shi-i’-wi-to, a large bottle. 
na-niv’-sit, a glass bottle. 
descend, e-ha’-ni-wo-ni, to descend from a tree. 
desert, toli-to’-a, a desert place where no one dwells. 
destitute, i-sa-a’-i-nu, to be destitute, to have nothing 
of. 
na-sa-a/-i-nu, I am destitute. 
ni-sa-a’/-i-nu, thou art destitute. 
i-sa-a/-I-nu’-i-nu (pl.), they are destitute. 
dew, e-hi-ko-wi’-ni-o. 
i-ma-hi/-ko-wi'-ni-o, dewy everywhere. 
diaphragm, he-to’-nish, the diaphragm of a deer. 
die, ni-in’-a, to die. 
