INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. 
mix, he-ko’-ma-o-wo’-tsiits, to mix, as mortar. 
moccasin, i-mok’-ci. 
i-mok-¢a/-ni-wots, (pl.) 
na-mok/-éi, my moccasin. 
ni-mok’-¢i, thy moccasin. 
e-wo-kon’, to put tops on moccasins. 
molasses, pa-nu’-i-ha-su’-i-6t. 
money, mi-ho-ni/-ma-kai’-it. 
moon, i/-wo-nit, the moon rising. 
i-shi-i-a-min, the moon passing over the sky. 
ishi-i’-ta-in, the moon passing down into the 
west. 
morning, en-i-wo’-ni-ots, daylight, dawn of morning. 
morose, shu-mi’-i-whai’-i-sin’-ds (adjective). 
mosquito, ho’-o-ma. 
mother, ish’-k. 
na’-ko-e, my mother. 
nih’-ku, your mother. 
mourn, i-ah’-ai-im, to cry or mourn for the loss of a 
child. 
move, im’-o-mo’-dts, to move about, moving about. 
much, e-wo’-ta-ha’, very much. 
mule, a-ki’-i-wa. 
a-ki/-i-wa’-ham, (pl.) 
musk, e-ni-si-me’-hast. 
muskrat, i-yoh’. 
i-yoh’-i-o, pl. 
mystery, ma-he’-yo, mysterious, medicine, mystery, 
Anything that the Indians do 
not understand they consider supernatu- 
spiritual. 
ral, or “ medicine.” 
e-ma-wi-hu, Great Medicine, Great Spirit. 
N. 
nail, is-to’-a-no-ni-mo’-i-o-stin, the nails of the fingers 
and toes. 
e-mi’-si-mi-ds, the dirt under the finger-nails. 
mi-si’-mi-o-siin, pl. form. 
e-ni’-to-i-to’-ni-o, nails of iron, so called because 
first used in a door. 
naked, 1’-0-is-tds, naked, nearly naked, poorly clad. 
near, kaksh, near, near by, soon, presently. 
neck, ¢i-hu’-na-6t, nape or end of the neck. 
is-¢i’-6ts, back of the neck. 
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e’-ko-tsi’-na, by the neck. 
is-¢i-dts’-to-i-shi, to tie around the neck, asa rope. 
needles, e-ko’-wo-is-tots’, and wi-ho-ko’-wost. 
nephew, it-sin’-0t, his nephew. 
na-tsin’-0t, my nephew. 
ni-tsin’-0t, thy nephew. 
na-tsin’-o-ta, my nephews. 
ni-tsin’-o-ta, thy nephews. 
nest, who’-is, a bird’s nest. 
never, i-sa-ho-woli’-po-nit, at no time, never. 
new, e-lio-hai’-it. 
mo-ni-ma’-nistst, to make new, to renew. 
neWS, ni-ni’-o-tsi-is, to tell the news, to take word to 
any one. 
nili-o’-tsi-is, to arrive with the news. 
e-hi-dli’-ta-o-wa, to bring word or news to any one. 
tai-yoh’-ta-o-wa, to have gone to carry the news. 
night, ta-e’-wa. 
ta-asts’, pl. 
dohi-ta’-e-shi-to’-iv, beginning of the night, dusk. 
nod, i-o-a’-wa-e, to nod or swing the head, as in sleep. 
na-wa’-wo-e, I nod. 
ni-wa/-wo-e, you nod. 
i-a/-wa-i-sto, they all nod. 
he-i-e-tai’-yits, to nod the head, to bow to any one. 
noise, i-ha’-i-no-wi’-0, noixe, clamor, tumult. 
shi-o-ha’-o-no-as, a humming noise, bustle. 
hi-ali’-po-ni-ni’, to make a grating noise with 
the teeth. 
nose, e’-iv. 
e’-iy-o-ni’-wots, pl. 
na/-iv, My nose. 
ni’-iv, thy nose. 
e’-1-ni-0ts, to wink the nose. 
e-he’-e-im, to blow the nose. 
he-e-em’, the excretion of the nose. 
e-sl-e’-ma-si-ots, to sniff or snuff up the nose. 
i-ku’-ko-no-me-i-sis’-tiits, the external parts of the 
nose. 
nothing, i’-ho-wa-an. 
e-ho-wa’-ni-ni-he’, to become nothing. 
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obliquely, i-tah-ali’, obliquely, from corner to corner. 
