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VOCABULARY. 
Particular care was taken to obtain, as correctly as possible, all the words 
comprised in the comparative vocabulary adopted by Gallatin for his Syn- 
opsis of the Indian languages. Many other words, expressive of the most 
common objects or actions, have been added. The alphabetical arrange- 
ment is adopted for convenience of reference, in lieu of the different order 
which Gallatin preferred for the purposes of his work. The.Dakota and 
Hidatsa words are derived from the dictionaries of Mr, Riggs and Dr. 
Matthews, with the necessary changes of orthography which are required 
for the direct comparison of the three languages. 
i | When several words are given in the Tutelo list, they are sometimes, as 
will be seen, mere variations of pronunciation or of grammatical form, and 
i sometimes entirely distinct expressions. The Tutelo has no less than four 
| | words for ‘‘man,”’ wahlaka, waiydwa (or watwag) yrkan, and nona, which 
have doubtless different shades of meaning, though these were not ascer- 
tained. There are also two distinct words meaning ‘to see,’’ inéwa, and 
ohata, and two for ‘ go,”’ opéwaand gala (or, rather ope and la, answering 
to opa and ya in Dakota). A more complete knowledge of the language 
| would doubtless afford the means of discriminating between these appa- 
| || rently synonymous terms. 
| The words marked N in the vocabulary are those which were received 
from Nikonha himself. The pronunciation of these words may be accepted 
. || as that of a Tutelo of the full blood, and as affording a test of the correct- 
| ness of the others. 
"9 } Tutelo, Dakota. Hidatsa, 
i | Alive ini, eni, inina ni hiwakatsa 
a All hak, hok, okahék  iyuqpa qukaheta ; etga, 
| And nigas kha; tqa; ufikafi ; 
|| nakun iga 
| Arm higto (N) histo isto ara 
: Arrow mafiksii; mankoi (N) wanhiikpe ita, maita 
. |i Ashes alapok tgaqota midiitsapi 
| Aunt watemai; tomin tufiwin igami; ika 
i Autumn tanyi, tai ptafilyetu mata 
Awake kiklése kikta itsi; hidamitats 
| Axe nisép (N), hisépi, 
| hisép ofispe maiptsa 
Bad okayek (N) okayik, 
} ukayik Gitga icia 
B ii Bag mafiksii ojuha igi 
|| Balt tapi tapa méolapi 
Berk (n) qapi; yohifik gattha midaigi; qupi (v) 
Bear miinti (N) monti, 
| mofidi mato daqpitsi 
\} Beads watai totodafi akutohi 
