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VOCABULARY OF INDIAN LANGUAGES. 



Fate, (kr, fall, fat; — me, met; — pine, pin ; — 



The following promiscuous words are added for the further informa- 

 tion of the philidugist. 



Wah-t6k-t4-ta, or Oto Language. 

 miz-6nk-kd — iron 



White people 



makers 

 Americans, m^-h^-hian-jeh — big 



knife 

 British, r&-gar-rash-ing, probably 



not an Oto word 

 lo way nation, pa.-h6-ja—^ra]/ snoit; 

 Missom-i nation, ne-6-ta-tcha — 



those who build a town at the 



month of a river 

 Mississippi river, ne-o-hvin-je — the 



river that enlarges as it runs, or 



ne-ber-a-tje, ivater of knowledge 

 Missouri river, ne-su-ja — smoky 



looter 

 Osage river, ne-sk& — white water 

 Grand river, nesh-na-h^n-ja — big 



ivater 

 Konzes river, t6-p6-6-ka — good 



jjotatue river 

 Nodowa river, n^-k-ton-wk— jump 



over river, or ne-wa-ton 

 Walk, ma-ne 

 Distant, har-re 

 Deer, tah-che 

 Green, toh-tsche 

 Platte river, ne-br^s-ka — or fiat 



water 

 Little Platte river, ne-breska-ing- 



ya — little flat water 

 Tarkio river, tar-ke-u 

 Nemehaw river, ne-mo-ha-hi'in-ge 

 Little Nemehaw river, ne-iiio-ha- 



ing-yi 

 Nishnabatona river, nish-na-bot- 



ona — canoe making river 

 Weeping water river, n6-hS.-ga — 



weeping water 

 Saline creek, n^s-co — salt water 

 Loup fork of the Platte river, 



Pawneeomawhaw-ne-etovv-wa 



Elkhorn creek, wk-ti-tting-yk 

 Konza ri\jer, Konza-n^-etow-wa — 



or the river belonging to the 



Konzas 

 Run, n6ng-4 

 Leap, ta-wa 

 Fight, ^-ke-ra-ga 

 Eat, w^-ro-ja 

 Drink, rat-tong 

 Steal, mo-no 

 Talk, e-cha 

 Strength, bre-hr4 

 Weakness, wa-ha-ha 

 Poor, wa-was-tong 

 Near, as-ke 

 Diflferent, ^-tan-tong 

 Good, pe-Ay 

 Bad, pish-c6-na 

 Mockeson, a-ko-je 

 Gunpowder, ik-ho-je 

 Ball, ma-za-muh 

 Looking-glass, mi-zo-ki-toii-a 

 Long, thra-ja 

 Shoi t, su-is-cha 

 Broad, ^r-ru-chi-hiln-jd 

 Thick, sho-ga 

 Thin, bra-ka 

 Father, in-ko — used by a person 



when addressing his father. 



This word is said by Lewis and 



Clarke, p. 36, to mean chief, 



but this seems to be a mistake. 

 Twenty, kra-ba-ncih-no-wa 

 Twenty-one, krabanuhnowa-a-gen- 



ne-yon-ka? 

 Thirty, krubanuh-t^-n^ 

 One hundred, krabanuh-ho-yong 

 One hundred and one, krabanuh- 



hoyongagenneyonka 

 One thousand, krabanuhhoyong- 



hon-ja — or big hundred 



