etc. (Gk p is root, Dak p suffix.)
Eu wagh carry, our way; Dak o-we way, trail.
Eu wad flow forth, our wet; Dak wi-wi a marsh, a springy place.
Eu wasu good; Dak wash-te good.
Teut wantra winter; Dak wani- winter.
Icel wakta watch, guard; Dak wakta watch, guard.
Teut widu wood; Min mida, bida wood.
Eu sa refrain from; Crow suffix sa the same.
Teut swa, Old Fris sa like as; Dak se like as.
Eu sak divide, cut; Min tsaki divide cut.
Eu sama summer; Min tsame hot, very warm.
Eu si bind; Min -shi bind; Dak -shi command.
Swed si! lo! behold! Dak. shi! hark!
Eu su good; Dak -su good.
Eu suk suck; Min tsuki, Dak zoka suck.
I E ska shine; Lat candidus white; Dak ska white shining.
I E ska separate; Dak ksa separate.
I E ska kill, Gk kten- kill; Dak kte kill.
I E ska tarry, Gk kta possess; Dak kta defer, tarry, used also as sign
of future tense. The Mandan future inflection -kit -kt -t appears to be
an abridgement of this.
Eu skat spring, leap; Dak skata play.
Eu ska, skad burn; Dak shku roast.
Eu skap annihilate; Dak skepa evaporate, remove entirely, cause to
disappear.
Eu skap strike; Dak -skapa strike.
Eu skad, Gk keda spill, scatter; Dak kada spill, scatter, applied only
to solids.
Eu skap scratch, shave; Min kape scratch.
Eu kopa concave; Dak skopa concave.
Eu skid press; Dak -ski- press.
Eu sku shave off, flay; Dak -sku shave off, flay.
Eu skru rough hew; Dak sku broken in gaps.
Eu snigh cold; Dak sni cold.
Eu swan sonare; Dak sna ring, rattle.
Eu skud, Teut skut shoot; Dak kate shoot.
Teut sota soot; Dak shota smoke, shotkazi soot.
Eu sad sit; Dak si, siha the foot.
The Dakota words that most resemble I E forms are those in daily use,
those roots entering into the largest number of compounds, those most
widely distributed in languages more nearly related.
Excluding words repeated in compounds and those contained in phrases I
have not satisfactorily analyzed, and including words derivative rather
than compound, I find in Hayden, Morgan and Schoolcraft 262 different
Iowa words. Of these thirty-five as words represent words discussed in
this paper; thirty-nine others appear to be derived from roots herein
discussed, a number of them varying from the Dak. word only by using a
different suffix also herein compared. Out of 159 that I have been able
plainly to trace to Dakota words and roots 121 are to Dakotan roots and
words which seem to be relat
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