khąğí

From Proto-Mississippi-Valley *hká•ɣi, from Proto-Siouan *hká•xi.


mní

Mní etáŋ mak’ú wo.

The importance of water is significant. In the beginning, the water—Mni—was pure, part of the land, and therefore part of the people.

2012, Gwen Westerman, Bruce White, Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota, page 19:


sáta

wooden rack on which meat is hung to dry


winkta

a two-spirit; a male-bodied person who has a feminine or third-gender/bigender gender role


wíyaskabye

a type of glue made from boiled buffalo hooves


chąʾóthina

a type of little spirit that lives in a tree


maxpíya

Cognate with Assiniboine maȟpíya, Lakota maȟpíya.


máza

From Proto-Dakota *máza, from Proto-Mississippi Valley *mą́•ze, from Proto-Siouan *awą́•se.


ité

face (front of a person's or animal's head)


chąną́kpa

a type of edible mushroom that grows on trees


wąbdí

Cognate with Lakota waŋblí, Assiniboine wamní.


hokšídchekpabdu

powdery substance inside a puffball (usually applied to a newborn's navel when the umbilical cord is cut)


hokšína

From hokší (“child”) + -na (“diminutive suffix, forms terms of endearment”).
Cognate with Lakota hokšíla (“boy, young man”).


óząthųpi

curtained-off area inside a tipi, where one can take a shower or bathe or change clothes


makáʾigdi

skunk oil (used to treat nasal congestion and cough)


wichéwąka

bedtime (originally, the time when everyone in a camp would go to sleep)


khéya

turtle (land or marine reptile with a shell)


wí

sun (star around which the Earth revolves)


chatkú

the place of honor inside a dwelling (the area opposite the doorway)


máǧa

field, garden (any cultivated patch of land)


oʾákąke

chair, stool, bench (something to sit on)


iwóžu

a hand tool for planting seed, consisting of a digging tool with a box for seed attached


xemáni

train (vehicle that travels on a railroad)


sįté

From Proto-Dakota *sįté, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley: *sį́•te, from Proto-Siouan *(i-)sį́•te.


wačhípi

From wačhí (“to dance”) + -pi (“plural marker, they”).


bdóte

We use the term Bdote area for the area surrounding the bdote of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers.

(Can we date this quote?), Bdote Memory Map:

where two or more bodies of water converge