Lakota vocabulary question

[ROOD DAVID S]

I have an inquiry about a word which was reported to me as "walansila"
meaning "compassionate".  I can't find it, but Bruce's dictionary has
"wa'uNs^ila" for English 'compassionate'.  Can anyone clarify the possible
differences in the two words, or verify that one is correct and the other
not, and offer any examples of context in which it might be used?

Thanks.

David

David S. Rood
Dept. of Linguistics
Univ. of Colorado
295 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0295
USA
rood at colorado.edu