CREATE TABLE table_1499774_5 (english_gloss VARCHAR, northern_lakota VARCHAR)

Name the number of english gloss for wak ye a
SELECT COUNT(english_gloss) FROM table_1499774_5 WHERE northern_lakota = "wakȟáŋyeža"
SELECT COUNT("english_gloss") FROM "table_1499774_5" WHERE "northern_lakota" = "wakȟáŋyeža"