song 43.
_Hă′thahu′ha_—star people, from _hă′tha_, star; one of the degrees
of the Arapaho military organization. See Arapaho song 43.
_Häthi′na_—he tells me, he says to me. Present, _häthi′na_; future,
_nĭhiithi′na_; perfect, _hatnithi′na_; _he′ităwuni′na_, it
tells me; _de′tawuni′na_, another form for “he told me.”
_Ha′ti_—for _Ha′hat_.
_Hätiku′tha_—the humming toy used by boys of the prairie tribes.
See Arapaho song 25.
_Hätina′hawa′bä_—you (plural) will see him; _nana′hawă_, I see him;
_ni′nahawa′na_, we see them; _nahăbi′na_, he saw me; _na′hawû_,
I saw him; _he′năă′awă_, when I see it; _tahu′naha′thihi′na_,
to make me see them. _Nina′hawa_, I look at him.
_Hätinĕ′bäku′thana_—let us play _nĕ′bäku′thana_, the awl game. See
Arapaho song 64.
_Hätini′tubi′bä_—he is calling you (plural); _nini′tuwa_, I call
him.
_Häti′ta-usĕta′na_—let us play _ta′-usĕta′na_. See Arapaho song 64.
_Hä′tnaa′waa′_—it is about to move (immediate future).
_Hätnaawaa-uhu_—for _Hä′tnaa′waa′_.
_Hätni′tani′na_—he will hear me. _Näni′ta′nă_, I hear him;
_nitabä′na_, I hear it; _nini′dănă′û_, I heard him. In the form
in Arapaho song 61, _Hatani′nitani′na_, the syllable _ni_ is
repeated in the body of the word to fill in the meter.
_Hatni′thi′aka′tana_—we have it in the center. _Nahi′thaä′ntană_, I
am the center; _nähi′thiăni′na′ta_, it is in the center.
_Hayana′-u′si′ya_—for _Ya′‛na-u′si′ya_.
_He!_—an unmeaning exclamation used in the songs.
_Hechä′_—when again.
_He′e′e′!_—an unmeaning exclamation used in the songs.
_He′ee′ä′ehe′yuhe′yu!_—ibid.
_He′eye′!_—ibid.
_He′ităwuni′na_—it tells me. Compare _Häthi′na_.
_He′năă′awă_—when I see it. Compare _Hätina′hawa′bä_.
_He′nagana′‛wanĕn_—when we dance until daylight. The root
is _naga′nh_, daylight, or dawn. _Nibä′tanä_, I dance;
_ni′nagănawa′ni_, we have danced until daylight. Compare
_Bäta′hina′ni_.
_Hesû′na_—the father. _Hesûna′nĭn_, our father; _nisû′na_, my
father, whence _hi-nisû′na-hu_ of the songs.
_Hesûna′nĭn_—our father. Compare _Hesû′na_.
_Hĕtabi′nuhu′ni′na_—I am poor; I am needy.
_Hĕthĕ′hinĕ′na_—Dog men, from _hĕth_, dog, and _hinĕ′na_, men;
one of the degrees of the Arapaho military organization. See
Arapaho song 43.
_Hĕthĕwa′wŭ_—The dance of the _Hĕthĕhinĕ′na_. See Arapaho song 43.
_He′wa-u′sa_—you are a young crow, you are the offspring of the
crow; _ho_ or _hu_, crow; _hosa_, a young crow, a little crow.
This was the Indian name of Little Raven, the noted Arapaho
chief, who died a few years ago.
_He′yahe′eye!_—an unmeaning exclamation used in the songs.
_He′yäya′ahe′ye!_—ibid.
_He′yoho′ho!_—ibid.
_Hi′a!_—ibid.
_Hi′bithini′na_—they are flying about it. _Ninaä′niahu′tawa_, I am
flying about it. Compare _Nänii′ahu′na_.
_Hichăä′qawŭ_—the dance of the _Hichăä′quthi_. See Arapaho song 43.
_Hichăä′quthi_—Club men, from _chăä′tha_, a club; one of the
degrees of the Arapaho military organization. See Arapaho song
43.
_Hi′chäbä′-i_—high up, on high, i. e., in heaven, in the sky, or in
a tree top.
_Higa′ahina′-ĭt_—“The man with the coyote gun;” from _gaahi′na_,
the “coyote men;” a camp guard or picket among the Arapaho. See
Arapaho song 41.
_Hiii!_—an unmeaning exclamation used in the songs.
_Hi′nä_—here; here it is.
_Hinä′ähä′k_—it is! (strongly affirmative). Compare _Hi′nä_.
_Hină′äthi_—the long wing-feather (referring to the longest wing
pinion, worn on the head).
_Hĭna′wûn_—his paint; _hĭnă′w’_, (red) paint, the Indian clay
paint; _nina′w’_, my paint; _hena′w’_, your paint.
_Hĭ′ni_ or _ĭ′nĭ_—that, that one.
_Hi′nini′!_—an unmeaning song terminal.
_Hi′niqa′aga′yetu′sa_—for _Hĭ′nĭ niqaga′yătusă_.
_Hinisa′na_—his children. Compare _Nänisa′năŭ_.
_Hinisû′nahu_—for _Nisû′na_.
_Hĭsä′_—my female comrade, or companion (vocative).
_Hi′sähihi_—for _Hĭsä′_.
_Hise′hi_—ibid.
_Hĭtäsi′na_—(singular, _Hĭ′täsi_)—“scarred people,” the Arapaho
name for the Cheyenne. From _hĭtäshi′ni_, scarred or cut.
_Hiti′cha_—this pipe. Compare _Äti′chanĭ′na_.
_Hiticha′ni_—for _Hiti′cha_.
_Hitu′nena_—the name by which the _Aä′ninĕ′na_ or Arapaho
Grosventres of the Prairie are known to the rest of the tribe.
Another form is _Hitu′nĕni′na_. It signifies “begging men,”
or more exactly “spongers,” the terminal part being from
_hinĕ′na_, “men.” The Arapaho call the Sioux _Natni_, and the
Asiniboin _Tu-natni_, or “begging Sioux.”
_Hi′yu_—here it is. _Näyu_, there it is; _häyu_, where is it? what
is it?
_Ho_—crow; usually duplicated as _Huhu_ or _Ahuhu_ in the songs.
The crow is the sacred bird of the Ghost dance, and is also
held sacred by the Algonquian tribes generally. See Arapaho
song 36.
_Ho′sa_—“Little Crow,” better known as “Little Raven,” the
celebrated chief of the southern Arapaho. He died a few years
ago and was succeeded by the present head chief _Na′wat_ or
Left Hand. The name is derived from _ho_, “crow,” and _sa_, the
diminutive.
_Hu!_—an unmeaning exclamation sometimes used by devotees and
priests in the Ghost dance when under strong excitement, as
_Hu! Hu! Hu!_
+Hubbub+—the name given by old New England writers to the Indian
dice game. See Arapaho song 68.
_Huhu_—for _Ho_.
_Hu′nă_—crows; plural of _ho_ or _hu_; figuratively used in the
songs for crow feathers worn on the head.
_Hu′naku′nithi_—wearers of the crow feathers; the name given to
the seven leaders of the Ghost dance who wear crow feathers on
their heads. _Ho_, crow; plural, _hona_ or _huna_.
_Hu′wĭsä′na_—I go straight to it. _Huwĭ′sä_, you go, etc;
_qănu′wĭsät_, he goes, etc.
_Huyu_—another form of _Hi′yu_.
_Ih!_—an unmeaning exclamation used in the songs.
+Ikunuhkatsi+—“All Comrades,” the military society of the
Blackfeet. See Arapaho song 43.
_Ina′habi′ä_—Look on us! _Nina′hawa_, I look at him. Compare
_Ächiqa′hăwa_.
_I′nĭt_—timber.
_Inita′ta-usä′na_—stand ready! (imperative plural)
_Näni′tata′-usä′na_, I am ready.
_Inû′na-i′na_—the name used by the Arapaho to designate themselves.
It signifies “our people,” or “people of our kind.”
_I′thaq_—a gut; a sheath or case made of bear gut. See Arapaho song
41.
_I′thetihi_—good.
_Iyahu′h_—gone, it is all gone.
_Iyehe′!_—an unmeaning exclamation used in the songs.
_I′yehe′eye_—ibid.
_Iyu_—another form of _Hi′yu_.
+Kaninahoic+—the Ojibwa name for the Arapaho.
+Kanina′vish+—ibid.
_Kawinahan_—the form used by Hayden for _Gawunĕ′na_ or
_Gawunĕ′häna_, q. v.
_Ku′niahu′na_—I fly with it on my head.
+Maqpĭ′ato+—the Sioux name for the Arapaho. It signifies “blue
cloud, i. e., a clear sky;” reason unknown.
+Minnetarees of Fort de Prairie+—The name given by Lewis and Clark
to the _Aä′ninĕna_ or Arapaho Grosventres. The _Aä′ninĕna_ are
known to the French Canadians as Gros Ventres des Prairies,
while the Minitari are called by them Gros Ventres du Missouri,
and the American explorers incorrectly compounded the two names.
_Näa′wunani′nä_—he takes pity on us. Compare _Hatăna′wunăni′na_.
_Na′chichaba′n_—they are still making it. _Nä′nĭstĭnă_, I make it;
_Näsu′nistină_, I still make it.
_Naga′q_—the morning star. See Arapaho songs 67 and 72. The word
literally means “a cross.”
_Nahăbi′na_—he saw me. Compare _Hätina′hawa′bä_.
_Nă′hănĭ_—here! look! Compare _Ächiqa′hăwă_.
_Naha′ta_—look at it! (imperative singular). Compare _Ächiqa′hăwă_.
_Na′hawaŭ′_—for _Na′hawû′_.
_Na′hawŭû_—I saw him. Compare _Hätina′hawä′bä_.
_Nä′hibiwa′huna_—then I begin to cry or lament. Compare
_Bähibiwă′hĭna_.
_Nä′hibi′wahuna′na_—then I wept. Compare _Bähibiwă′hĭna_.
_Nä′higu′tha_—I throw it. _Nina′gu′tha_, I throw it where it can
not be found.
_Nä′hinä′n_—stop!
_Nä′inaha′tdäbä′naq_—I then saw the multitude plainly.
_Na′kash_—sage; the wild sage (Artemisia); the name of a prominent
northern Arapaho.
_Na′kasinĕ′na_—the name by which the northern Arapaho call
themselves. It signifies “sagebrush men,” from _na′kash_,
“sagebrush,” and _hinĕ′na_ or _hinĕ′nina_, the plural of
_hinĕ′n_, “man.” They are called _Ba′achinĕ′na_ by the other
Arapaho, and _Tägyä′ko_ by the Kiowa.
_Nănä′_—it is that, that is the thing.
_Na′nagă′qănĕt_—white-skinned (singular); from _na′guă_, white
(organic) and _wană′q_, skin. _Nûna′chă_, white (inorganic);
either _na′guă_ or _nûna′chă_ may be used in speaking of a
house. _Na′nagă′qănĕt_ is one of the Arapaho names for the
whites, the ordinary term being _Nia′thn_, q. v. See also
_Niha′nătaye′chet_.
_Nanaha′thăhi_—he showed me. _Nanaha′tha_, I show him.
_Nänä′nina_—it is I, I am he (emphatic).
_Nana′thina′ni_—he came to take me, he came for me. In the songs
the adverb “when” or “where” is sometimes understood with the
verb. See Arapaho song 38.
_Näne′th_—when I met him.
_Nä′niahu′na_—for _Näniĭ′ahu′na_.
_Nänibä′tawă_—I am singing it; _Näni′bina_, I sing; _nibä′t_, a
song.
_Nänibä′tia_—for _Nänibä′tawă_.
_Nä′‛nihithätu′hŭna_—thus I shouted, or called. _Nä′‛ni_ in
composition signifies “thus.”
_Näni′ibä_—it is spotted.
_Nani′nibinä′sĭ_—the wind makes them sing. _Näni′bina_, I sing.
Compare _Nänibä′tawă_.
_Nänisa′na_—for _Näni′sanăŭ′_.
_Näni′sanăŭ′_ or _Näni′sanăq_—my children. _Näni′sa_, my older
child; _näni′sanĕ′ăĕ′_, my young child.
_Nänisa′taqi_—for _Ni′sataq_, seven.
_Nänisa′tăquthi_—for _Ni′sataq_, seven.
_Nä′nitha′tuhŭ′na_—for _Nä′‛nihithatu′hŭna_.
_Näniwu′hună_—I carry it as I fly about in circles. Compare
_Hi′bithini′na_ with _Tahĕti′niahu′na_.
_Nasu′siyakunawa_—I am stripping it. I am unsheathing it. Compare
_Săniyagu′nawa′_.
_Na′tănu′ya_—what I am using. _Tanu′năwa′_, I use it.
_Na′tenehi′na_—another form of _Natni_ or _Na′tnihi′na_.
_Na′tni_ or _Na′tnihi′na_—the Arapaho name for the Sioux. The
etymology is unknown, but it may possibly be a form of
_Na′dowe_, the generic Algonquian name for Indians of a
different stock.
_Natu′wani′sa_—my top (a toy); from _uwani′sa_, a top. See Arapaho
song 65.
_Na′waa′tănû_—I prayed to him; _ni′awăaa′tanû_, I am praying (to
him).
_Na′wat_—“Left Hand,” present head chief of the southern Arapaho.
_Na′wathinĕ′ha_—the name by which the southern Arapaho are known to
the rest of the tribe. It signifies “southerners,” and is said
to be an archaic form for _Nawunĕ′na_, the name by which the
southern Arapaho call themselves.
_Na′wunĕ′na_—the proper name of the southern Arapaho. It signifies
“southern men,” from _na′wun_, “south,” and _hinĕ′na_, “men.”
They are called _Nawa′thinĕ′ha_, “southerners,” by the northern
Arapaho, which is said to be the archaic form.
_Năya′qût_—the whirlwind. The powers and phenomena of nature are
generally personified in Indian thought and language.
_Nä′yu_—there it is. Compare _Iyu_.
_Nea-i′qaha′ti_—for _Ne′ia-i′qahat_.
_Neä′thibiwa′na_—the place where crying begins. Compare
_Bähibiwă′hĭna_.
_Nĕ′bäku′thana_—the “awl game” of the women of the prairie tribes.
See Arapaho song 64.
_Nĕ′chäi′hit_—he gave me this grateful gift; he gave me this, for
which I am thankful.
_Nĕ′chä′wu′nani_—have pity on me (imperative singular). Compare
_Hatana′wunani′na_.
_Nehawa′wună′na_—I have no sympathy with him. Compare
_Ti′awawu′nănu_.
_Nĕ′ia-i′qahat_—now he is collecting them; now he begins to gather
them.
_Ne′na_(_-hu_)—my mother. _Nesû′na_, my father.
_Nesû′na_—another form of _Nisû′na_.
_Nĕtĭ′qtawa_—my _tĭ′qtawa_ or throwing-stick. The game is called
_bătĭ′qtûba_, abbreviated to _tĭ′qtûp_. The throwing-stick is
called _bătĭ′qtawa_ or _tĭ′qtawa_. See Arapaho song 68.
_Nĕ′tita′wahu_—for _Netĭ′qtawa_.
_Ni′ănĕ′thăhi′nani′na_—he did not recognize me. The negative idea
is contained in _änĕ′th_; _ä′ninani′na_, he recognized me.
_Ni′ănita′wathi_—they push hard, i. e., they persevere.
_Näni′äni′tawana_, I push hard; I do my best; I do right.
_Nia′rhari′s-kûrikiwa′s-hûski_—proper Wichita name for the Arapaho.
_Ni′äsa′kua′na_—I am looking on, or watching. Compare
_Hätina′hawa′bä_ and _Ächiqa′hăwa_.
_Nia′thu_ or _Nia′‛thuă_—the white people; singular, _Nia′tha_.
The word signifies literally expert, skillful, or wise, and is
also the Arapaho name for the spider. The word for “white” is
_nu′na′cha′ă_. Compare _Na′nagă′qănĕt_ and _Niha′nătaye′chet_.
_Niathu′a-u_—for _Niathu′a_.
_Niati′biku′thahu_—for _Niati′biku′thathi_.
_Niati′biku′thathi_—they are rolling it.
_Nibäi′naku′nithi_—they all wear it on their heads. _Ninaku′na_, I
wear it on my head.
_Nibä′t_—song. Compare _Nänibä′tawă_.
_Nibä′tia_—for _Nibä′t_.
_Ni′binu_—for _Niibi′na_.
_Ni′bithi′t_—I have nothing to eat.
_Ni′chiă_—river.
_Ni′chihinĕ′na_—“river men,” the Arapaho name for the Kiowa. From
_ni′chiă_, river, and _hinĕ′na_, men, so called from the former
residence of the Kiowa on upper Arkansas river, from which they
were driven by the Arapaho and Sioux.
_Niesa′na_, or _Ni′chisa′na_—the young birds. _Niĕ′hĕ_, bird;
_niĕ′hisa_, a young bird.
_Niha′nătaye′chet_—yellow-hided (singular); from _niha′ne_, yellow,
and _nata′yech_, a hide; one of the Arapaho names for the
whites. The ordinary term is _Nia′thu_, q. v.
_Nĭhiga′hu_—he is running. _Näniga′na_, I run; _năni′higa_, he
runs; _nĭhiga′huna_, I am running swiftly.
_Nĭhiga′huna_—I am running swiftly. Compare _Nĭhiga′hu_.
_Nihii′nä_—forcibly, swiftly.
_Niibi′na_—I gave it to them. Compare _Bĕni′nina_.
_Niitegu_—for _Nii′tĕhăg_.
_Nii′tĕhăg_—it was he, he was the one.
_Niitu′qawigû′niĕ′_—where they were coming down; where they were
descending toward us.
_Ninaä′niahu′na_—fly in circles (habitual); I am constantly flying
about in circles. Compare _Hi′bithini′na_ and _Tahĕti′niahu′na_.
_Ninaä′niahu′tawa_—I am flying about it. Compare _Hi′bithini′na_.
_Ninaä′qăwa′_—I go around it.
_Ni′nagănawa′ni_—we have danced until daylight. Compare
_He′nagana′‛wanĕn_ and _Bäta′hina′ni_.
_Ni′nahawa′na_—we see them. Compare _Hätina′hawa′bä_.
_Ninä′ninati′nakuni′na_—It is I who have (wear) it on my head; I am
the one who ties it on my head.
_Ninĕ′n_—tallow.
_Niniha′niahu′na_—I fly around yellow. _Niha′ne_, yellow. Compare
_Hi′bithini′na_ and _Nänii′ahu′na_.
_Ni′nini′tubi′na_—he has called me.
_Nini′tănă′û_—I heard him. Compare _Hatni′tăni′na_.
_Nĭnitu′sa_—making a sound, resounding.
_Ni′qa_—father (vocative; no possessive pronoun implied). A more
reverential or affectionate form than _nisûna_.
_Niqaga′yătusa_—the loudest sounding, the loudest of all. The idea
of “loudest” is contained in _qaga′y’_, and of “sounding” in
_tusa_. See _Nĭnitu′sa_.
_Ni′qahu′hu′_—for _Ni′qa_.
_Ni′qana′ga_—that one buffalo bull; there is a solitary bull.
_Hänä′chä_, a buffalo bull, is changed in the song to
_qana′ga_. _Ni_ in composition denotes alone, single, from
_nisi_, only one; _chäsaiy’_, one.
_Nisa′na_—the same as _nisû′na_ or _nesûna_, my father.
_Ni′sataq_—seven. See _Yathûn_.
_Nisû′na_—my father. Compare _Hesû′na_.
_Ni′tabä′na_—I hear it. Compare _Hatni′tani′na_.
_Nitabä′tani_—we are dancing. Compare _Bäta′hina′ni_.
_Nita-i′sa_—my relative.
_Ni′tawuna′na_—I take pity on them. Compare _Hatăna′wunani′na_.
_Nithi′na_—he said it, he has said it (immediate past). Compare
_Häthi′na_.
_Nuha′wŭ_—Fox dance; the dance of the _Nuhinĕ′na_. See Arapaho song
43.
_Nuhinĕ′na_—Fox men, from _nu_, fox, and _hinĕ′na_, men; one of the
degrees of the Arapaho military organization. See Arapaho song
43.
_Nu′nagûna′‛-u′ăt_—he came with it, he brought it with him.
_Nûnaha′wŭ_—one of the degrees of the Arapaho military
organization; the meaning of the word is unknown. See Arapaho
song 43.
_Nû′nanû′naa′tăni′na_—he is circling above me. See Arapaho song 39.
_Nû′nanû′naku′ti_—I am circling it, I am waving it about in circles.
_Nu′sa-icha′tha_—the ceremonial crook or lance carried by the
leader of the _Bita′hinĕna_. See Arapaho song 43.
_Qa′qa-u′nûtha_—the “throwing sticks” used in the game of the
_bä′qati_. See Arapaho song 49.
+Sani′tika+—Pawnee name for the Arapaho; from the Comanche name
_Sä′rĕtĭka_, “dog eaters.”
_Să′niyagu′nawa′_—I have stripped it, I have unsheathed it.
_Nasu′siyakunawa_, I am stripping it, I am unsheathing it.
+Sä′pani+—the Shoshoni name for the _Aä′ninĕna_ or Arapaho
Grosventres. It signifies “belly people,” from _säp_, belly,
and _ni_, the tribal suffix.
+Sä′rĕtĕka+—Comanche and Shoshoni name for the Arapaho. It
signifies “dog-eaters,” from _sä′re_, dog, and _tĕka_, a form
of the verb to eat, in allusion to their special fondness for
dog flesh. The name is also sometimes used by the Wichita.
_Säsa′bä-ithi_—looking around, i. e., watchers or lookouts. One of
the five bands of the southern Arapaho.
_Se′hiwûq_—“weasel bear,” from _sea_ weasel, and _wûq_, bear; also
rendered as “gray bear,” from _se_, gray, and _wûq_, bear.
The name of the keeper of the _sĕ′icha_ or sacred pipe of the
Arapaho. See Arapaho song 2.
_Sĕ′icha_—“flat pipe,” from _sĕĭ_, flat, and _hicha_, pipe. The
sacred pipe and tribal “medicine” of the Arapaho. See Arapaho
song 2.
_Ta′ăwŭn_—strike it (imperative singular).
_Tabini′na_—he (she) gave it to me. Compare _Bĕni′nĕna_.
_Ta′‛chawa′gŭna_—while I am carrying a load of (buffalo) beef on a
horse. _Ha′gŭ′_, I carry a load of beef on a horse in motion;
second person, _hagŭ′nĭ_; third person, _hagŭ′tĭ_; _ta‛_,
prefix in composition with the verb, implies “while.”
_Tahĕti′niahu′na_—I make the deep, or loud, thunder as I fly
about in circles (habitual). Compare _Ninaä′niahu′na_ and
_Tahuna′änä′niahu′na_. See Arapaho song 27.
_Ta′huna′änä′niahu′na_—I make the thunder (or loud resounding
noise) as I fly about in circles (habitual). Compare
_Ninaä′niahu′na_ and _Tahĕti′niahu′na_.
_Tahu′nahathihi′na_—to make me see them. Compare _Hätina′hawa′bä_.
_Ta′na-u′qahe′na_—he put me there. _Nita′uqa′_, I put him there
(present).
_Tani′bäthă_—“pierced noses,” the Arapaho name for the Caddo;
_tani_, nose.
_Ta′thiaku′tawa_—I stood upon it (?). The regular form for “I was
standing upon it” is _Nĭqtä′saku′na_.
_Ta′-usĕta′na_ or _Ta′-usĕta′tina_—literally “striking,” or
“throwing against” something; the dice game of the women of the
prairie tribes. See Arapaho song 64.
_Ta′wŭnä_—for _Ta′ăwŭn_.
_Tĕ′bĕ_—at first, the first time, in the beginning.
_Tĕ′bĕ′tana′-isĕt_—when he first came; _tĕ′bĕ_, the first time.
_Tha‛kû′hinĕna_—“whetstone men,” or “knife-whetting men,” the
Arapaho name for the Kiowa Apache (Na-diisha-Dena), and for all
other southern Athapascan tribes known to them, including the
Lipan, Mescalero, Jicarilla, and Apache proper. The sign for
Apache in the sign language of the plains also conveys the same
idea, being made by briskly rubbing the left forefinger with
the right, as though whetting a knife. _Găta‛ka_, the Pawnee
name for the Kiowa Apache, seems to have a connection with this
word.
_Thĕni′ehi′nina_—I am a bird, from _niĕ′hĕ_, bird.
_Thi′aku_—they are there.
_Thi′äya_—the sweat-house mound. The name is also applied to a
stone heap or monument. See Arapaho song 34.
_Thiäya′na_—on the _thi′äya_ or sweat-house mound.
_Thiäya′nĕ_—at the _thi′äya_ or sweat-house mound.
_Thigûnăwa′t_—the Ghost dance, from _thig_, ghost or spirit of a
dead person, and _bäta′t_, a dance. Compare _Bäta′hina′ni_.
_Ti′awawu′nănu_—when I sympathized with them, when I liked them.
I sympathize with him, _tiăwu′nănă_. _Ti_ or _tihi_ in
composition with verbs usually conveys the idea of “when.”
_Nehawa′wunăna_, I have no sympathy with him. Compare
_Hatăna′wunăni′na_.
_Ti′naha′thihu_—I show it to them (habitual), or to show it to
them. _Ni′naha′thihu_, I show it to him.
_Ti′qtûp_—the common abbreviated form of _Bătĭ′qtûbă_, q. v.
_Uhiyeyeheye!_—an unmeaning exclamation used in the songs.
_Ûtnitha′wuchä′wahănäni′na_—we shall surely again be put (with
something understood). The idea of “surely” is contained in
_ûtni′thawĭ_; _chä_ is from _chä′i′hĭi_, “again.”
_Wa′ku(-hu)_—a feather to wear on the head.
_Wa′ku′na_—feathers worn on the head; a feather headdress. They are
usually painted and beaded, and sometimes mounted on a small
stick. A single feather thus worn is called _wa′ku_.
+Wakiñyañ-oi+—Thunder’s Track. The Sioux name of a locality in
eastern South Dakota. See Arapaho song 14.
_Waqui′si_—Ugly Face Woman, an Arapaho man. _Hĭ′si_, woman, is
frequently abbreviated to _si_ in composition.
_Wa′quithi_—Bad faces, or Ugly faces; the principal of the five
bands of the southern Arapaho. Their chief, Nawat, or Left
Hand, is also the principal chief of the southern branch of the
tribe.
_Watäna′ni_—a black mark or picture, from _watä′yä_, black. See
Arapaho song 49.
_Wa′tän-ga′a_—Black Coyote, from _wa′tän_, black, and _ga′a_,
coyote. A southern Arapaho, captain of the Indian police, and
one of the principal leaders of the Ghost dance among the
Arapaho.
_Wa′wa_—now; it also gives the idea of done, or completed.
_Wa′wagathä′na_—I have already put him aside, now I have put him
aside. _Wawa_ or _waw’_, “now,” in composition, gives the idea
of “already” or completed action.
_Wa′wăna′danä′diă_—I am about to hum (i. e., with the
_Hätiku′tha_). See Arapaho song 25.
_Wawäthäbichä‛chinĭnabänaguwa-u-inagathi_—I have given you
(plural) again, a headdress of magpie feathers; from
_wa′wäthä′bichä‛chinĭ′nabä′nak_, I have given it back again;
_wa′-u-i_, magpie; _waga′thi_, a bird’s tail feathers. In the
verb the root is from _bĭni′na_, I give it to him; _waw’_
denotes completion, as “already” done; _chä_ implies repetition
or return of action. See Arapaho song 56.
_Wûnayu′uhu_—for _Wû′nayu′ŭ_, they are new. _Wû′nayă′_, it is new.
_Ya′gaahi′na_—for _Ya′hagaahi′na_.
_Ya′hagaahi′na_—the “coyote gun” or ceremonial club of the
_Ga′ahinĕ′na_ or “Coyote men.” See Arapaho song 41.
_Yahe′eye′!_—an unmeaning exclamation used in the songs.
_Ya′‛na-u′si′ya_—how bright the moonlight is! _Na‛-u′si′ya_, the
moonlight is bright.
_Ya′thäyû′na_—five places, in five places; from _ya′thûn_, five,
and _yûna_, places.
_Ya′thûn_—five. Other numerals are: 1, _chä′saiy’_; 2, _hĕni′si_;
3, _hĕnä′si_; 4, _yen_; 5, _ya′thû_ or _ya′thûn_; 6,
_ni′tataq_; 7, _ni′sataq_; 8, _näsataq_; 9, _thi′ataq_; 10,
_wĕtätaq_; 20, _ni′sa_; 29, _ni′sa-thi′atăqu′n_; 30, _näsa_;
40, _ye′ya_; 50, _ya′thaiya_; 60, _nitatû′sa_; 70, _ni′satûsa_;
80, _nä′satû′sa_; 90, _thi′atû′sa_; 100, _wĕ′tätû′sa_.
_Ye′nis_—the wild rose. The rosebush is _ye′nis_; the seed berry is
_ye′nun_, literally “louse child,” from the resemblance of the
seeds to nits or lice. See Arapaho song 29.
_Ye′nisiti′na_—with the wild rose; from _ye′nis_, the wild rose,
and _ti′naq_, with.
_Yĭ′hä′ä′ä′hi′hĭ′_—an unmeaning word combination of syllables used
in the gambling songs. See Arapaho song 69.
THE CHEYENNE
TRIBAL SYNONYMY
_Ba′hakosĭn_—Caddo name; “striped arrows,” _băh_, arrow. The Caddo
sometimes also call them Siä′näbo, from their Comanche name.
_Cheyenne_—popular name, a French spelling of their Sioux name. It
has no connection with the French word _chien_, “dog.”
_Dzĭtsĭ′stäs_—proper tribal name; nearly equivalent to “our people.”
_Gatsa′lghi_—Kiowa Apache name.
_Hĭtäsi′na_ (singular _Hĭ′täsi_)—Arapaho name, signifying “scarred
people,” from _hĭtäshi′ni_, “scarred or cut.” According to the
Arapaho statement the Cheyenne were so called because they
were more addicted than the other tribes to the practice of
gashing themselves in religious ceremonies. The name may have
more special reference to the tribal custom of cutting off the
fingers and hands of their slain enemies. (See tribal sign,
page 1024.)
_Ităsupuzi_—Hidatsa name, “spotted arrow quills” (Matthews).
_Ka′naheăwastsĭk_—Cree name, “people with a language somewhat like
Cree” (Grinnell).
_Niere′rikwats-kûni′ki_—Wichita name.