(Cf. _eho´tal_); a Kiowa warrior who died in 1863-64.
hâ´ñze´pko--gun; literally, "iron bow," from _hâ´ñgya_ and _zepko_.
HEIDSICK--see _Gaa´piatañ_.
hem--he died; I am dead (?), _ähe´m_; he is dead, _hem_; he will die,
_hi´ñată´_ (a different word).
heñ- --without, less, in composition. Cf. _Tso´dal-he´ñte_,
_Toñheñ-t'a`ka´-i-dombe_; _he´ñgyäto´_, there is none; _heñ´yäto´_, I
have none.
Heno´ñko--Hidatsa, Minitarí, or Grosventres of the Missouri; singular,
_Heno´ñk`ia_, _Heno´ñmä_. The word, of which the root is _Heno´ñ_, has
no meaning in the Kiowa language and may be derived from _Herantsa_,
another form of Hidatsa. The name Minitarí is of Siouan origin, and
signifies "water crossers," or "water people."
HEN-TON-TE--see Hâñdo´ti.
HE-PAN-NI-GAIS--"He-pan-ni-gais, the Night," the name of a Kiowa signer
of the treaty of 1837, as it appears on the treaty. The form seems to
contain the word _pän_, cloud or sky.
hi´ădăl--a creek-like depression, or shallow valley, but without water.
Hi´ădăl-gyu´ñhä´te p'a--Devil or San Pedro river, Texas, joining the Rio
Grande below the Pecos; literally, "long valley river." Described as
flowing with a noisy current and having very large fish. A war trail
into Mexico crossed near there.
-hiñ--principal, real, a suffix; as _ä´hiñ_, cottonwood, literally
"principal tree;" _gu´ato´hiñ_, eagle, literally "principal bird."
hi´tugŭ´!--wait!--abbreviated _hitŭ´!_
ho--the root of the verb _äho´ä_, "I travel;" _ho´an_, a road; _ho´gyă_,
moving, to or from a destination; hop, emigrants; _tsä´hop_, immigrants.
ho´an--road, trail. Cf. _ho_ and _hop_.
Ho´an-t'a`ka´-i--"white man's road;" the main emigrant road, formerly
running through southwestern Texas to California.
hodal or ho´dălda--sickness; I am sick, _äho´dalda_.
hop--emigrants; people moving off with their household goods, etc;
_tsähop_, immigrants; people moving in this direction with their
household goods. Cf. _ho_; _kotä´dalhop_.
Ho´tgyäsĭ´m p'a--Saline river (?), Kansas.
HOW--the universal Indian "yes," or expression of assent, as commonly
written by English authors. The Kiowa "yes" is _ho_ or _hâ_.
HO-WE-AR--see _Howi´a_.
_Howi´a_ (Comanche)--a Comanche signer of the treaty of 1867, whose name
appears on the treaty as "Ho-we-ar, or Gap in the woods."
i--child, offspring, in composition; it also conveys the idea of
"small," as _gu´ato´i_, small bird; plural _-yu´i_, as _Si´ndiyu´i_,
_Ä´dalto´yu´i_. Cf. _e_.
Iâm guan--"Adoption dance," from _i_, _âm_, and _guan_; an intertribal
dance with a ceremonial adoption of children (see "Winter 1889-90).
I´ăpa--"Baby," from _i´ăpa´gya_; a Kiowa warrior in 1876-77.
i´ăpa´gya--baby.
I´ătä k`op--"Ute mountain;" the Rocky mountains of Colorado and New
Mexico, so called because occupied by the Ute. Cf. _I´ătä´go_. The Kiowa
call the mountains about the heads of the Yellowstone and Missouri
rivers _Gâi k`op_, "Kiowa mountains," and the Sierra Madre of Mexico
_K`ob-e´tă_, "Great mountain."
I´ătä´go--Ute; from _Yuta_, one form of the name used by the Ute to
designate themselves; in the Kiowa word _go_ is the tribal suffix. They
are also sometimes called K`opk`i´ägo, "mountain people," from _k`op_
and _k`i´ägo_; and are probably identical with the _Ko´ñk`i´ägo_, "black
people," said by one informant to be the Crow. The ordinary name and
sign for the Ute among most of the plains tribes denotes "black people;"
the Kiowa usually designate them by the sign for "mountain people,"
made by combining the signs for "climbing" and "man."
I´ătäk`i´a--"Ute-man," from _I´ătä_ and _k`ia_; a Ute captive among the
Kiowa, who died in 1892.
_Ĭ´kämo´să_ (Comanche)--see _Mâ´nka-gu´adal_.
Ĭ´masä´nmot--"Grinner," from _ĭmto´nomo_, "he grins;" the Kiowa name for
agent George D. Day, 1891-93.
ĭmda´do´a´--they played the medicine _do´a´_ game; from _da´-i_ and
_do´a´_. Cf. _do´a´_.
ĭmdo´hä´pa´--they attacked the camp; from _ĭmhä´pa´_ and _do_, _dota_; I
attack him, _gihä´pa´_ (this form is used only in ridicule, as the word
implies a general encounter); I attack them, _dehä´pa´_; they (a few)
attacked him or it, _ehä´pa´_; they (a large number) attacked him or it,
_ĭmhä´pa´_; _sole´go´mhä´pa´_, the soldiers attacked them.
ĭmka´gyä´gya--they are coming in triumph, i. e., they are returning with
scalps; from _ka´gyä_.
Ĭmki´a--see _Se´t-ĭmki´a_.
ĭmk`o´daltä´--they cut off their heads; I am cutting off his head,
_gyäk`o´daltä´dă´_; I have cut off his head, _gyäk`o´daltä_; from
_k`odal_ and _tä_, the root of the verb "to cut"; _k`o´daltä´_,
beheading; _o´tä´_, throat cutting, from _tä_, and _osi_, throat (not
neck); I am cutting his throat (but not cutting off his head),
_gyäo´k`a-temă_; I have cut his throat, _gyäo´k`ate´m_.
ĭmto´nomo--he grins; said also of a dog showing his teeth.
i´ñhogo--now. Cf. _i´ñhoti_.
i´ñhoti--this. Cf. _i´ñhogo_.
_I´sähä´bĭt_ (Comanche)--"Wolf-lying-down;" a noted Comanche warrior,
commonly known to the whites as Asahäbĭt. His Kiowa name is
_Gu´ik`a´te_, q. v.
_Ĭ'sänä´năkă_ (Comanche)--"Hears- or Understands-the-wolf;" a Comanche
signer of the treaty of 1867, upon which his name appears as
"Es-a-nanaca, or Wolf's name." Cf. _Tä´bi-nä´năkă_.
_Ĭ´sätai_ (Comanche)--a Comanche medicine-man, instigator of the
outbreak of 1874; still living. Commonly known to the whites as Asatai´.
iyu´gu´--maggot.
iyu´gu´-e--rice; literally, "maggot grains;" on account of a fancied
resemblance.
Iyu´gu´a p'a--"maggot creek;" Traitor and Sweetwater creeks, in the
panhandle of Texas, flowing into the North fork of Red river. Battey
spells it Yoū´-guoo-ō-poh´, which he renders "rice creek" from a
misconception of the word. The name originated from the circumstance of
a hunting party having been compelled to throw away there a quantity of
flyblown meat. Cf. _Kato´de´ä p'a_.
Iyu´gu´a P'a Sole´go--Fort Elliott, between the two forks of the
Sweetwater, Traitor creek and Battery creek, in the panhandle of Texas.
The Kiowa name literally means "Maggot creek soldiers" (i. e., Soldier
place). It is sometimes known as _Kato´de´ä P'a Sole´go_, from its
vicinity to Battery creek, _Kato´de´ä p'a_, q. v.
ka--robe of skin, buffalo robe; kata, blanket.
k`a--(1) knife; _gyäk`a´go_, I cut; _gyäk`a´tä´do_, I cut with a knife.
(2) lying down; I am lying down, _äk`a´_; he is lying down, _k`ă_; lie
down! _bemă´!_
Ka´äsä´nte--"Little-robe," from _ka_, _sän_, and _te_; a Kiowa warrior,
still living.
ka´bodal--left-handed. Cf. bodal and t´a-bodal.
Ka´bo´dalte--"Left-hand;" the Kiowa name of the trader John Adkins, who,
about 1863, was with William Allison in the trading house at the mouth
of upper Walnut creek on the Arkansas, in Kansas. Cf. _Tso´dalhe´ñte_.
K`adal p'a--Ree or Grand river, South Dakota; literally, "Biter, i. e.,
Ree, river." It is so called by most of the plains tribes from the fact
that the Arikara formerly lived upon it. Cf. _K`at'a_.
K`a´do´--medicine lodge, sun-dance lodge; the sun dance; perhaps "wall
house or tipi," i. e., one built with sides or walls, as distinguished
from the ordinary tipi, from _k`a´ga_ and _do_. The _k`a´do´_ or sun
dance was the great annual religious ceremony of the tribe (see page
242).
k`a´do´-do´--"_k`a´do´_ tipi," "sun-dance tipi;" the tipi in which the
sun-dance priests made their preparations for each, day's performance.
It was erected behind the _k'ado_ or medicine lodge (see plate LXX).
K`a´do´-gyä´`to´--"Old-man-of-the-sundance;" a Kiowa chief in 1841 (see
Winter 1841-42).
K`a´do´ p'a--"sun-dance creek," "medicine lodge creek;" Kiowa
Medicine-lodge creek, a southern tributary of the North Canadian at the
one-hundredth meridian, Oklahoma. It was a favorite place for the
ceremony on account of the abundance of suitable timber there. Not to be
confounded with Kiowa creek just above it, or with Medicine-lodge creek
in southern Kansas.
ka`do´liä--see _do go´tä_.
Ka`do´liä p'a--Oak creek or Post-oak creek, a small southern tributary
of the Washita, just above Rainy-mountain creek, on the north line of
the reservation; formerly called _Do`go´tä´ p'a_, both names signifying
"oak creek," until changed on account of the death of a woman named
_Do`go´tä´_, about six years ago.
_kadu_ (Hidatsa)--a season, as measured by natural occurrences.
k`a´ga--wall, side, bank of earth.
Ka´giätse´--see _Poli´ăkyă_.
ka`gu´ăt--bud, literally "red shell or rind," from _kañi_ or _ka-i_ and
_guăt_ or _gu´ădal_.
Ka`gu´ăt P'a--"bud moon;" a Kiowa moon or month comprising parts of
February and March.
Ka`gu´ăt P'a Sän--"little bud moon;" a Kiowa moon or month comprising
parts of Janaary and February.
ka´gyä--a triumph or rejoicing over a slain enemy. Cf. _ĭmka´gyä´gya_.
KA-HIM-HI--"Ka-him-hi, the Prairie Dog," a Kiowa signer of the treaty of
1837, as his name appears on the treaty. The word for prairie-dog is
_ts[)ä]_; for dog, _tse´ñhi_.
ka´-i--hide (noun) of buffalo, deer, etc, but not of panther, whose skin
is generally used for quivers; _ka´-i_, skin of animals; _ka´gya_, human
skin; _ka´ñi_, shell or rind.
ka´-igihä´--compressed, flat; it is compressed. Cf. _ko´pedal_.
k`a´-iko´n--(1) flint; (2) the central cap of a cartridge.
K`a´-ikon p'a--"flint creek," so called on account of the abundant flint
rock there; a northern, tributary of the South Canadian, about 10 miles
above Adobe Walls, either Big Clear or Mustang creek, in the panhandle
of Texas.
ka´-ikonho´dal--dragonfly.
Ka´-ikonho´dal--"Dragonfly;" a Kiowa boy frozen to death in the winter
of 1890-91.
ka´-itañ--see _k`i´oñ_.
Ka´'-itâñ k`op--"Love-making mountain," a mountain in the angle formed
by Elm fork and North fork of Red river, Greer county, Oklahoma; it
takes its name from the neighboring spring of _K`ioñ toñ_ or _Ka´-itâñ
toñ_, q. v.
Ka´-itâñ toñ--see _K`ioñ toñ_.
Kâ´itse´ñk`ia--a member of the _Kâ´itseñ´ko_, q. v.
Kâ´itse´ñko--the principal one of the six Kiowa military orders; the
name seems to mean "Kiowa horses," from _Gâ-i_ or _Kâ-i_ and _tseñ_.
Identical with the "horse" and "big horse," military orders of the Kiowa
and Kiowa Apache, respectively, as given by Clark (see page 229 herein).
kân--see _doti_.
k`an--(1) Hard; cf. _got_. (2) Gripping, squeezing. (3) A small red seed
berry, growing on thorny bushes in rocky places, from Texas to the
Arkansas and northward. It has flowers and is ripe in autumn and is
eaten raw or mashed with pemmican. Perhaps the wild rose, which is thus
eaten by the northern plains tribes. The name has now been transferred
to the tomato. Cf. _k`a´nk`o´dal_.
kâ´ñgya--name (noun), in composition _kâñ_; what is his (its) name,
_hä´tso`kâ´ñ_. Cf. _Da´tekâñ_.
Kânhe´ñko--see _Do´heñ´ko_.
kañi--shell, rind, skin (of fruit), etc; _do`ka´ñi_, bark. Cf. _ka´-i_.
k`a´nki´ñ--land tortoise or box turtle; literally, "hard shields," from
_k`an_ and _kiñ_, plural of _kyuñi_. The Indians eat them after roasting
by throwing alive into the fire. Cf. _to´nak`a´_.
K`a´nkiñ ton--"turtle spring;" a water hole on the Staked plain, in
western Texas.
k`a´n-k`o´dal--"neck, i. e. necklace, _k`an_;" the _Sophora erythrina_
or coral bean, called by the Mexicans _frijolillo_ or _chilicote_; a
hard red berry about the size of a small marble, used for necklaces by
the southern plains tribes. The berries, contained in a pod, grow upon a
small thorny tree found in Texas and the Sierra Madre of northern
Mexico. They possess powerful poisonous or intoxicating properties. Cf.
_k`an_.
K`a´nk`o´dal p'a--"coral-bean river;" a river somewhere southwest of
Double mountain, Texas, in the vicinity of the old California emigrant
road. So called on account of the _k`a´n-k`o´dal_ (q. v.) bushes growing
upon it.
_Ka´ntsi_ (Caddo)--liars, deceivers; the Caddo name for the Kiowa Apache
(see _Tagu´i_ and Kiowa Apache synonymy).
K`añ´zole´go--a people, apparently a subtribe of the Apache, formerly
known to the Kiowa and sometimes visiting them. The meaning of the word
is doubtful.
ka´odal--a cache or deposit; _gyäkao´dalk`u´ătă´_, "I am about to leave
them there." Cf. _odal_ and _gyäko´dal_.
K apä´te--"Knife-whetter, whetstone;" from _k`a_, _gyäpä´to_, and _te_;
a Kiowa chief who died about 1890. Cf. _K`a-pä´ti´_ and _Ka´-pätop_.
k`a-pä´ti--whetstone; from _k`a_ and _gyäpä´to_.
K`apä´to--Osage; literally, "shaved heads," in allusion to a custom,
common to them and some neighboring tribes, of shaving all the hair from
the head except a crest or tuft at the top. Catlin states that this
custom was followed only by the Osage, Kaw, Sauk and Fox, Iowa, and
Pawnee. I cut, _gyätä´`da_; I shall cut your hair, _ĭmk`apä´dăltă_. Cf.
_K`a´-pä´top_. The Osage are also sometimes called _Ä´daltä´do_,
"cut-hair people," from _âdal_ and _gyätä´`dä_; also _Gusa´ko_ and now
more commonly _Wasa´si_, from their own name of _Washa´she_ or Osage.
T'ebodal says that they were formerly called _Ähyäto_ (q. v.) by the
Kiowa, the name now given to the southern Arapaho, and that the name was
changed on account of a death. SIGN: Brushing or clipping motion with
the hand at the side of the head, as though cutting off the hair.
K`apä´top--see _Tagu´i_. Cf. _K apä´to_.
kata--blanket.
_K`at'a_--(1) Ree, Arikara; literally, "biters," from _gyäk`a´ta_. (2)
One of the six divisions of the Kiowa tribe, the Cut-off band of Clark,
sometimes distinguished as _Gâ´i-K`at´a_ or "Kiowa K`at´a;" singular,
_K`a´dalk`i´a_, _K a´dalmä_. SIGN: Motion of biting off or twisting off
something held in the mouth, originally referring to the gnawing of corn
from a cob, the Arikara being noted for the cultivation of corn.
KATES-HO-KO-TUCK--see _Kĭ´tskûkatû´k_.
kati--leggin. The Kiowa man's leggin is separate from the moccasin. The
woman's leggin and moccasin form one piece.
Ka´to´de´ä p'a--Battery creek, the upper branch of Sweetwater creek,
near Fort Elliott, in the panhandle of Texas. The name signifies "creek
where the buffalo robe was returned," from _ka_, _tode_, and _p'a_. Cf.
_Iyu´gu´a p'a_.
Ka´to´de´ä P'a Sole´go--see _Iyu´gu´a P'a Sole´go_.
k`a-t'o´gyä--see _hâñ-t'o´gyä_.
K'a-t'o´gyä--see _A`päta´te_.
k`ato´i--cut round across the forehead, from _gyäk`a´go_ and _toi_.
kato´n--shoulder.
-k`i, -k`ia--man; suffix from _k'i´ñähi´_.
kiă--day, an abreviated form for _ki´adă_.
k`i´äbo--the "button" used in the _do´a´_ game (see Winter 1881-82).
ki´adă--day, i. e., from sunrise to sunset; also _ki´agyă_.
ki´ädä´--morning; literally, "full day."
ki´äde´dal--yesterday.
-k`i´ägo--people, a tribal suffix, sometimes shortened to _gyäko_; from
_k'i´ñähi_, plural _k`i´ñähyup_.
ki´agyă--see _ki´adă_.
ki´äsa´--noon.
ki´at'ä´--dawn.
KIDI-KI-TASHE--see _Do`gu´at_.
kigi´a--after (in time); _kigi´a Daki´adă_, next week; literally, "after
Sunday."
kiñ--shield, in composition. It is really the plural form, as is usually
the case in propername compounds. Cf. _kyu´ñi_.
k`iñ´ähi--man; plural _k`iñähyup_. Cf. _k`i´ägo_.
K`i´ñähi´ate--"Man;" a Kiowa warrior killed by Mexicans in 1836-37.
K`i´ñähi-pi´äko--Tonkawa; literally, "man-eaters," from _k`i´ñähi_,
_piä_ or _pi´ängya_, and _ko_; sometimes called _Ga´dalko´ko_, "buffalo
spies," from _ga´dal_, _äko´ä_ and _ko_. The Tonkawa, originally from
the lower Colorado, in Texas, noted and hated among other tribes for
their cannibal practices, lived for a time at Anadarko, in the vicinity
of the present Catholic mission and on Tonkawa creek, where they were
surprised and nearly half their number massacred by a combination of
neighboring tribes, October 25, 1862. SIGN: "Cannibal," made by
combining the signs for _man_ and _eating_.
Ki´ñasâ´hek`ia--see _Zonk`i´a_.
Ki´ñep--"Big shields," from _kiñ_, plural of _kyuñi_, and _ep_ a plural
personal form of _et_ or _edal_; one of the six recognized divisions of
the Kiowa tribe, the "shield" band of Clark (see page 228).
Kĭ´nzi--see _Mâ´ngomhe´ñte_.
k`i´oñ--love-making, courting; also _ka´-itâñ_; the first form seems to
contain the root _k`i_, man.
K`i´oñ toñ--"Love-making spring," also sometimes called _Ka´-itâñ toñ_;
a spring in a bend on the south side of the North fork of Red river,
near Mount Walsh, in Greer county, Oklahoma; so called because in the
old times when the Kiowa and Cheyenne used to camp on the opposite side
of the stream, the women, as they crossed over to the spring for water,
were followed by the young men bent on courting.
KIOWA--for _Gâ´igwŭ_ (see Kiowa synonymy).
_Kĭsi´năhĭs_ (Kichai)--see _Tagu´i_.
_Kĭ´tikĭti´sh_ (Wichita)--see _Do`gu´at_.
_Kĭ´tskûkatû´k_ (Wichita)--the Wichita village, formerly on the north
bank of the North fork of Red river, about half way between Elm fork and
Elm creek, on the reservation. The Wichita say the Kichai occupied it
jointly with themselves. The name is rendered by a chief of the Wichita
"villages on the side of a mountain," in his testimony in the Greer
county dispute, where it is spelled _Kates-ho-ko-tuck_ (misprint _h_ for
_k_; see Summer 1834).
-ko, -go, -gua, -gwŭ--a tribal suffix.
K`ob´-ä´p'a--"Mountain-timber creek;" San Francisco creek, a small
tributary of the North Canadian, between Palo Duro and Beaver creeks,
Oklahoma, so called because the principal timber upon it is of varieties
usually growing only in the mountains.
K`o´b-aka´n--"last mountain," from _k`op_ and _aka´n_; Mount Walsh, in
Greer county, Oklahoma. Cf. _Tso´`kaka´n_.
K`o´b-e´tă´--"great mountains," from _k`op_ and _edal_. (1) Mount Scott,
northwest of Fort Sill, on the reservation. (2) The Sierra Madre of
southern New Mexico and of Chihuahua and Sonora in Mexico. War parties
of the Kiowa and allied tribes formerly made these mountains their
headquarters for raiding upon the adjoining portions of Mexico.
K`ob-et'aiñ´mo--"white mountain," from _k`op_ and _taiñ_ (_-mo_ makes it
singular); a mountain westward from the head of Pecos river, New Mexico.
K`o´b-o´täbo--Mount Sheridan, northwest of Fort Sill, on the
reservation. The name, suggested by the form of the mountain, denotes a
mountain resembling a nose sticking out horizontally, from _k`op_ and
_o´täbo_.
k`odal--neck; the throat or tracheal portion is _o´si_, in composition
_o_.
K`o´dal-aka´-i--(abbreviated, _K`o´`laka´-i)_: "Wrinkled-neck," a clerk
of William Bent, who established trading posts on the South Canadian, in
the panhandle of Texas, in 1844--1846.
K`o´dal-gu´ădal--"Red-neck;" Agent Captain J. Lee Hall, 1885--1887.
k`o´dali´ätoñ (or k`oli´äton)--a variety of musselshell used for gorgets
or neck pendants, especially by the Osage; from _k`o´dal_. The Kiowa
have no generic name for shell. A flint arrowhead worn as a neck pendant
by Kiowa medicine-men is called _Bo´-se´se_, "_Bo_ arrow," from _Bo_, a
mythic dwarf, very strong.
K`o´dali´ätoñ p'a--(abbreviated, _K`oli´ätoñ p'a_); (North) Platte
river; literally, "necklace-shell river," or "gorget-shell river;"
sometimes called _K`o´dalpä p'a_, "necklace river," and by misconception
arising from its proximity to the Dakota _K`o´dalpäk`i´a p'a_, "Sioux
river." According to Clark, the Indians generally call it shell, or
shell-on-neck, river. The South Platte is called _Don p'a_, "Fat river."
k`o´dalpä--necklace, gorget, breastplate; from _k`odal_ and _pä_, the
root of _gyäpä´imo_.
K`o´dalpä p'a or K`o´dalpäk`i´a p'a--see _K`o´dali´ätoñ p'a_.
K`o´dalpä-k`i´ägo--the Dakota; literally, "necklace people," from
_k`o´dalpä_ and _k`i´ägo_. Probably a misconception of the tribal sign,
made by drawing the hand with a sweeping pass in front of the throat,
and commonly interpreted "Beheaders," from a former tribal custom.
"Beheaders" in Kiowa, would be _K`o´daltä-k`i´ägo_.
k`o´daltä--beheading (see _ĭmk`o´daltä_).
K`o´daltä k`op--"beheading mountain;" a low mountain on the head of
Otter creek, on the reservation, within two miles northwest from Saddle
mountain (_Ta´-k`op_) and about 25 miles northwest from Fort Sill. The
massacre from which it takes its name occurred on the west side (see
Summer 1833).
ko`ga´-i--elk. Elk have been seen in the Wichita mountains within
twenty-five years.
Ko`ga´-i p'a--"elk creek." (1) Red-deer creek, a southern tributary of
the South Canadian in the Texas panhandle. (2) Former name of Elk creek,
now _Donä´i p'a_.
Ko`gu´i--"Elk," an archaic or ceremonial form; one of the six recognized
divisions of the Kiowa tribe, the "Elk" band of Clark (see page 228).
k`oli´ätoñ--abbreviated form of _k`o´dali´ätoñ_, q. v.
Ko´mpabi´ănta--"Big tipi flaps," from _kompa´ka_ and _bi´ănta_; an old
name sometimes used by the Kiowa for themselves, for which no
satisfactory reason is assigned. Another form is _Kompa´go_, "tipi-flap
people," from _kompa´ka_ and _go_.
Kompa´go--see _Ko´mpabi´ănta_.
kompa´ka--tipi flaps, at the top where smoke escapes; now _chimney_;
plural, _ko´mpa´_.
komse´--worn out, old; as an old worn-out tipi.
Komse´ka-k`i´ñähyup--see _Ä´hyäto_.
Komtä´ga or Komt[:ă]´-gun-da--the tipi medicine and the pole to which
it is tied (see _Gunpä´ñdamä_).
Ko´ñabiñ´ate--"Black-tripe," from _koñkya_, _abi´ñ_, and _te_;
abbreviated _Koñ´ate_; a Kiowa warrior, hero of a noted adventure (see
Summer 1857). Afterward called _Pa´-ta´dal_, q. v.
ko´ñaka´n--one issue period of two weeks; literally, "end, or series, of
nights," from _koñkya_ and _aka´n_. Cf. _koñtä´kia_.
Ko´ñate--see _Ko´ñabi´ñate_.
Koñ´-do´ha´--"black bluff," from _koñkya_ and _do´ha´_; a bluff in the
vicinity of the head of Cimarron river, in southeastern Colorado or the
adjoining part of New Mexico.
Koñ´k`i´ägo--see _I´ătä´go_ and _Gaa´k`iägo_.
koñ (-kya)--black, dark, _one night_ in time measure of journeys; in
composition _koñ_. One night, two nights, etc, _pägo koñ_, _yi´a koñ_,
etc; _koñ´kya_, black; _ko´ñkyädă´_, it is black; _ko´ñkyäoñ_, he is
black (as a negro); _koñguat_, black paint.
Ko´ñkyäo´ñko or Ko´ñkyäo´ñ-t'a`ka´-i--"Negroes;" literally, "black
people," or "people with black upon them," from _koñkya_, _oñ_, and
_-ko_; singular _Ko´ñkyäo´ñk`i´a_. Cf. _Gu´ădalo´ñte_. Also sometimes
called _Ko´ñkyäo´ñ-t'a`ka´-i_, "black white men."
Koñpä´te---"Blackens-himself," or "Makes-himself-black," from _koñkya_,
black, _deko´ñpäka´_, I blacken myself; a Kiowa warrior killed by
soldiers in 1871.
ko´nsenä´--turned up (?).
koñtä´kia--a week; literally, middle of (issue) nights; also _pä´go
Daki´ada_, i. e., "one Sunday." Cf. _ko´ñaka´n_.
Koñtä´lyui--"Black boys," from _koñ´kya_ and _t´älyi´_; one of the six
recognized divisions of the Kiowa tribe; also called _Si´ndiyu´i_,
"Sindi's children," from _Sindi_ and _i_; the "Black" band of Clark (see
page 228).
Koñyä´daldä--"black hill," from _koñkya_ and _yä´daldä_; probably
identical with the Blue hills in northern Kansas. Described as between
_Pe p'a_ (Smoky-hill river) and _Hâñtso p'a_ (Solomon fork?). (See
Summers 1854 and 1860).
Koñyä´daldä p'a--"black-hill river;" a stream in the neighborhood of
_Koñyä´daldä_, q. v., Kansas (see 1852).
KON-ZHON-TA-CO--see _Se´t-ta´dal_ (Apache).
kop--pain. I have pain, _nyäko´p_; sickness, _ho´dălda_; I am sick,
_äho´dălda_.
k`op--mountain; before vowels it becomes _k`ob_. Cf. _yädaldä_,
_ba´dlo´_.
K`op-pe p'a--"mountain-sand river;" North fork of Red river, Oklahoma.
It is said to be called Nueces by the Mexicans.
kopa´-iñgya--middle, in the middle; abbreviated _pa´-iñgya_.
kope´dal--flat. Cf. _ka´-igihä´_.
K`o´pgya--"at the mountains," or "toward the mountains," from _k`op_ and
_-gyă_; vicinity of Fort Sill, on the reservation.
K`opk`i´ägo--see _I´ătä´go_.
K`o´p-sole´gya--see _Ts´o`kada´hä´gya_.
K`op-tagu´i--the Jicarilla Apache; literally "Mountain Apache;" cf.
_Tagu´i_.