1875, still living. The ordinary word for hummingbird is _mansa-t'ene´_,
"thumbbird."
T'ene´-tai´de--"Bird-chief," from _t'ene´_ and _-taide_; a Kiowa
warrior, still living; also called _Pa´to´_, a word of unknown meaning.
T'ene´-ze´pte--"Bird-bow" (?) from _t'ene´_, _zepko_, and _te_; a Kiowa
warrior shot by Sun-boy in 1872. The name might possibly mean
"Bird-teat."
Te´n-pi´äk`ia--"Heart-eater," from _ten_, _piä_, and _k`ia_; a noted
Kiowa warrior and medicine-man, rival of Anso´`te and father of
Se´t-t'a´n, and accidentally killed in 1853. He took his name from the
fact that his "medicine" was to eat a small piece of an enemy's heart
every time he killed one. The same thing was done by several other Kiowa
warriors under certain circumstances, the only approach to cannibalism
in the tribe. A man now living is called _Te´npi´äte_, "Heart-eater,"
from _ten_, _piä_, and _te_.
tep--the root of a verb signifying "to come out," "to migrate." Cf.
_toñtep_, _Te´pdă´_, _Tepgañ p'a_.
Te´pdă´--Kiowa; see Kiowa synonymy.
t'epga--meat from the calf of the leg of the buffalo, etc; in
composition, _t'ep_.
Te´pgañ P'a--"Goose-migrating moon," from _gañ_, _tep_, and _p'a_; a
Kiowa moon or month, including parts of November and December; also
called _Bonpä P'a_, "Sweat-house moon."
Tepk`i´ägo--Kiowa; see Kiowa synonymy.
TEP-PE-NAVON--see _Tĭ´pinävo´n_.
_Tha`ka´-hinĕ´na_ (Arapaho), or Tha`ka´-itä´n--the Kiowa-Apache; see
Kiowa Apache synonymy.
TIL-LA-KA--see _Tĭ´l-`lakai´_.
_Tĭ´l-`lakai´_ (Apache)--"White-horn;" an Apache signer of the treaty of
1867, upon which his name appears as "Til-la-ka, White Horn."
_Tĭ´p ho´novĭt_ (Comanche)--see _Tso p'a_ (2).
_Ti´pinävo´n_ (Comanche)--a Comanche signer of the treaty of 1867, upon
which the name appears as "Tep-pe-navon, Painted Lips."
TIR-HA-YAH-GUAHIP--see _Tä´yăkwoip_.
t'o--cold, in composition, from _gyät'o´_.
to´de--taken back, or returned, after receiving (as result of a quarrel
or remorse).
to´gya--after, past; _gi´ña-to´gya_, after midnight.
t'o´gyä--coat, shirt.
TOHAINT--see _Dohe´ñte_.
TOHASAN--see _Doha´sän_.
TO-HO-SA--see _Doha´sän_.
to´i--a curve.
t'o´idă´--uncommon, accidental, abnormal; as a pinto horse, a
six-fingered hand, etc.
t'o´igu´ăt--pinto, variegated in color, especially a horse, from
_t'o´idă´_ and _guătgya_.
T'o´-k`i´ñähyup--"Cold Men," i. e., men of the cold or northern country,
from _gyät'o´_ and _k`i´ñähi_; one of two former local divisions of the
Kiowa, including those who ranged chiefly on Arkansas river and the
Kansas frontier. Cf. _Gwa´hale´go_ and _T'o´-t'a`ka´-i_.
Tome´te--the Kiowa name of an early trader who located a trading post
about 1837 a short distance south of Fort Sill, on the spot afterward
occupied by William Madison (_Se´npo-ze´dalbe_, q. v.). The Kiowa form
is a derivative from his proper name (Thomas?).
ton--tail.
toñ--water; also leg in composition, from _to´ñti_.
TON-A-EN-KO--see _T'ene´-ango´pte_.
To´n-ak`a´--"Water-turtle," literally "notched tail;" a noted Kiowa
medicine-man in 1884-85. Cf. _k`a´nkiñ_.
To´ñ-bi´ăndä´ta--"boiling water;" Colorado Springs, Colorado.
To´ñ-dahä´--"medicine, i. e., mysterious, water;" a natural rock well,
large and deep, near the head of Scout creek, in the Texas panhandle. It
is so called probably from a tradition of some water spirit or monster
dwelling there. Cf. _To´ñ-dahyä´_.
To´ñ-dahyä´--"medicine water, mysterious water;" a lake somewhere in the
mountains of the far north, near which the Kiowa Apache locate one of
their most noted wonder stories. The name seems to be an archaic form
for _To´ñ-dahä´_, q. v.
toñgu´ayo--sitting with legs crossed and extended; I sit _so,
ätoñgu´ayo-ä´ngya_, from _toñti_, _gu´ayo_, legs crossed and extended,
and _ä´ngya_.
Toñhe´ñ p'a--"waterless, i. e., dry, creek;" Sand creek, Colorado, a
northern tributary of Arkansas river, and the scene of the Chivington
massacre.
Toñhe´ñ-t'a`ka´-i, or Toñhe´ñ-t'a`ka´a'-i-do´mbe--waterless Mexican
(country); the people and region of Chihuahua and upper Coahuila,
Mexico.
Toñhyo´pdă´--the "Pipe-bearer," or officer who marched at the head of
the young warriors on an expedition; he did not necessarily carry a
pipe. Etymology doubtful.
To´ñko´ñ--"black water;" a pond on the edge of the Staked plain, about
three days' journey westward from Double mountain, in Texas; perhaps
Agua Negra, just inside the Texas line, about 34°.
To´ñko´ñ p'a--"black-water creek;" a southern tributary of the
Washita, about five miles below the Custer battle-field
(_Doä´dal-ko´ñkya-eho´taldee_), in F county, Oklahoma.
Toñko´ñko--"Black legs," from _toñti_, _ko´ñkya_, and _ko_; singular,
_Toñko´ñ-gyäk`i´a_. (1) The Blackfoot Indians. (2) One of the six Kiowa
military orders, the Raven, Raven Soldiers, or Black Leggings of Clark
(see page 229).
To´ñpeto--"Afraid-of-water," from _toñ_ and _gyä`pe´to_; the Kiowa
rendering of the name of the Comanche chief _Päre´iyä_, who made the
final peace between the two tribes.
toñp'o´dal--lame, from _to´ñti_ and _p'o´daltă_; I am lame,
_äto´ñp'o´daltă_.
Toñp'o´dal-kyä`to´--"Lame-old-man;" a Kiowa war chief in 1832.
To´ñsâhe´ p'a--"blue (or green) water river;" Colorado river of Texas.
It is called "blue water" or "blue river" by the Comanche also.
To´ñteb-e´dal p'a--"big-spring creek;" probably Giraud creek of Red fork
of Colorado river, Texas; described as southward from Double mountain,
near the emigrant road. There is a town named Big Spring on Giraud
creek.
to´ñtep--a spring, from _toñ_ and _tep_; commonly abbreviated to _toñ_
in geographic names.
To´ñtep p'a--"spring creek;" Fontaine qui Bouille creek, Colorado,
to´ñti--leg; in composition, _toñ_.
Toñtsĭ´mgyä p'a--"crooked-water creek," from _toñ_ and _tsĭ´mgyä_;
Crooked creek, in the Cherokee strip, Oklahoma.
to´ñzo´--current (of a stream); _toñzo´lya_, the water is flowing.
To´ñzo`go´dal p'a--"strong current (i. e., swift water) river," from
_to´ñzo´_, _got_, plural _go´dal_, and _p'a_; apparently a head branch
of Pease river, Texas, and described as midway between Red river and the
Staked plain, where they are one day's journey apart. Also called _Päbo
p'a_, "American-horse river," from a fight there in which the Kiowa took
from the Texans a number of American horses, the largest they had ever
seen (see Winter 1841-42).
Tooc-a-nie Kiowa--(for Tawa´koni, a subtribe of the Wichita.) During the
outbreak of 1874-75 "a band of Tooc-a-nie Kiowa (part Wichita and part
Kiowa) who had been for several years with the Wichita and Waco, went to
the Kiowa of the Kiowa agency" (Agent T. S. Free, page 289, Indian
Report, 1875).
to´pde--before (in time).
TO-SA-IN or TO-SHE-WI--see _Tă´săwi_.
T'o´-t'a`ka´-i, T'o´-t'a`ka´-i-dombe--Americans and the United States,
as distinguished from Mexicans and Texans and their country; literally,
"cold white-man country," i. e., "northern white-man country," and hence
"cold, i. e., northern, white men," from _gyät'o´_, _t'a`ka´-i_, and
_dombe_. Cf. _T'o-k`i´ñähyup_ and _Tehä´neko_.
-tsä--a feminine suffix, as _kyai´`guan_, deer, _kyai´`guantsä´_, doe.
Cf. _-mä_ under _mä´nyi´_.
tsä´--comrade, partner.
tsä´dal--goose; also _gañ_.
Tsä´dal-t'a´iñ--"White-goose," i. e., Swan; a hostile Kiowa chief in
1874.
Tsâli--"Charley," the Kiowa name of the trader Charles W. Whitacre (or
Whittaker). He is mentioned as present at the treaty of 1867, and later
had a trading house on the north bank of the Washita, opposite Anadarko,
just above the present Wichita school. He accidentally shot himself in
1882.
Tsâli Esän--"Little Charley" (plural form); Charles Rath, of the trading
firm of Rath, Wright & Reynolds, formerly at Fort Sill.
tsän--he came, they came; sometimes used for return; cf. _ää´_.
tsä´nkia--a (horse) race.
Tsä´nkia-ki´adă--see _Tso´lai´_.
tsä´ñyi--see _polä´ñyi_.
Tsä´ñyui--see _Polä´ñyup_.
Tsä´pi´ä p'a--"prairie-dog-eating river," from _tsäto_, _piä_, and
_p'a_; a large western tributary of Rainy-mountain creek, on the
reservation. So called because about twenty-five years ago, while the
Kiowa were camped there, a rain drowned out a large number of prairie
dogs and the Indians killed and ate them.
tsä´to--prairie-dog; in composition, sometimes _tsä_; singular and
plural alike.
Tsä´to-yä´daldä--"Prairie-dog mountain;" a prominent mountain or bluff
20 miles west of Vernon, Texas, between Pease river and Red river.
Tsä´to-yä´daldä pe p'a--"prairie-dog mountain sand river;" Pease river,
an upper branch of Red river, in Texas (see the preceding).
_Tsa´yadi´tlti_ (Apache)--see _T'a`ka´-i-tai´de_.
tse´--short; I am short, _äko´ntse´_; he is short, _o´ite kontse´_. Cf.
_etse´_, thick.
tse´dal(-te)--situated, situated upon.
tsen--mud, clay. Cf. _tseñ_.
Tsen p'a--"mud creek." (1) The lower part of Sugar creek, alias East
fork of Rainy-mountain creek, on the reservation. Cf. _Tsodo´m p'a and
Se´pyä´daldä p'a_. Another authority says it is lower Rainy-mountain
creek, below the junction of the two main forks. (2) Little Wichita
river (at Henrietta), Texas.
tseñ--horse, plural _tseñko_; old names are _tai´de_ and _gu´ăpedal_. A
wild horse is called _t'a´-tse´ñ_, "antelope horse" (see also _päbo_).
Cf. _tsen_.
Tse´ñ-â´dalka´-i--see _T'äñpe´ko_.
tseñhi--dog, plural _tse´ñhyup_; in consequence of a death, the word
_tse´guan_, properly "travois," was substituted about five years ago.
tsenka´n--a burn; I burn it, _ätse´na´nmo_.
tseñko--horses, plural of _tseñ_, q. v.
Tse´ñ-ko´ñkya--"Black-horse," a noted Kiowa warrior killed by the Sauk
in 1854.
Tse´ñ-t'ai´ñte--"White-horse;" a noted Kiowa raider, who died in 1892.
Tseñtän p'a--see _Ä´do-ee´tä-de p'a_.
Tseñtä´nmo--"Horse-headdress people" (?) from _tseñ_ and _tän_;
singular, _Tse´ñtänk`i´a_. One of the six Kiowa military orders, the
Feather Head band of Clark (see page 229, _ante_).
-tse´yu--a suffix denoting a pet or domesticated animal, or the young of
an animal; also _tseyi_, plural _tse´yu´i_; _t'ene´-tse´yu_, chicken;
_setse´yu_ (_set-tseyu_), hog; _Gu´ădal-tseyu_, "Red Pet," or "Little
Red."
tsĭ´mgyä--crooked.
tso--rock, stone.
Tso p'a--"rock river." (1) The Purgatoire or Las Animas river, a south
tributary of the Arkansas, in Colorado. (2) San Saba river, Texas;
called also _Tĭp ho´novĭt_, "rock river," by the Comanche.
Tso´ai´--"tree rock," i.e., monument, from _tso_ and _ä_. (1) The
Mato-tipi or Bear-lodge of the Dakota, also known as the Devil's Tower,
near Sundance, Wyoming; the Kiowa have a myth concerning it. (2) A
monument-like rock, somewhere on the Salt fork of Arkansas river.
tso´dal--wing, and figuratively, arm (applied only to the upper arm).
Tso´dalhe´ñte--"No-arm," from _tso´dal_, _heñ_, and _te_; William
Allison, who built and kept a trading post on the Arkansas, just below
the junction of Upper Walnut creek, for fifteen years or more, about
1850 to 1865. Fort Zarah was a short distance above, on the north bank
of Walnut creek. He was so called from having had his left arm shot off
in a quarrel. Sometimes also called _Mânhe´ñk`ia_, conveying the same
meaning, from _mândă_, _heñ_, and _k`ia_.
Tsodalhe´ñ-de p'a--"No-arm's river;" Upper Walnut creek, a northern
tributary of Arkansas river in Kansas (see _Tsodalhe´ñte_),
Tsodalhe´ñ-de P'a´gya-Yä´`pähe´-k`u´dal-de´e--"place where (_de´e_)
soldiers (_yä´`pähe´_) stay (_k`u´dal_) at (_-gya_) No-arm's river"
(_Tsodalhe´ñ-de p'a_); Fort Zarah, Kansas, formerly on the left (north)
bank of Upper Walnut creek, 2 miles above its junction with the
Arkansas. Just below it was Allison's trading post.
tso´dal-tem--"wing bone," from _tso´dal_ and _tem_; a whistle made from
the wing bone of an eagle, and used in the Sun dance and the peyote
ceremony.
Tso-do´i-gyätä´dă´-de´e--"rock house (i. e., cave) in which they were
surrounded," from _tso_, _do´_, _gyätä´dă_, and _de´e_; the Hueco Tanks,
in western Texas, just south of the New Mexico line (see Summer 1857).
tsodo´m--a stone mortar, from _tso_ and _dom_.
Tsodo´m p'a--"stone-mortar creek;" Sugar creek, the eastern fork of
Rainy-mountain creek. Cf. _Tsen p'a_ and _Se´pyä´daldä p'a_.
Tso´-gyäze´mä--"moving stones;" a lake or water hole on the Staked
plain, in Texas, so called because, according to the Indians, the stones
there shift about. They do not add _toñ_ or _setso´_. Perhaps Laguna
Sabinas.
tso´`ka--rock bluff precipice, from _tso_. Cf. _Tso´`kaka´n_,
_Tso´`kada´hä´_, also _do´ha´_.
Tso´`kada´hä´ (or _Tso´`kada´hä´go_)--"medicine bluff," from tso´`ka and
da´hä; Medicine bluff, a noted precipice on the south side of
Medicine-bluff creek, about 3 miles west of Fort Sill, on the
reservation. It is figured in Marcy's report.
Tso´`kada´hä p'a--"medicine-bluff creek;" Medicine-bluff creek, or Bluff
creek, joining Cache creek near Fort Sill.
Tso´`kada´hä´gya (-Yä´`pähe´-k`u´dal-de´e--Fort Sill, on the
reservation. The full name signifies "where the soldiers stay at
Medicine bluff," but as the place is so well known it is commonly
abbreviated to _Tso´`kada´hä´gya,_ "At Medicine bluff."
Tso´`kada´hä´ So´le p'a--see _So´le p'a_.
Tso´`kaka´n--"end of the bluff," from _tso´`ka_, and _aka´n_; a point
on the south side of the North fork of Red river above the junction of
Elm fork, at _K`o´b-aka´n_ mountain, q. v., in Greer county, Oklahoma.
Tso´k`o´dalte--"Stone-necklace," from _tso_, _k`o´dalpä_, and _te_; a
Kiowa girl who died in 1845. The full form would be _Tso´k`o´dalpã´te_.
Cf. _Äk`o´dalte_, _T'ebo´dalte_.
Tso´lai´--Fourth of July; the Kiowa think this is the name of the day
instead of the month. On account of the Indian races encouraged by the
traders and officers on this occasion, it is also known as
_Tsä´nkia-ki´adă_, "race day."
Tso´ñboho´n--"Down-feather-cap," from _tsoñkya_ and _boho´n_; an early
head chief of the Kiowa.
tso´ñda--light-haired. Cf. _boiñ_.
tso´ñkya--down feathers; in composition, _tsoñ_.
Tso´ñ-t'a`ka´-i--light-haired, or blond Mexicans, from _tsoñda_ and
_T'a`ka´-i_; the Mexicans about Laredo, on the lower Rio Grande.
tso´paiñ--adobe; literally, "dust rock," or "earth rock," from _tso_ and
_paiñ_.
Tso´paiñ Do´--"adobe house;" Bent's fort, on Arkansas river, in
Colorado. Originally built of adobe, by William Bent, the noted trader
for the Cheyenne, on the north bank of the Arkansas, 15 miles above the
junction of the Purgatoire, and about halfway between the present La
Junta and Las Animas. It was abandoned by him about 1849. In 1860 Fort
Wise, afterward called Fort Lyon, was established near the same site,
and was called by the same name among the Kiowa until the removal of
Fort Lyon farther up the river in 1867. (See list of posts, etc, page
382.)
_tsoq!_ (Comanche)--that! A Comanche word commonly used by Comanche,
Kiowa, and Apache in the _do´a´_ game.
Tso´sa´ p'a--"---- rock river;" Yellowstone and upper Missouri river;
etymology doubtful; _tso_ is rock or stone, and _sa_, is said to be
connected with _sa´top_, pipe, but may possibly be from some obsolete
word for yellow, whence "Yellowstone." According to Clark, the Indians
call this stream "Elk river," from its head to Powder river, or only to
Rosebud river, while below that they call it and the Missouri the
"Muddy, or Big Muddy river."
Tso´-t'ai´ñ p'a--"white-rock river;" a creek, perhaps Wanderer creek,
described as a southern tributary of North fork, above Doan's, in Greer
county, Oklahoma.
Tso´t'ai´ñto´ñda´ti--"spring where there is rock above," from _tso_,
_taide_, _toñtep_, and _dati_; Cedar spring, on Fort Sill road, about 4
miles southward from Anadarko.
Tso´-`t'a`ka´-i or Tso´-`t'a`ka´-i-dombe--"rock white-man (country);"
the Mexicans and their country about Silver City, southwestern New
Mexico. The Kiowa generally kept on friendly terms with them and traded
with them for silver ornaments. The name may have included also the
Chihuahua mountain region. Cf. _K`o´p-t'a`ka´-i_, _Toñhe´ñ-t'a`ka´-i_,
_Ä´-t'a`ka´-i_, _T'o-t'a`ka´-i_.
TUNK-AHT-OH-YE--"Tunk-aht-oh-ye, the Thunderer;" the name of a Kiowa
boy, brother of Gunpã´ñdamä, as given by Catlin, who painted his picture
in 1834. The form can not be identified.
_ŭsarĕ´răhu_ (Pawnee)--a Pawnee moon or month (see page 371).
Wa´băna´ki--Delaware, from one of their own names, Wa´bana´qki; there is
a band of about 100 on the Wichita reservation.
Wasa´si--see _K`apä´to_.
WA-TOH-KONK--see _Gu´ato-ko´ñkya_.
_Wi´tapähä´tu_ (Sioux and Cheyenne)--the Kiowa (see Kiowa synonymy).
_wo´ha´_--cow; a jargon word used between Indians and whites and
supposed by the Indians to be the English name, from the fact of having
heard it used so frequently in the form of "whoa haw!" by the early
emigrants and Santa Fé traders in driving their ox teams. The proper
Kiowa word is _tsenbo_.
Woha´te--"Cow;" a Kiowa warrior and Florida prisoner in 1875.
_Wo´ifdo´ĭsh_ (Cheyenne)--see _A´`päta´te_.
WUN-PAN-TO-MEE--see _Gunpä´ñdamä_.
yä´daldä--hill; there is no fixed distinction between this word and
_k`op_, mountain, but the latter is generally understood to mean a
higher and more rocky elevation. Cf. _k`op_, _ba´dlo´_, _do´ha´_,
_tso´`ka_.
Yä´daldä p'a--see _Guadal-k`udal-dee p'a_.
yai´po--rope, sash.
yai´po-gu´ădal--"red sash;" the name of three of the ten sashes of the
_Kâ´itse´ñko_, made of red cloth (see page 285).
yai´po-ko´ñkya--"black sash;" the principal of the ten sashes of the
_Kâ´itseñko_, made of black elk skin (see page 285).
Yä´`pähe´--warrior, soldier (no plural form); the military organization
of the Kiowa (see page 229). Within the last twenty years, since their
intimate acquaintance with the whites, the old term has been generally
superseded by _so´le_, plural _sole´go_, from "soldier."
yi´a--two.
Yi´a k`op--"two mountains;" Double mountain, between the two forks of
Brazos river, Stonewall county, Texas.
Yi´a k`op p'a--apparently the name of Double-mountain fork of Brazos
river.
Yi´a P´a-da´ti--"at the two creeks," i. e., "at the forks;" the forks of
Washita river, where Gageby creek joins the main stream, on the western
line of Oklahoma. When necessary, it is further described as near the
head of the Washita.
yi´ătä´te--see _do´ti_.
Yi´ătä´tehe´ñko--see _Dohe´ñko_.
Ze´bä-do´-k`i´a--see _Ä´`to-t'ai´ñ_.
Ze´bä-gi´ăni--"Long-arrows;" an unidentified band of the Apache proper
(see _Tagu´i_.)
ze´bat--arrow, plural _zebä_. The medicine lances carried by
Set-t'a´iñte and Tän-gu´ădal were also called _ze´bat_.
ze´dălbe--terrible, powerful, wonderful, dangerous; _gyäze´dălbe_, it is
wonderful.
zep--milk, teat.
zepko--bow (for shooting).
Ze´pko-ee´tte--"Big-bow," from _zepko_, _ee´t_, and _te_; (1) a Kiowa
war chief about 1843. (2) his grandson and successor of the present day,
the "Zipkoh Eta" of Battey.
ZIPKOH ETA--see _Ze´pko-ee´tte_.
zo´dal--vomiting; vomit (noun), _zo´dal_; I vomit, _dehi´ăto_.
Zo´daltoñ p'a--"vomiting spring (or water) creek;" the upper part of
Walnut creek, a southern tributary of the Washita, on the reservation;
so called on account of a (medicinal?) spring, near its head, which
induces vomiting. Sometimes known to the whites as Stinking creek.
zoñ--tooth, plural _zoñko_.
Zo´ñk`i´a--"Tooth-man;" a Kiowa warrior and Florida prisoner in 1875;
also known as _Ki´ñasâ´hek`i´a_, "Green-shield-man," from _kiñ_ or
_kyuñi_, _sâ´he_, and _k`ia_.
Zo´ñtam--a Kiowa warrior and Florida prisoner in 1875, afterward
educated in the East and ordained as an Episcopal minister in 1881 under
the name of Paul Zotom; now with his tribe. The name refers to biting,
from _zoñ_, tooth. He is sometimes called _P'o´dal-â´dalte_,
"Snake-head."
_zo´tă´_--a corral or driveway for catching antelope (see page 309).
_Kazo´tătso´`ta_, I am going to make a corral; figuratively, I am going
to entrap some one.
ZOTOM, PAUL--see Zo´ñtam.
ENGLISH-KIOWA GLOSSARY[3]
[Footnote 3: The cross references are usually to the Kiowa form which
occurs in the text, and not necessarily to the principle form of the
word.]
Abell, W. H., special agent--see _Pa´-ehe´mgo´`te_.
abnormal--see _t'o´idă´_.
above, he is--see _gyätai´de_.
acorn--_do`go´t-e_.
Adams, Agent Charles E.--_Ä´dăm_.
Adkins, John--_Kabo´dalk`i´a_.
adobe--_tso´paiñ_.
Adobe Walls, Texas--_Gu´a´na-de-`ta´ho_.
Adoption dance--_Iâm guan_.
afraid, I am--_gyä pe´to_.
after--_kigi´a_, _kyäka´n_, _to´gya_.
afternoon--_dehi´ñ_, _dekiäsa_.
agency--_Ezănya_.
Agua Negra (?), Texas--_Toñ´ko´ñ_.
alike--_pä´tsoga_.
Allison, William--_Tsodalhe´ñte_.
alone--see solitary.
Americans--_T'o-t'a`ka´-i_.
amulet--_ä´`de_.
and--_go_.
antelope--_t'a_, _täp_.
Antelope hills, Oklahoma--_T'a´gu´ñ-yä´daldä_.
antelope surround--_ät'a´kagu´a_.
antler--see horn.
Apache--_Semät_, _Tagu´i_.
Apache creek, on reservation--_Se´mät p'a_.
Apache John--_Goñk`o´ñ_.
appear--_badai´_.
apple--see plum.
approach--see come.
Arapaho--_A´hyäto_, _Botk`i´ägo_, _Tägyä´ko_.
Arikara--_K`a´t'a_.
Arkansas river--_Se´se p'a_.
arm--_mândă´_, _tso´dal_.
arrow--_ze´bat_.
arrowhead--_se´se_.
ashes--_sapän_.
at (locative)--_gyă_, suffix,
attack (verb)--_gihä´pa_ (see _ĭmdo´häpa_).
autumn--_pao´ngya_.
baby--_i´ăpa´gya_.
back (of body)--_gi´ăpa´-iñgya_, _gomtä_.
Bad-back--_Cho´nshita´_.
bald--_dä´nto´_.
bank (of earth)--see wall.
bark (of tree)--_do`ka´ñi_. Cf. shell.
Battery creek, Texas--_Ka´to´de´ä p'a_.
Battey, Thomas C--_Ta´mĭsi_.
battle--_gi´ägyä_.
bear (animal)--_onhä´te_, _set_.
Bear creek (?), Colorado--_Pa p'a_.
Bear creek, Kansas--_T'a´-zo´tă´ p'a_.
Bear Lodge, Wyoming--_Tso´-ai´_.
beard--_senpo_.
beaver---_p'o_.
Beaver creek, Oklahoma--_P'o p'a_.
Beaver creek on reservation--P'o p'a.
before (in time)--_to´pde_.
behead--_ĭmk`o´daltä_.
belly--_bot_.
Bent's Fort, Colorado--_Tso´paiñ Do´_.
berry--see fruit.
beyond--_äñga´dal_.
big--see large.
Big-bow--_Ze´pko-ee´tte_.
Big Clear creek (?), Texas--_K`a´-ikon p'a_.
Big-face--_Do´-e´dalte_.
Big-horse--_Kâ´itseñ´ko_.
Big-looking-glass--_Pi´änä´vonĭt_.
Big-tree--_Ä´do-ee´tte_.
Big Wichita river, Texas--_Gu´ădal p'a_.
bird--_gu´ăto_, _t'ene´_.
bite (verb)--_gyäk`a´ta_, _gyäzo´ñte_.
bitter--see sour.
black--_ko´ñkya_.
Black--_Koñtä´lyui_.
Black-bird--_Ta-ka-ta-couche_.
Black-eagle--_Gu´ato-ko´ñkya_.
Black hills, South Dakota--_Sa´dalkañi k`op_.
Black-kettle--_Do´ädal-ko´ñkya_.
Black-leggings--_Toñko´ñko_.
blanket--_kata_.
blond--see bright.
blood--_om_, _oñ´kya_.
blue--_sâ´he_.
Blue hills (?), Kansas--_Ko´ñ-yä´daldä_.
bluff--_do´ha´_, _sängya_, _tso´`ka_.
Bluff creek, on reservation--see Medicine-bluff creek.
Boggy creek, on Wichita reservation, Oklahoma--_Ai-koñ p'a_; _Gi´atä
p'ada´ti_.
boiling, it boils--_bi´ăndä´ta_.
bone--see _tem_.
bow (for shooting)--_zepko_.
box--_bi´ĭmkâ´-i_.
boy--_tä´lyi´_.
branch (noun)--_po´to´_, _po´tă´_.
brand (noun)--see picture.
brass--see copper.
Brave-man--_Nah-tan_.
Brazos river, Texas--_T'aiñ p'a_.
breastplate--see necklace.
bright--_bo´iñ_.
bring--_gyä`ga´n_, _gyä`pa´bă_.
Brulé Dakota--_Paki´-gu´ădalkantă´_.
Buck creek, Oklahoma--_Ä´`dek`i´a-de p'a_.
buckskin--_taka´-i_.
bud (noun)--_ka`gu´at_.
buffalo--_gadal_, _pa_.
buffalo chips--_sa`kon_.
Buffalo creek, Oklahoma--_Pa p'a_.
Buffalo-horns--_Se´t-k`o´pte_.
bugle--_do´mba´_.
bull, buffalo--_pa_.
burn (noun)--_tsenka´n_.
bush--_pep_.
bushy; it is--_gyäpe´boñ_.
buy--see trade.
Caboon, Thomas--_Mâ´ngomhe´ñte_.
cache (noun)--_kao´dal_.
Cache creek, on reservation--_So´le p'a_.
cactus--_se´ñi_.
Caddo--_Ma´se´p_, _Ädo´mko_.