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ARAPAHO GLOSSARY 



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In the songs if is common to prefix a, and to add i", hi, hu, huhu, etc, 

 to the ends of words in order to fill out the meter. In a few cases 

 changes are made in the body of the word for the same purpose. In 

 the glossary these unmeaning syllables are not given where they occur 

 at the end of words. Words beginning with a vowel sound may some 

 times be written as beginning with the breathing //, and s is sometimes 

 pronounced sh. 



Ad nine na — the name by which the Arap- 

 aho Grosventres of the Prairie, one of 

 tin- live principal divisions of the Arap- 

 aho, call themselves. It is said to sig- 

 nify "white clay men," from adti, 

 ••white clay," and him' na, ■■men.'' 

 They are called Hilii'inna, or " beg- 

 gars," by the rest of the tribe, and are 

 commonly known to the whites under 

 the French name of Grosventres, "big 

 bellies." 



Aann hatra — another name for the liana- 

 hawuno na division of the Arapaho. 

 The meaning of the word is unknown. 



Abad thina hit — for Batithi na. 



A hiilni' — for Ba'haa'. 



A bdna dunlin u — for Banad na. 



Abd nihi — for Bti ni. 



Aba qati — for Bd qati. 



Achiqa'hUwa — I am looking at him. Also 

 Nina hawa, I look at him. Nd'lidni, 

 Here! Look! nahata, look at it (imper- 

 ative singular); ina'habi'a, look on us. 

 Compare Udtina hawa ba. 



Achishini 'qahi'na — hi- was taking me 

 around. 



A i/aiid — bed-covers of buffalo skin; sin- 

 gular, a'gd'. 



Aha kdne'na — "crazy men." one of the de- 

 grees of the Arapaho military organiza- 

 tion. The word is derived from aha In. 

 crazy, and hint'na, men. The "lire 

 moth," which llies around and into the 

 fire, is called aha'kda', or "crazy." ami 

 the Aha'kdnena are supposed to imitate 

 the action of this moth in the tire dance. 

 See Arapaho song iH and Cheyenne 

 song 10. 



Ahn kdnithi i — they are crazy. In tin' In- 

 dian idea "foolish" and "crazy" are 

 generally synonymous. Compare Aha - 

 kanen' a and Ahaka »». 



Ahaka'tou — the crazy dance. It is called 

 Psani by the Cheyenne, from psa, 

 crazy. See Arapaho song 43 and Chey- 

 enne song 10. 



tin eye 1 ! — an unmeaning exclamation 



used in the songs. 

 I In in: heni'ad! — an unmeaning exclama- 

 tion used in tin' songs. 



.1 hesiina nini — for Hesiina'nin. 



A heye »<■ hene' .' — an unmeaning exclama- 

 tion used in the songs. 



Ahe yuhe //«.' — an unmeaning exclamation 

 used in the songs. 



-tlni — for Jin. 



Ahn lni — for lln. 



Ahn'nii — there it is; there he is. 



Ahit'nawiihu — for Htndw', paint. Com- 

 pare Etna ir a n. 



Ahn'yii — thus; in this way. 



Anani'nibina si — for Nani'nibina'si. 



And nisa na — for Xnni sandu. 



Ana'wati'n-hati — " playing wheel " ( hali, 

 wheel); a netted gaming wheel. See 

 Arapaho song 50. 



Ani'ii tliiliind hana—foi Ned thibiwa'na. 



Ane'na — for Nt'im. 



Am amlhahi nani'na — for Ni'an&hahV- 

 nani na. 



Anidsa'kua na — for Ni'dsa hint na. 



Jin lildh i nan a — for Ildnd'Uih i na' na. 

 I niesa nn — for Nlesa'na. 



Aniha'ya — the yellow (paint). 



.1 it ii null n a a It ii nah it — fi ir Han i iniah n'na. 



Jut nilia iiinhn nn — for Niitiha Hitihn' na. 



Ani'qa — for Ni'qa. 



Am qu — for Xi qa. 



Ani'qtttta <ja — for Ni'qana'ga. 



A nisuna'ahu — for Nisu'na. 



Aqtt Ihinr'na — " pleasant men," from aqa'- 

 llii. "pleasant," and him' na. "men." 

 • me of the five hands of the southern 

 Arapaho. 



Ara'paho — the popular name for the 

 Arapaho tribe. The derivation is uncer- 

 tain, but itmay be, as Dunbar suggests, 

 from tin- Pawnee verb tirapihu or lara- 

 jtihn. " he buys or trades," in allusion 

 to the Arapaho having formerly been 

 the trading medium between the Paw- 

 nee. Osage, and others in the north, and 



