ARAPAHO GLOSSARY 



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Beni'nina — "warriors," the military 

 organization of tin- Arapaho. See 

 Arapabo song 43. 



I'.ini ninii — lie gave it to me. Beni'na, I 

 gave it tn him ; hr nine thin, 1 gave it to 

 you; niihi mi, I gave it to them; liiisa- 

 hini nn, he ha8 given it to us: Inhini na, 

 he (she gave it to me; da'chi'bini'na, 

 he will give me a hawk-feather. 



Betidee — the Kiowa Apache name for the 

 Arapaho. 



Bei/i — a i white) shell. 



Hi fin — night. 



Bi'gushish — the moon, literally "night 

 sun," from hi i/n, night, and hishi'sh, 

 sun. or celestial luminary. The sun is 

 distinquished as hishi-nishi sh. or " day 

 sun," from liisln. day. and hithi'sh. In 

 many Indian languages the sun and 

 moon have but one name, with an ad- 

 jective prefix or suffix to distinguish 

 between day and night. See Arapaho 

 song 66. The morning star is railed 

 naga'q, "the cross;" the milky way is 

 hi tliinii iiii-hn, "the buffalo road," or 

 thi ijiiiii-im, "the spirit or ghost road; " 

 the pleiades are ba'nakulh, ■ the group 

 (sitting)." 



Jiiijiinu lui/i an — I am crying on account 

 of thirst. Xiilii in nil. I am thirsty. 



Bishiqa'wa — coming into sight, approach- 

 ing from a distance. (Third person, 

 singular.) 



llitiui nil — the earth. 



JUtnlur ii-ii — the dance of the Bita him nn. 

 See Arapaho song I". 



Bita'hinena — "spear men;" one of the 

 degrees of the Arapaho military organ- 

 ization. The name comes from the 

 Cheyenne word for spear, bitaha na; the 

 Arapaho word for spear is qawa . See 

 Arapaho song 4:;. 



Bi'iaye — captor, seizor; the name by 

 which the Arapaho Hand ehiiihi ak," Sit- 

 ting Bull," was railed when a boy. 



Clitiiui hn I — where there is none, lija- 

 lin h, it is all none. 



Chiinii 'nagu' nit — he wears them, hi' is 

 wearing them. 



Cha'qtha (singular, Chaq — "euemies," 

 the Arapaho name for tin' Comanche. 



< 'liit xiiq — another, another of them ; from 

 ehd'saiy', one. See YatMin. 



Cln'hi nli — greasy, something greasy ; fig- 

 uratively used for pemmican. See 

 Arapaho song 411. 



I hi Inil — a sweat-house. 



' In rhiin' n. — literally, a target, a mark 

 to shoot at. A hoy's game. See Arap- 

 aho song 4 . 



Chinachi chihii ilia — venerable, (memora- 

 ble or ancient i priests of the Chl'nachi- 

 ilii h,ii, or sacred sweat-lodge, from 

 chinachichi bat, tin' sacred sweat-lodge, 

 and baia, old man. See Arapaho song 

 13. 



I'ln iiurliichi Inil — the sarred large sweat- 

 house; from iln Inil. sweat-house. See 

 Arapaho song I:'.. 



Chinachi chibci tina— immortal, venerable, 

 or never-to-be-forgotten priests of the 

 sweat-house; from chi hat, sweat-house. 

 Sit Arapaho sunn 43. 



i In iiiu-liini nn — water-pouring men; the 

 highest degree of the Arapaho mili- 

 tary organization. See Arapaho song 

 43. 



Da rhiibi hnti tunii — where then* is gam- 

 bling; where they are gambling. In 

 tin' Arapaho language there is no ge- 

 neric term for playing for amusement 

 only. I'hiihi liinii nn, 1 am gambling; 

 hiini cliiihiliiiiiiiin, I am gambling with 

 it; ili rhiihihiili inni i, while or when 

 they are gambling with it. 



Itn chd'-ihi nn — in order to please me. 



Da'chi hinina — he will give me a (chick- 

 en- i hawk feather. ( 'ompare Beni'nina. 



Ihi rhiiialhi nn — In- having come for me 

 (participle). Xichinu'ti'ha, I come for 

 him. 



1 hi nun hn nn nn — I moved it ("when" is 

 sometimes understood I. 



Da naaaku tawa — I am standing upon it. 



Duna liiuniiirn n — because 1 longed, or 

 wished, to see him; (Join composition 

 gives the idea of "because." 



Ih inn -niii nn — In- told me. Compare 



I In I hi na. 

 Pi rhiihihiili Inni i — while or when, thej 

 air gambling with it. ('ompare 



lhi nhiihi hull Innii. 



TH'chin — because. Haka is also some- 

 times used. 



I iii in at a nil ij — living people; human ex- 

 istence. 



Dog soldier — a popular but incorrect 

 name given by tin' whites to the mili- 

 tary organizations of the prairie tribes. 

 See Arapaho song 43. 



I eyt .' — an unmeaning exclamation used 

 in the songs. 



Ehe eye ! — ibid. 



