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ARAPAHO GLOSSARY 



1019 



J ml — timber. 



1 nil a tii-iisiiim — stand ready! (imperative 

 plural) Xiini lain -nsiiiia, I am ready. 



1 mi iiu-i mi — the name used liy the Arap- 

 aho to designate themselves. It sig- 

 nifies ''our people," or "people of our 

 kind." 



I'thaq — a gut; a sheath or case made of 

 bear gut. See Arapaho song 41. 



I Ihetilii — good. 



Iyahu h — gone, it is all gone. 



Iijilie' '. — 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 i iniriim nil or Gawune'hana t q. v. 



A a niahu'na — I fly with it on my head. 



MaqpI'ato — the Sioux name for the 

 Arapaho. It signifies "blue cloud, i.e., 

 a cleat sky;" reason unknown. 



MlNNETAREES OF FORT DE PRAIRIE — 

 The name given by Lewis and ('lark to 

 the Aii niniiut or Arapaho Grosventres. 

 The AS' ninena are known to the French 

 Canadians as Gros Ventres des Prai- 

 ries, while the Minitari are called by 

 them Gros Ventres du Missouri, and 

 the American explorers incorrectly 

 compounded the two names. 



Xiiu iriiiittni'nii — he takes pity on us. 

 Compare Hntnnn iviininii tin. 



Xu chichaba'n — they are still making it. 

 Na'nistind, I make it; Nasu'nistind, I 

 still make it. 



Naga'q — the morning star. See Arapaho 

 songs 67 and 72. The word literally 

 means " a cross."' 



Ndhabi'na — he saw me. Compare l/iiti- 

 na'hawa'ba. 



Xn luiiii — here! look ! Compare Achiqa'- 

 hiurit . 



Naha'ta — look at it! (imperative singu- 

 lar). Compare Achiqa'hawa. 



X'n'hanttii' — for Xa'iunrii'. 



Xn hiuruii — Isawhim. Compare Hiiliim - 

 hawa'ba. 



Xii liihiira Iiiiiih — then I begin to cry or 

 lament. Compare liiiliibiwii liinu. 



Na'hibi'wahuna'na — then I wept. Com- 

 pare Bah ibi n-ii h iiiii. 



Xii hii/ii'tha — I throw it. Nina'gu'tha, I 

 throw it where it can not be found. 



Xu lii ll it ii — stop ! 



X't'i inahtt liliilni ntui — I then saw the mul- 

 titude plainly. 

 Na'kaah — sage; the wild sage (Arte- 

 misia) ; the name of a prominent north- 

 ern Arapaho. 



Na'kasin&na — the name by which i In- 

 northern Arapaho call themselves. It 

 signifies "sagebrush men," from 

 na'kash, "sagebrush," and hint tut or 

 liini'nina, the plural of hine'n, "man." 

 They are called Jin achine'na by the 

 other Arapaho, and Tagya'ko by the 

 Kiowa. 



Nana — it is that, that is the thing. 



Na'nagd'qdnet — white-skinned (singu- 

 lar); from na'ijuii, white (organic) and 

 wand'q, skin. Xii inn hit, white (inor- 

 ganic) ; either mi 'g ltd or nuna'chd may be 

 used in speaking of a house. Na'na- 

 gd'qdnet is one of the Arapaho names 

 for tho whites, the ordinary term being 

 Xia'ihii, q. v. See also Niha'ndtaye'chet. 



Nanaha' ihdhi — he showed me. Nanak- 

 a'tha, I show him. 



Nana n tm — it is I, I am he (emphatic). 



X'ltiut tliinn ni — he came to take me, 1 1 •■ 

 came for me. In the songs the adverb 

 "when" or "where" is sometimes 

 understood with the verb. See Arap- 

 aho song 38. 



Xniti Ih — when I met him. 



Na'niahu'na — for Xiinii ttlitt''in. 



X'iinibii'lait'it — I am singing it; X'iitii'binn, 

 I sing; nibii I. a song. 



Xiiiiibii litt — for X'liiiibii tttirtt. 



X'ii'' niliilliiitii'hiiiia — thus I shouted, or 

 called. X'ii 1 ' ni in composition signifies 

 " thus." 



Nani'iba — it is spotted. 



X'ani iiil'iin'i *i — the wind makes them 

 sing. Nani'bina, I sing. Compare 

 X'iiniliti hat it. 



X.niisii mi — for X'tini xiiiinii . 



Nani'sttnttit or Xiini' sttniiq — my children. 

 Xiini «n. my older child; nani'sant «< . 

 my young child. 



Xiiiiisn lin/i — for Xi xtilaq, seven. 



Nanisa tdquthi — for Ni'sataq, seven. 



\n iiillm luiiii mi — for Nil nihilhiilit Iiiiiih. 



Xiiiiinn ltnnii — I carry it as I fly aboutin 

 circles. Compare Hi hilhini nn with 

 I'nli, Ii nitthn nil. 



Nasu'si nn I. linn it'ti — I am stripping it. I 

 am unsheathing it. Compare Sd'ni- 

 yagu'nawa' . 



