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ARAPAHO GLOSSARY 



Kinaa'niahu'na — 1 8y in circles (habit- 

 ual : 1 am constantly flying about iu 

 circles. Compare Ki'bithini'na and 

 Tahiti niahu na. 



Xinaa'niahu tawa—1 am flying about it. 

 Compare Hi'bithini'na. 



Xinim qawa I go around it. 



Ni'nagdnawa'ni—vve have danced until 

 daylight. Compare He'nagava 'wanen 

 and Bata'hina ni. 



Xi'nahawa'na — we see them. Compare 

 I l,i 1 1 mi hawa ba. 



Nina ninati nakuni na — It is I who have 

 i wear) it on my head; T am the one who 

 ties it ou my head. 



Xini n — tallow. 



Xiniha'niahu'na—1 fly around yellow. 

 Niha lie, yellow. Compare //; hitliini nu 

 ami Xiinii iilin na. 



Xi nini lubi mi — he has called me. 



Xini Iilin) ii —I heard him. Compare 



llilini ti'tlii nil. 



Ninitu'sa — making a sound, resound- 

 in-. 



Xi .jn — lather (vocative; no possessive 

 pronoun implied i. A more reverential 

 or affectionate form than nisuna. 



Niqaga ydtusa — the loudest sounding, the 

 loudest of all. The idea of "loudest" 

 is contained in qaga y , and of " sound- 

 ing" iu lusa. See Ninitu'sa. 



Xi qahu hn — for A"i qa. 



Ni'qana'ga — that one buffalo bull; there 

 is a solitary hull. Hiinii chii. a buffalo 

 bull, is changed in the song to qana'ga. 

 Xi in composition denotes alone, single, 

 from nisi, only one: ehasaiy, one. 



Nisa'na — the same as nisu im or nesuna, 

 my father. 



Xi si, hui — seven. See YatMn. 



NisA'na — my father. Compare Hesn nu. 



Xi liilni im — I hear it. Compare Ilntni - 

 tani im. 



Nitaba'tani — we are dancing. Compare 

 lliita Itina'ni. 



Nita-i'sa — my relative. 



Xi 1 ta n- ii na na — I take pity on them. Corn- 

 pan- llaltint, n iinnni na. 



X'illii nu — he said it. he has said it im- 

 mediate past). Compare Hathi'na. 

 Nuha'wu — l'ox dance; the dance of the 



Xiiliim' na. Sec Arapaho song 13. 

 Nuhin&na — Fox men, from nn. fox and 

 him iiii.iiii'u: one of the degrees of the 

 Arapaho military organization. See 

 Arapaho song 43. 



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L'ame with it. he 



Xu nagiina » it — he 



brought it with him. 

 Xiinaha irii — one of the degrees of the 

 Arapaho military organization; the 

 meaning of the word is unknown. Sec 

 Arapaho song 13. 

 Xii nu"" nun luni na — he is circling above 



me. See Arapaho song 39. 

 Xii nanii nalii li — \ am circling it, I am 



waving it about in circles. 

 \n sit-iclia 1ha — t\w ceremonial crook or 

 lance carried by the leader of the 

 r.itn h'ininii. See Arapaho song 43. 

 Qa'qa-u'nutha— the "throwing sticks" 

 used in the game of the ba'qati. See 

 Arapaho soug lit. 

 Sani'tika — Pawnee name for the Arap- 

 aho; from tin- Comanche name s,i ritiku. 

 " dog eaters." 

 ,s',i niijiujii nana —I have stripped it, I 

 have unsheathed it. Nasu'siyakunawa, 

 I am stripping it, 1 am unsheathing it. 

 Sa'pani — the Shoshoni name for the 

 Aiininina or Arapaho Grosventres. It 

 signifies "belly people," from sap, 

 belly, and ni, the tribal suffix. 

 Sa'rEteka — Comanche aud Shoshoni 

 name for the Arapaho. It signifies 

 "dog-eaters," from so re, dog, and ttka, 

 a form of the verb to eat, iu allusion 

 to their special fondness for dog tlesh. 

 The name is also sometimes used by 

 the Wichita. 

 s,is,i ba-ithi — looking around, i. e., watch- 

 ers or lookouts. One of the five bands 

 of the southern Arapaho. 

 Si hiiniq — " weasel bear," from sea 

 weasel, aud «•»'./, bear; also rendered 

 as "gray bear." from sc, gray, and 

 ii'iiq. bear. The name of the keeper 

 of the se ii'lm or aacred pipe of the 

 Arapaho. sec Arapaho song 2. 

 S, icfta— "flat pipe," from seX, flat, and 

 hicha, pipe. The sacred pipe and tribal 

 "medicine" of the Arapaho. See Arap 

 aho soug 2. 

 Ta'dwiin— strike it (imperative singular). 

 Tabini'na— he (she i gave it to me. Coin- 

 pale Belli in nn. 

 Ta'rhaira ;/""« — «hih' I am carrying a 

 load of (buffalo) beef ou a horse. 

 ffa'gu', I carry a load of beef on a horse 

 in motion; second person, hagu'ni; 

 third person, hagii'ti ; In', prefix in 

 composition with the veil), implies 

 " while." 



